Annual Parish Meeting & Annual General Meeting Agenda 2026
Members of Rippingale Parish Council are hereby summoned to attend the Annual Parish Meeting & Annual General Meeting on Monday 11th May 2025 at 7pm in the Rippingale Village Hall. Unless already stated in the Agenda, any items raised for decision at the Annual Parish Meeting will appear on the agenda at the next Meeting. Members of the public are invited to attend. Please note that video footage and comments may be recorded and published in the press or on social media. Anyone not wishing to be filmed should sit on the back row of the public area. Anyone videoing the Meeting must not include anyone on the back row.
Laura Davies, Clerk to the Council 24th April 2024
Annual Parish Meeting – Agenda
The Annual Parish Meeting will commence at 7.00pm as per the agenda below.
1. Welcome by the Chairman & Annual Report.
2. To approve Minutes of last Annual Parish Meeting (19th May 2025)
3. Receive Reports from Police, County & District Councils
4. Receive Reports from Community Groups & Organisations
a. Feast Organising Committee
b. Hospital Car Service
c. Parochial Church Council
d. Row Garden Allotment Group
e. Village Hall Management Committee
f. Rippingale Jubilee Playing Field Trust
5. Questions & Proposals from the Public
Annual General Meeting of the Parish Council – Agenda
The Annual General Meeting will commence at 7.30pm or immediately following the Annual Parish Meeting. The public are welcome to observe the meeting but are not permitted to speak unless invited by the Chairman; a 5-minute Post Meeting Public Forum will be held to enable the public to comment on the AGM.
1. Apologies for absence.
2. Councillor Acceptance of Office.
3. Councillor Declarations of Interest.
4. Election of Chairman.
5. Election of Vice chairman.
6. Confirmation of allocation of members to designated roles and responsibilities – All:
7. Approve Minutes of last Council Meeting (9th March & 13th April 2026) (All)
8. Parish Clerk’s Report (excluding matters raised later in the Agenda)
Parish Matters
1. Newsletter To discuss and review printing quotations
2. Jubilee Playing Field
a. To receive an update the SKDC Prosperity Fund grant
b. To receive an update on the Tesco Community Grant balance
c. To receive an update on annual playground inspection for insurance purposes.
d. To Discuss location and placement of Yeti notice board
3. Allotments.
a. To receive an update on phase 2 of the rain- harvesting at the allotments
4. Planning: To receive and consider planning applications:
a. S24/1278 & S25/1272 and the steps taken towards formal complaint with SKDC
b. To receive update on planning committee of S25/1283
1. Feast
a. To receive and consider the updated Feast constitution
b. To Discuss how the village events calendar is up loaded on the Parish Website
c. To discuss and review the Feast Bank account
5. Other Matters
a. To receive an update on National Grid proposal for a pylon route South of Rippingale (WMEL)
b. To receive an update on the meeting between the VHMC & RPC.
c. To receive an update on the flooding and the emergence volunteer group.
d. To discuss Parish Website, who has ability to update and what needs updating.
Financial Matters:
6. Bank Accounts
a. To receive an update on the JPFT funds transfer to a new bank
b. To discuss insurance for Trustees on JPFT – as the current cover is not considered to be adequate to protect against the potential risks of managing a public space"
7. Financial Reports:
a. To receive an update of the Expenditure in Period
b. To Approve payments
c. To Discuss and review the AGAR for 2025/2026.
Close Session
8. To discuss the Allotment orchard maintenance
9. Human Resources
a. To Consider a review of Parish Clerk employment documentation.
o Job description
o Appraisal process - Performance objective setting
o Training expectations
o Changes to terms of contact (changes would exclude core contract terms including hours, pay scale, notice period, place of work base unless there was explicit agreement with the incumbent employee)