21 December 2009
To: All Members of the Council
You are hereby summoned to attend a Meeting of the Denby Dale Parish Council to be held at 7pm on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 in the Council Chamber, Council Offices, Commercial Road, Skelmanthorpe to transact the following business:
Hazel Chowcat
Clerk to the Council ___________________________________________________________________________________
AGENDA
1. To receive Members’ Declarations of Interest in Items on the Agenda
2. Open Session
Fifteen minute open session for members of the public to raise issues and ask questions.
3. To accept Apologies for Absence
4. Chair’s Opening Remarks
5. Admission of the Public
To consider whether any items require to be taken in private session.
6. To receive a report from the local police.
7. To receive a report from Andy Wickham, Countryside Officer
8. To receive a verbal report from a Ward Councillor
9. Minutes
To confirm as a correct record, if agreed, the minutes of the following meetings
9.1 Council Meeting 1 December 2009 (enclosed)
9.2 Plans Scrutiny Meeting 15 December 2009 (enclosed)
10. Clerk’s Report
To discuss the Clerk’s Report (enclosed)
11. Appointment of Councillors to Outside Bodies
To appoint councillors to fill vacancies on outside bodies:
11.1 Denby Dale Area Committee (up to 4)
11.2 Yorkshire Local Councils Associations (1)
12. Protocol on Member/Officer Relations
To approve a Protocol on Member/Officer Relations (enclosed)
13. Standing Orders
To receive the updated Standing Orders (enclosed)
14. Denby Dale/Kirkburton LIG
To receive a report on the work of the LIG from Cllr Brook
15. Working Party on Public Transport
To receive a report on the working party
16. Reports from meetings
16.1 Councillors to report on meeting of the Denby Dale Area Committee held on 10 December 2009
16.2 Cllrs Shaw and Waites to report on West Yorkshire Rural Accessibility Partnership meeting held on 14 December 2009.
17. Finance Matters
17.1 Clerk’s Training: To approve the attendance of the Clerk at the SLCC Practitioners’ Conference to be held on 26-28 February at Stoke on Trent at a cost of £195.
17.2 Orders for Payment: To approve Orders for Payment No. 506
18. February Council Meeting
To receive items for the agenda of the February meeting.
19. Dates of future meetings
19 January 2010 – Finance & General Purposes Committee starting at 7pm
26 January 2010 – Plans Scrutiny Committee starting at 7pm
2 February 2009 – Council Meeting starting at 7pm
