2nd February 2026 Minutes
Great Gonerby Parish Meeting Minutes – Monday 2nd Feb
Held At
Great Gonerby Memorial Hall
Meeting Commenced at 7:15pm with the first 30 minutes being public forum
Attendance & Public Forum
Council Members:
Cllr Karri Davey (Chair) Cllr Ginny Beckett (Vice-Chair) Cllr Karen Morrell
Cllr Mike Beckett Cllr Mike Davis (Late entered at 7:25pm) Cllr Marci Neal Cllr Tina Knight Cllr Sarah Gray
Caroline Marion - RFO/Burials/Grants & Proper Officer – In Attendance
Arlayna Bennet – Clerk & Proper Officer – In Attendance
Members of Public: 4
Public Forum (7.15pm – 7.45pm)
Four members of the public were present.
• Double Yellow Lines – Green Street: Approval granted for TRO; Survey date awaited.
• Gifted Land – Church Lane: Legal documentation with solicitors. Boundaries to be clarified by Land Registry. Public consultation and potential CCTV to be considered following transfer.
• Church Lane Site: No further updates available.
• Swadales Close – Parking/Abandoned Vehicles: SKDC has issued notices. Matter to be reviewed in March.
• One-Way System for Pond Street/Green Street: Update provided under Highways.
1. Apologies for Absence
Cllr Davies (lateness) Resolved and accepted by all.
2. Declarations of Interest
Cllr K. Davey declared an interest in the Co-option item and took no part in the vote.
Resolved and accepted by all.
3. Co-option
Application prior circulated.
Resolved: To co-opt A. Davey to Great Gonerby Parish Council.
Vote: 6 in favour, 1 abstention.
Proposed: Cllr M. Beckett | Seconded: Cllr G. Beckett
4. Chair’s Report
Report received and noted including officer collaboration, Holden Way benches - location and concrete bases (awaiting approval from SKDC)
Eden Tree Services sign removal at the Pinfold
NALC initiative, and flagpole sign removal.
5. Minutes
a) Resolved: To approve the minutes of 5 January 2026 minutes as a true record.
b) Resolved: To approve the confidential minutes of 5 January 2026 minutes as a true record.
6. Finance & Burials
a. To receive the Financial Report.
CM - Bank accounts and statements distributed. Current account currently stands at £13577.08
Building the reserve on the 30-day account from the quarterly VAT claims - currently £2442.27.
Interest on 95 day continues to be added to account. Proposed if any monies not used on 31 March 2026 are transferred into this account. To be discussed in March.
Events account £3147.39 for use by the events committee only and is not part of the PC budgets.
The Council were made aware of the outgoings for the next two months before receipt of the precept. (Applied for £56,524) Confirmation of amount of precept will be know second week of March.
Main expenditure over the next two months:
Salaries £4152 for February and March, (O/T or WFH not included).
Loan £4,923.67 paid first week of April 2026.
Solicitors bill estimated £850.00 for new Gifted Land transfer, etc.
CCTV electric meter and installation £370.00.
Expected residual amount to be approximately £3000.
b) To approve the bank reconciliations and bank transfers for January 2026 as
previously circulated via email. November and December 2025 (previous Clerk) were also drawn up, circulated for approval. All bank reconciliations, bank transfers, for previous months were prior sent by RFO/Proper Officer to all Cllrs; proposed, seconded and approved by all Cllrs. Chairperson Cllr K. Davey signed all.
c) To approve staff BACS payments (circulated prior to all councillors) as seen on the payments
sheet – cost of £2075.83 No overtime going forward. All staff bacs payments prior circulated by RFO/Proper Officer were proposed, seconded and resolved to approve by all Cllrs. Chairperson Cllr K. Davey signed all.
d) To approve other BACS and Direct Debit payments (circulated prior to all councillors).
£7.00 D/D monthly mobile
Loan D/D twice a year
All other bacs and direct debit payments for November 2025 to January end 2026 - Prior circulated by RFO/Proper Officer were proposed, seconded and resolved to approve by all Cllrs. Chairperson Cllr K. Davey signed all.
COPIES OF PAYMENTS/RECIEPTS/BANK RECONSILIATIONS/TRANSFERS AS PER ITEMS 6a – 6d CAN BE FOUND ON GGPC WEBSITE:
https://great-gonerby.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/
e) Headstone Inspections: CM advised that the inspections must be done at least once every 5 years; It will be arranged for an inspection to take place in February for Hill Top Cemetery and St Sebastians PC section cemetery. CM to investigate a possible grant to help with the subsidence at St Sebs with a further update to be given in the year when more information is gathered.
f) Hill Top – CCTV and parking signage.
Comment from Electrician read out for the meeting: “The supply to the pole isn’t looped on national grids side however almost definitely say that the cable coming out of the top right of the cutout is going to the cctv pole so it’s on the load side. The cctv on the other pole won’t be drawing much power at all, the meter that will be fitted if the job goes ahead will tell us exactly what the floodlights are using. Once lights and meter are installed, we will be able to tell what the floodlights use as very expensive currently”. Once known contact with supplier will be made (and possibly the Memorial Hall). CM arranged a quote that came in as £370.00 to install new flood lights/meter. The no parking sign has been damaged at Hilltop; It was proposed to order a new one.
Proposed, seconded and resolved by all Cllrs to go ahead with the new installation at £370.00 and purchase and place a new parking sign.
g) Memorial Hall CCTV Donation - Resolved: To decline Memorial Hall CCTV donation request.
h) LALC Annual Training Scheme - Resolved: To renew LALC ATS subscription and approve RFO training.
i) RFO Laptop - Resolved: To obtain quotations for RFO laptop (review March)
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j) Parish Email Licenses - Resolved: To approve additional email license if required.
k) Grass Cutting Contractor 26/27 - Resolved: To appoint BDG for grass cutting 2026/27.
l) St Sebastians Update - C. Marion advised the council that an Interment had taken place without permission – resulted in a letter being sent to all FD’s and a reminder to all stone masons our processes. CM Trying to establish a family link for one interment and possibly a second one has emerged. Both are being reviewed.
7. Staffing Committee
Resolved: Cllr S. Gray to step down; Cllr K. Morrell appointed to Staffing Committee.
8. Highways
Update received from Cllr Bamford. – Prior Circulated
Resolved: To pursue further investigation of one-way system for Pond Street/Green Street with LCC.
9. Policy Review - Prior Circulated
a) Proposed, Seconded and Resolved: To adopt updated Standing Orders
b) Proposed, Seconded and Resolved: To adopt updated Financial Regulations.
10. Official Correspondence – Prior Circulated
11. Planning
Section 73 decision re Allison Homes noted.
Proposed, Seconded and Resolved: Planning Committee to meet with Marrons Fact finding meeting and report back in March.
Proposed, Seconded and Resolved: To appoint Cllr A. Davey to Planning Committee.
12. Project Updates
a) Website update noted; councillor biographies to be added.
b) Neighborhood Plan representation received; informal meeting arranged.
c) Environment matters noted including legal progress on Gifted Land, tree audit, maintenance schedule. Tree Audit - Following the adoption of the Council’s Tree Policy, it was agreed that a tree audit be undertaken. Cllrs Karen Ginny and Tina offered to assist.
d) Youth Plan progressing; survey and legal requirements to be explored.
13. Items for Next Meeting
• Swadales Close – Review following expiry of notices
• Transfer of unspent funds to 95 account
• RFO Laptop – Quotes review
• Planning Committee Structure
• Planning Committee – Marrons update
• Youth Project update
• One-Way System update
• Precept confirmation
• Gifted Land legal update
Meeting Closed
10.00pm
Date: ____________________
Chair Signature: _____________________________
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