November 2025 Minutes

Snitterby Parish Council
Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council held on Thursday 20th November 2025 at Village Hall 


Present: Cllr S Kapil (Vice Chair), Cllr I Moate and Cllr T Faulkner 
Due to the absence of the Chair the Vice Chair stood in to Chair the meeting 
In Attendance: None  
Clerk: M Coote
Members of the Public: None

Minute Number

Item

57/2526

Welcome and Public Questions

Chair welcome given to those in attendance, no members of public were present

Resident has approached Cllr S Kapil regarding another accident at the crossroads. LCC Highways to be contacted again regarding signage and markings

58/2526

Apologies

Cllr Tom Gundry (Chair), Cllr G Kettle-Gundry, Cllr R Lawrence and Cllr S Bunney (WLDC) reasons accepted

59/2526

Declarations of Interest

None received

60/2526

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Thursday 18th September 2025

Proposed: Cllr.I.Moate Seconded: Cllr.S.Kapil Those who attended in favour

RESOLVED:

The minutes of the meeting be accepted as a true and proper record.

61/2526

District and County Councillor reports and updates

Apologies non attendance

62/2526

Chairman’s/Parish Councillor updates

Cllr.T.Falkner has received £50.00 cash donation towards the donated bench for repair and  updating the paint and metalwork

63/2526

Clerk’s report

LCC Grass Cutting Contribution: request sent £243.55

Lincolnshire Police on Lincs Alert

We are pleased to announce that from early 2026 we are upgrading our use of Lincs Alert. You will start to receive more messages and other information from us than you have previously, and Lincs Alert will offer more features and ways to interact with Lincolnshire Police. 

64/2526

Police and Crime update

NC06 area, report not received. PC Toyne declined to attend any future meetings due to staffing. LWL report circulated prior to the meeting. Also see Lincs Alert in clerks report

65/2526

Parish Matters

Poppies were displayed, to be removed and stored for annual use 

 

Business Items - Motions Requiring Written Notice

 

Finances, Budget & Procedures 2025/26

66/2526

Payments for Approval

To approve payments from 18/09/2025-20/11/2025

Proposed: Cllr.S.Kapil  Seconded: Cllr.T Faulkner All in favour

RESOLVED:

To make the following payments and accept bank reconciliations

Expenditure

Reference

Description

Amount

VAT

Total

Salary MC

Clerk Salary Oct/Nov 25

344.76

 

 

 

Less Tax 20%

-68.80

 

£275.96

HMRC

Tax MC

68.80

 

£68.80

TechnoWorld

Laptop

324.00

64.80

£388.80

EBay

Computer Mouse

5.65

 

£5.65

Groupon

Office 2024

18.90

 

£18.90

Paul Wilson

Cemetery Grass Cut Annual Invoice

300.00

 

£300.00

Paul Wilson

Dovecote Grass Cut Annual Invoice

120.00

 

£120.00

Green Grass

Grass Cutting

78.00

15.60

£93.60

Unity

Bank Charges

6.00

 

£6.00

Unity

Bank Charges

6.00

 

£6.00

B & M

A4 Paper and punch pockets

10.00

 

£10.00

Totals

 

£1,213.31

£80.40

£1,293.71

Income

Reference

Description

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

Bank Balances:  

Current £5,725.64 @ 31/10/25

Reserves £4,926.93 @ 31/10/25, Open Space £6,329.44 @ 31/10/25

67/2526

Budget 2025-26

Budget monitoring position and bank reconciliation agreed

68/2526

Councillor and Council Assertion 10 Compliance

Cllr’s Kapil, Faulkner and Moate confirmed their understanding of compliance in relation to GDPR, FOI requests and use of .gov emails.

69/2526

ICO Registration

Proposed: Cllr.S.Kapil  Seconded: Cllr.I.Moate  All in favour

RESOLVED:

To register with the ICO as a data controller to comply with assertion 10 – digital compliance. To pay by direct debit cost £47.00 2025 and renew automatically annually

70/2526

Working from Home Allowance and Dedicated Telephone

Proposed: Cllr.S.Kapil  Seconded: Cllr.I.Moate  All in favour

RESOLVED:

Approved a working from home allowance of £13.00 per month to cover associated costs of WFH, electric, insurance, telephone. To be reviewed annually alongside pay review

71/2526

Budget 2026-27

Proposed: Cllr.S.Kapil  Seconded: Cllr.I.Moate  All in favour

RESOLVED:

Estimate for precept 2026-27 £4,098.00 to be requested from WLDC. Council tax D banding 2025-26 £40.78, 2026-2027 £43.74 an increase of £2.96pa

72/2526

Banking

Proposed: Cllr.S.Kapil  Seconded: Cllr.T.Faulkner  All in favour

RESOLVED:

Cllr.I.Moate  to be added as an additional signatory, paperwork signed and to be submitted

73/2526

New Benches and Bench Donation

Proposed: Cllr.S.Kapil  Seconded: Cllr.T.Faulkner  All in favour

RESOLVED:

Donated bench to be repaired/updated and positioned on Moor Road.

MKM Building Supplies £297.17 per bench, style Rosedene Bench 5 Product code: T007257 wooden bench, thought more in keeping with the village rather than recycled option.

2 off to be purchased to replace the one outside the church and the other at the bottom of the hill opposite the pub.

Tim Roache’s quote to fit all benches including hardstanding and fixings where required £230.00 to be accepted plus additional cost for treating new wooden benches

74/2526

Planning applications

To consider any planning applications or decisions

None received

 

Next Meeting

75/2526

Items for inclusion on the next Meeting agenda

Plaque for in memory

Precept 2026-27

CIL details

Play equipment inspection

Confidential matter

76/2526

Date and time of the next Meeting

The date and time of the next Parish Council Meeting was confirmed as Thursday 15th January 2026, starting at 7:30pm at the Village Hall

Meeting started at 7.33pm and closed at 8.51pm