February 2026 Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the Ordinary Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday 10th February 2026
Present: Cllr D Waite (Chair), Cllr S March, Cllr P Bryan, Cllr J Slater, and Cllr E Horstwood
In attendance: Cllr.P.Morris (WLDC)
Members of public present: None
Parish Clerk – Mandy Coote
Note: All documents referenced in the Minutes will be made available on the Council’s website https://north-kelsey.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Minutes
Minute Ref Item
212/2526 Welcome from the Chair and Public Questions
No members of the public
213/2526 Apologies
Apologies for absence Cllr J Waite, Cllr M Williams, Cllr J Cundill, Cllr.J.Bean (LCC) accepted
214/2526 Declarations of interest
None declared
215/2526 Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday 13th January 2026
Proposed:- Cllr.S.March Seconded:- Cllr.P.Bryan All in favour who were in attendance at the meeting
RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the meeting be accepted as a true and proper record
216/2526 Police and Crime update
NC09 area reported crime circulated and discussed. Lincolnshire Police is moving back to using Lincs Alert. Poster on social media, noticeboards and website
217/2526 District and County Council update
For information only. Any items raised for decision will appear on the agenda for the next meeting.
Cllr.P.Morris (WLDC)
Children’s home: Will be notified if section 192 Lawful Development Certificate application received
Lincolnshire Police: additional funding to recruit 108 new officers and 20 PCSO’s
Lincolnshire Government Reorganisation: now live, 26th March for survey results in July
Scampton: Officially up for sale bids by 6th March, outcome known November
Cllr.J.Bean (LCC) Apologies
No report
218/2526 Chairman’s update
Promotion of the vacancy on Council
Play Area, big project, look into estimated budget and funding
219/2526 Parish Councillor updates
Cllr S March:- Clerks annual appraisal to be arranged with the personnel committee
220/2526 To consider updates from Working Groups
Communications:- Newsletters have been delivered, social media and website articles
Strategic:- nothing to report
Environment:- Teams meeting 09/02/26, work plan priorities next year, now 25 works to be completed. Volunteers to be recruited and working parties to be formed.
February/March 2026 focus cemetery wreaths, wildflowers, litter pick and planting hedge saplings
Proposed:- Cllr D Waite Seconded:- Cllr S March All in favour
RESOLVED:
To purchase tubing and canes for some of the saplings to be planted around £100.00 net
Monthly Asset Inspection Updates:-
Cllr.S.March: Latch to be fitted
Cllr.P.Bryan: Cemetery, working party arranged for Sunday to clear cemetery Christmas Wreaths. Meeting to be arranged with contractor to discuss additional works required on the Mortuary Chapel
Cllr.J.Slater Village Green, all ok
221/2526 Clerk’s report
National Highways and Transport survey:- Saturday, 28th of February to complete the survey
Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) for Greater Lincolnshire government’s consultation started, complete by 28th March 26.
WLDC:- Inviting comments on submitted Grasby and Searby cum Owmby Neighbourhood Plan
LCC:- Grass Cutting Agreement PGC000020 re-registered
LGR:- online briefing session Monday 2 February 2026 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm attended
Greater Lincolnshire Nature Recovery Strategy:- survey launched 26/01/26 open until 8 March 2026.
Holiday:- noted
222/2526 Parish Matters Updates
Nothing to report
Business Items - Motions Requiring Written Notice
223/2526 Payments for Approval & Bank Reconciliation
Council to approve the schedule of payments from 13/01/2026-10/02/2026
Proposed:- Cllr D Waite Seconded:- Cllr J Slater All in favour
RESOLVED:
to approve the following payments and monitoring reports be received.
Invoice Date Supplier/Payee Details Cost
£ VAT
£ Total
Payment
£
31/01/26 JM Coote Clerk Salary January 26 438.63 438.63
31/01/26 HMRC PAYE January 26 £109.60
National Insurance £19.71 129.31 129.31
31/01/26 JM Coote Clerk Working From Home January 26 26.00 26.00
31/01/26 Unity Bank Charges 6.00 6.00
25/01/26 MKS Groundcare Grass Cutting & Verges 924.58 184.92 1,109.50
08/01/26 Ian Moore Contracting Playing Field Hedge 625.00 125.00 750.00
14/01/26 Start Safety Tamtorque Key 9.59 1.92 11.51
04/02/26 Clerk Mileage, noticeboards and VAS NKM 10.80 10.80
04/02/26 Dandelion Design Newsletter 97.00 97.00
Totals 2,266.91 311.84 2,578.75
Receipts Description
14/01/26 VAT reclaim 3.158.09
Bank Balances @ 31-01-26:- Unity Current £5,602.43 Unity Instant Saver £44,701.66
224/2526 Survey
Main focus is for additional equipment at the play area
225/2526 Mortuary Chapel
Still awaiting quotes for works required to windows and doors
226/2526 Cemetery Tree
Reports and observations discussed
Proposed:- Cllr J Slater Seconded:- Cllr P Bryan All in favour
RESOLVED:
To accept the quote and instruct works to be carried out by George Coletti £530.00 net
227/2526 Riparian obligations
Clarification to be sought from Lincolnshire County Council re ownership and clearance
228/2526 Meeting Dates 2026/2027
Dates for the new fiscal year meetings, continue 2nd Tuesday in the month at 7.15pm.
Change to October meeting from 13th to 6th agreed.
229/2526 LALC Annual Membership and Annual Training Subscription
Proposed:- Cllr S March Seconded:- Cllr J Slater All in favour
RESOLVED:
To continue LALC Annual Membership £308.12 and Annual Training Subscription £174.00 for 26-27
230/2526 Planning
No applications received
Planning Status
WL/2025/00777 Agricultural Workers, Pending
WL/2025/01208 Beck House Granted
Next Ordinary Meeting
231/2526 Items for inclusion on the next Ordinary Meeting agenda
Children’s Play area
Clerk annual review report
232/2526 Date and time of the next Ordinary Meeting
To confirm date and time of the next Ordinary Parish Council Meeting, is set for Tuesday 10th March 2026 @ 7.15pm