Minutes
Ordinary
11th April 2022

BOOTLE PARISH COUNCIL

www.bootleparishcouncil.co.uk
Clerk: Mrs Lesley Cooper Low Marshside. Underhill
Telephone: 01229 775492 Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5HA
Email: bootleparishcouncil@gmail.uk
4 April 2022

Dear Councillor
You are summonsed to attend the Meeting of Bootle Parish Council on Monday 11th
April 2022 at the Community Room, Bootle Fire Station commencing at 7.30pm.
The wearing of masks will be optional
Yours sincerely
L. Cooper
Mrs L Cooper
Clerk to the Council

1. ATTENDANCE AND APOLOGIES – to receive apologies for absence.

2. Exclusion of Press and Public (Public Bodies Admission to Meetings Act 1960)
To consider whether there are any agenda items during consideration of which the
press and public should be excluded.

3. DECLARATION OF INTEREST:
To receive declarations, by elected and co-opted members, of interests in respect of
items on this agenda.

4. MINUTES of the Parish Council Meeting held on 14th February 2022
To authorise the Chairman to sign, as a correct record, the minutes of the Meeting held
14th March 2022 (previously circulated).

5. POLICE LIASON REPORT (previously distributed)

6. PROGRESS REPORTS
To Receive for information and/or determine action, as appropriate, on the items in the
following reports:

• 6.1 Electric Vehicle Charge point
• 6.2 Flood Resiliance
• 6.3 Bootle in Bloom – Welcome back fund

7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION/OPEN SESSION (15 minutes allowed)
The chairman will invite residents to make representations on any item on this agenda
or to bring matters to the attention of the Council for consideration for inclusion in a
future agenda.

8. COUNTY COUNCILLOR AND DISTRICT COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS
To receive for information items relevant to the Parish. (Items raised for decision will
appear on the agenda for the next meeting.

9. Applications for Development

• 9.1 To examine applications for development and submit observations to the
  Planning Authority:
• 9.2 To ratify the observations submitted by the Clerk under devolved powers since
  the last meeting.
• 9.3 To note the decisions of the statutory planning authority with regards to recent
  applications

10. FINANCIAL RECORDS

10.1 To approve the following payments :

• V. Bunton Toilet Cleaning -March £ 268.50
• Valda Energy Electricity – direct debit £ 39.73
• West Cumbria Rivers Trust Education sessions £ 253.75
• Craven Services Unblocking toilets £ 198.00

10.2 To note the receipt of payments

• Rent March £ 265.00
• Donation box toilet £ 5.27
• Book box £ 0.00

10.3 To receive and note the bank statement dated

10.4 To consider the Budget Comparison Report as at 31 March 2022 and determine
action need to address deviations from the budget.

10.5 To approve the risk Register/Risk Assessment for 2022

10.6 To approve the asset Register for 2022

10.7 To approve the Annual Governance Statement for 2021/22

11. Parish Matters

• 11.1 Community Plan – actions
• 11.2 Toilets – relief cleaner
• 11.3 Monk Moor telephone box
• 11.4 Hycemoor Moor – fencing
• 11.5 Allotment Field
• 11.6 Queens jubilee
• 11.7 Play areas
• 11.8 GDF Community Partnership
• 11.9 Annual Parish meeting
• 11.10 Consultation Cumbria CC – cycling and walking corridors
• 11.11 NALC CONSULTATION – SMALLER COUNCILS
• 11.12 Clerks Appraisal

12. To receive reports from representatives on outside bodies and working group

13. CORRESPONDENCE:
To discuss any correspondence received for open discussion:
All other correspondence to be circulated in the normal manner for Council’s perusal.

14. Councillor Matters
An opportunity for Councillors to raise minor matters, not on this agenda, on behalf of
residents
(Note. No discussion or decisions can be made on these matters but the Clerk may
make investigations and/or they may be placed on a future agenda of the Council

15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
The date of the next meeting is on 16 May 2022 commencing at 7.30pm at Community
Room, Fire Station, Bootle