Monday 11 March 2024
Location: Beckwithshaw Village Hall
Present: Councillors – Cllr D Spence (Chairman), Cllr A Ellis, Cllr Mr S Swires,
Cllr Mrs S Swires, Cllr J Parish, Cllr M David and Cllr Hull.
Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway.
2 Members of the public were present.
1 Apologies None
2 Declarations of Interest None.
3 Exempt Information None.
4 Approval of previous minutes –
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 12 February 2024 was proposed by Cllr Mrs S Swires, seconded by Cllr S Swires and signed by the Chairman.
5 Urgent Business – The Defibrillator – Cllr S Swires is up to date with the
maintenance required for the defibrillators.
New defibrillator to be installed at the Squinting
Cat on 15 March 2024.
Grants – Working with Organisations – postponed, to
be followed up later.
Bench – Site management company will contact us
when they take over the site.
Notice Board – Grant form signed and sent off. Order
Notice board.
Commuted Sums – Cllr Hull to look into the commuted
sum designated for the Cricket ground on new
Housing Estate – can this be moved to existing
Beckwithshaw Cricket Field.
Newsletter Content for a Spring Newsletter to be
drafted out by Chairman and Councillors.
Website Changeover in progress.
6 Finances
The bank balances at 10 March 2024 were reported to the Parish
Council:
Business Current Account £730.60
Business Money Manager (Deposit Account) £6,579.98
£7,310.58
New bank mandate completed.
December quarter’s audit – Cllr Spence and Cllr Mrs S Swires completed and
approved the Internal Audit.
Prior approval for clerk’s March salary and tax, and Clerks Expenses of £50.36 –
Approved by Cllr Spence and Cllr Mrs Swires.
7 North Yorkshire Councillor Council Tax to rise by about 4.99%.
Delay till 2025 on Kex Gill opening due to
extra slippage.
8 Planning Matters None.
9 Local Plan Still no local input being used with regard to
all the new housing developments.
10 Traffic and Highways List of items of concern within the Parish – details
to be checked and forwarded to Highways, list to
follow.
Problems can be reported to North Yorkshire on the following webpage:
11 Copse and Grass cutting Footpath from Beckwithshaw to Harrogate, clean
up finally finished.
12 Correspondence Various posters received.
13 Councillors Questions/Comments Be alert as there has been burglaries and
Damage done in the Jennyfields area.
There has also been person/s collecting wood
from the verge.
14 Dates and time of next meetings at 7.30pm – Monday 8 April 2024 –
Includes Parsh Meeting
Monday 13 May 2024 –
Includes Annual Meeting
Please make note of new dates. All are booked in the village hall.
The meeting closed at 9.10pm
Please check the website for further information – www.beckwithshaw.org
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS REQUIRED
| No. | Action | Responsibility |
| 1 | Defibrillator – Contact Squinting re installation | Cllr Spence |
| 2 | Defibrillator – Source Demo | Cllrs |
| 3 | Commuted Sums – follow up | Cllr Hull |
| 4 | Grant form – examples | On hold |