To:ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

You are hereby requested to attend a meeting of EAST BEDLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL to be held at East Bedlington Community Centre, on Tuesday 4thMarch 2014 at 6.00 pm.

The Agenda for the meeting is set out below.

Ron Thornton

Parish Clerk27thFebruary2014

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OPEN SESSION

PRESENTATION OF FINAL PROPOSALS FOR THE RESTORATION OF EAST BEDLINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE.

The Chair to invite members of the public for their comments/observations prior to submission for planning permission.
PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

The Chair to invite members of the public present to put questions or draw relevant matters to the attention of the Council, prior to commencement of business. This is for a period of 15 minutes overall and is limited to 3 minutes per person.

A G E N D A

  1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
  1. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

To sign as a correct record the minutes of the Special Parish Council Meetingheld on 4th February2014.

  1. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

To note matters arising from the minutes that are not included as agenda items.

  1. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS & REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATION

To receive from members in respect of any items included on the agenda for this meeting, disclosure of any personal or prejudicial interests and to consider requests for dispensation.

  1. Police Report
  1. CORRESPONDENCE

To note the correspondence received (attached at Appendix A) and the actions taken and proposed.

  1. CLERKS rEPORT

To receive the Clerks report on significant events and action taken on minutes.

  1. Invoices & Payment Vouchers

The Council is requested to approve the schedule of expenditure attached at Appendix B.

  1. Financial position

To note the Parish’s financial position as follows;

Cleared balance as at 28th February2014 £63,077.48.

  1. BANK RECONCILIATION

To approve the bank reconciliation at 31stJanuary2014 (Appendix C).

  1. BUDGET OUTTURN 2013/14
  1. MATTERS FOR DECISION

12.1Offer of Presentation from National grid in relation to electricity link between Cambois and Norway.

  1. SMALL GRANTS & DONATIONS

13.1 Request for donation from Toma (children’s cancer) fund.

13.2Request for donation from Bedlingtonshire Community High School towards new drum kit for steel band costing between £500 - £700.

  1. MINUTES OF WORKING GROUPS

14.1Planning & Corporate Strategy

  1. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

To consider any other urgent items of business.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The next meeting of East Bedlington Parish Council will be a Parish Council meeting on Tuesday 1stApril2014commencing at 6.00pm.

EAST BEDLINGTON PARISH COUNCILLORS: Dave Armstrong, Joe Dobie, Jay Davis, Andrea Innes, David Graham, Paul Hedley, Nichola Hogarth, Terry Johnstone, Colin Parker, Allan Stewart and Alex Wallace.

Appendix A

Schedule of Correspondence Received.

Ref No / Date / Name / Details / Action
521 / 5/2/2014 / BT / Notice advising of compliance with BT Business complete contract / Noted
522 / 7/2/2014 / Toma Fund / Letter requesting donation to Children’s Cancer Charity / Agenda item
523 / 9/2/2014 / Northumbria Health Care / Covering letter with copies of supplement “Your health Care in Wansbeck and Blyth” / Placed on front desk
524 / 12/2/2014 / NCC / Letter of acknowledgement in relation to comments submitted re – 48 dwellings Land North of Springville, / Noted
525 / 17/2/2014 / Nationalgrid / Letter offering a presentation to the Council of the proposal to provide an electricity link between the UK and Norway / Agenda item
526 / 20/2/2014 / Bedlingtonshire Community High School / Letter dated 19 December requesting a donation towards steel band equipment / Donation of £75 previously made.

Appendix B

Schedule of Expenditure

Payment reference / Details / amount£
V151 / Graeme Finn / 30.00
DD / BT / 87.98
V152 / Generation Hire & sale / 42.85
V153 / R & L Keenleyside / 66.23
V154 / NCC - Payroll - February / 3346.02
V155 / Hugh Massey Architects / 4000.00
DD / Bank Charges / 15.45
V156 / Thruyordoor / 188.65

Appendix C

BANK RECONCILIATION
£ / £
Balance as per Bank Statements on 31st January 2014
Current Account / 98861.24
Deposit Account / 0.12
Petty Cash / 0.00 / 98861.36
Less Unpresented Cheques / Cq No
322 / 50.00
534 / 100.00
536 / 250.00
541 / 27043.20
559 / 75.00
569 / 112.50
570 / 91.00
571 / 283.00
X / 28004.70
Add Unbanked Cash
0.00
NET BANK BALANCES AS AT 31st January 2014 / 70856.66
CASH BOOK
Opening Balance / 42196.07
Add Receipts in year / 168172.35
Less Payments / 139511.76
Closing Balance per Cash Book / 70856.66
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