2025 Minutes

Minutes taken by the Town Clerk, Mrs Deborah Money, at the Meeting of Carrington and New Bolingbroke Town Council, held on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, in Carrington Village Hall.

Present: Councillors, Richard Wiggall (Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman), and Mike Forward, and the Clerk Deborah Money.
Also present: District Councillor’s Neil Jones.

Public forum: 
Apologies were received from County Councillor Sean Matthews, and District Councillor Tom Ashton.

District Councillor Jones gave updates on the local government changes, and about the community grants which are currently available. 

The meeting was opened at: 1923

1.    Mayor’s welcome
Cllr. Wiggall welcomed everyone to the meeting, and took the Mayor’s position.

2.    Apologies for absence: To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Clerk prior to the meeting.
Apologies were received from Cllr Morgan, and Cllr Wells with no objections, it was resolved to accept reasons given.
No Apologies were received from Cllr Paul, or Rundle.

District Councillor Jones was co-opted onto the Town council for this meeting.

3.    Declarations of interest: (if any) To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interest.
None received.

4.    Notes of the Town Council meeting held on 28 October 2025:
To resolve as a correct record and authorise the Vice-Mayor to sign the official minutes.
With no objections, it was resolved to accept the minutes as a correct record, and the Mayor of the meeting was authorised to sign them.

5.    Financial matters: To resolve as correct and authorise payments.
a)    Bank balance: 25 November 2025 £19,112.08
b)    To receive the cash book and bank reconciliation 25 November 2025
c)    Revise Bank Mandate
d)    To receive payments
Staff Costs £377.69
Darren Groundcare War Memorial Tidy Up £25.00
Ann Fletcher Internal Audit £70.00 

e)    To give the Clerk delegated powers to pay any invoices in December, with permission from Mayor and Vice-Mayor.
f)    Review Scribe Accountancy Quote.
£199 plus VAT setup and then £24 plus VAT a month.
g)    To receive 2025-26 budget and precept request All members had received the advised budget and precept amount from the Clerk and after discussion the advised budget and precept request was agreed. 

With no objections, all resolved to agree 5a, 5b, 5c, 5e, 5f and to approve payment schedule, the precept request was agreed at £10,500 for 2026-2027.  The Clerk will contact Scribe, and publish all required documents on to the website.

6.    Planning: Town and Country Planning Act 1990. To consider and make observations on all planning applications received and to note planning approvals, refusals, enforcement complaints and appeal decisions advised by the district council, including any received between the date of this notice and the day of the meeting.

3.    FixMyStreet, Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey
a)    Resurfacing of footpath North of New Bolingbroke: To receive any updates.  This has now been reported on fix my street, by Councillor Wells.

4.    Clerk’s reports, outstanding matters and new matters
a)    To discuss jobs that need completing for Darrens Groundcare and Maintenance. The Clerk will remind contractor to put the signs in place.
b)    Next Cloud Email Addresses
All councillors present confirmed their email accounts have been successfully set up.
c)    Haines Watts Payroll
A payment request of £150 was received to set up payroll for 2026/27.  Clerk offered to complete payroll next year with an increase of 2.5 hours per month.  With no objections, councillors resolved to agree.
Clerk to adjust hours accordingly.
d)    Internal Audit Report
The internal audit report was read and all required actions have been completed.
e)    Risk Assessment Policy
With no objections, all resolved to adopt the policy.
f)    Audio Recording Policy
With no objections, all resolved to adopt the policy.

5.    Information, reports and correspondence 
a)    New Bolingbroke – B1183 main road
30mph speed limit confirmed.  Once implemented, council will review costs of reactive speed signs, the Clerk to apply for a grant to help with the funding.  
b)    Entrance and exit to the green being blocked by cars.
Letter sent to residents regarding obstructive parking.  No improvement observed so far.  We will now report this to the relevant bodies.
c)    Quotes for fencing at The Green.
A contractor requested a site visit.  The Clerk will arrange a visit with Councillor Wells before the January meeting. 

d)    Telephone Kiosk/Micro Museum of the area: To receive updates.
No further progress due to poor weather conditions.
e)    Town Hall – Liability for The Green 
The Town Hall insurance does not cover parking on the town council’s section of The Green during events.  Clerk to seek advice from our insurance company.
f)    Request for further funds for the feeding of the swans.
Councillors agreed that without a formal written request, no further funds can be allocated under town council powers.  District Councillor Jones suggested approaching the Town Hall fundraising committee and the National Lottery for grant support.  The Clerk will try to make contact.

MEETING ENDED 2030

Next meetings:

Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at 19:00 in New Bolingbroke Town Hall
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, at 19:15 in Carrington Village Hall