DRAFT Minutes of the Meeting of Cornworthy Parish Council
In Cornworthy Village Hall on Monday 20th May at 7.30pm
Present: Cllr Tuppen (Chair), Cllr Bailey (Vice Chair), Cllr Fowler, Cllr Hammond, Cllr Finn Cllr Thompson, Cllr Hunt, Cllr McKay SHDC and Cllr Hawkins DCC were present as was C Campos Parish Clerk.
24/29 Apologies for Absence None
24/30 To Elect a Chair Cllr Tuppen was elected.
24/31 To Elect a Vice Chair Cllr Bailey was elected.
- 32 Declaration of Councillors Interest Cllr Hammond declared an interest in item 10.1
24/33 Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the CPC meeting of 18th March were approved.
24/34 Matters Arising from the Minutes None
24/35.1 Cllr McKay SHDC gave his report.
24/35.2 Cllr Hawkins DCC gave his report.
24/ 36 Local issues
24/36.1 Correspondence The vegetation surrounding a memorial bench was cut back at the request of a parishioner.
24/37 Devon County Council Highways
The change of date for Road Closure-Washbourne Bridge Cross to Blackdown Cross, Blackawton was noted.
24/38 Planning
24/38.1 1304/24/HHO The Council was in favour of supporting this application.
24/39 Finance
24/39.1 The CPC Finance report was noted and is available on the CPC website.
24/39.2 The following payments were approved.
| C Campos March Salary | £259.20 |
| Clerks Expenses | £97.87 |
| HMRC | £194.40 |
| SHDC Payroll Services | £120.00 |
| DALC Annual Subscription | £149.60 |
| CVH Electricity VETS Training | £16.00 |
| C Campos April Salary | £189.05 |
| Internal Auditor Services | £140.00 |
24/39.3 The Certificate of Exemption AGAR 2023/34 was approved.
24/39.4 The Annual Governance Statement 2023/24 was approved.
24/39.5 The Annual Internal Report 2023/24 was noted.
24/39.6 The Annual Accounting Statements 2023/24 were approved.
24/39.7 The Insurance schedule for 2024/25 was agreed and the Cornworthy policy will be renewed with Community First subject to some agreed amendments.
24/39.8 CPC agreed to administer the funds raised by the Village for the Defibs/Vets as earmarked reserves.
24/40. CPC resolved to retain the DAA landing site as a dark site.
24/41 The CPC Standing Orders and all other agreed policies were approved and readopted for 2024/25. This will be updated on the website.
24/42 The Parish Booklet was approved. This is currently being compiled and will be printed and hand delivered to every household.
24/43 Reports The majority of these were all given at the preceding Annual Parish Meeting.
24/43.1 Clerks and RFO
The Clerk’s report was received.
24/43.2 Parish Volunteers CPC wanted to thank the resident who has cleaned all the noticeboards and map cases.
The next Parish Council Meeting is: Monday 22nd July at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall
100 Club Draw
May 131 32 25
June 102 6 49