July 2026 Draft Minutes
TALLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting
held in the Village Hall on Wednesday 22nd July 2026.
Present: Chair Cllr Sagar, Vice Chair Cllr J Smith, Cllr J Knox, Cllr R Sorrel, Clerk N Smith, C Cllr A Baxter, D Cllr V Smith and 0 member of public.
Minutes
Public Forum (The Public Forum does not form part of the meeting of the Parish Council)
No points raised.
Cllr Sagar opened the Council meeting.
033/26. Chair’s remarks: Cllr Sagar said that C Cllr A Baxter would be attending and would give his report once present due to time constraint.
034/26. Apologies for Absence and reasons given: Apologies received from D Cllr R Trollope-Bellew.
035/26. To receive any Declaration of Interest and completed forms: None declared. Cllrs Sagar and Sorrell returned forms. O/s forms to be returned at the September meeting. Action: Cllrs J Smith/Knox
036/26. To agree and sign minutes of Annual PC Meeting held on 15th May 2026:
It was resolved to accept the amended minutes as a true and accurate record, and were signed by the Chair.
037/26. To agree and sign minutes of Parish Council Meeting held on 17th June 2026:
It was resolved to accept the minutes as a true and accurate record, and were signed by the Chair.
It was Resolved to hear the D & C Cllr reports before Clerk’s due to time restraints. See item 042/26 below.
038/26. Clerk’s report:
- Hours worked in June 22.75.
- Website – Clerk confirmed that new LALC Webmaster in place and Cllr Sagar can request
required updates to website. Action: Cllr Sagar.
- Webmaster - >1hr available. It was Resolved that a further 10 hrs at £200+VAT be paid for.
Action: Clerk
- HMRC: further work needed to understand situation regarding previous Clerk’s PAYE.
Action: Clerk
- Contract: Chair provided Clerk with draft contract for review and discussion.
Action: Clerk/Chair
039/26. Finance:
Payments:
|
Item |
Net Amount |
VAT reclaimable |
|
Clerk ‘Home as Office’ |
£ 30.00 |
|
|
Clerk Salary – June |
£ 255.84 |
|
|
Community Cleaner |
£ 247.00 |
|
|
Equipment & Service |
£ 315.24 |
£ 63.05 |
|
HMRC PAYE – June |
£ 21.80 |
|
|
HMRC ER NIC – June |
£ 0.00 |
|
|
VH Insurance |
£ 1,129.80 |
|
|
Lock Gate maintenance |
£ 170.00 |
|
|
Metro Bank fees – June |
£ 13.00 |
|
|
MG maintenance |
£ 125.00 / £ 80.00 |
|
|
Trade Waste – June/July |
£ 26.89 x 2 |
|
It was Resolved to accept payments as presented.
Account Balances as at 22nd July 2026
|
Current |
£ 9,128.50 |
|
Savings |
£ 3,307.00 |
|
90-day |
£ 30,000.00 |
Income: Payment of £ 850 returned to Heron’s Trust as the Council had received it by error.
Budget 26/27: The Clerk had circulated the year-to-date Budget prior to the meeting. The Clerk pointed out that figures in red are due to costs being higher than budgeted.
It was Resolved to accept the figures as an accurate copy of the PC’s Receipts and Payments.
Bank Reconciliation: Cllr Knox will complete next Reconciliation before September meeting.
Clerk continuing to work on an improved procedure. Action: Clerk
040/26. Notice Boards Repairs: The Clerk had circulated the 3 quotes prior to the meeting.
It was Resolved to accept the quote from CJS for £ 798.00 + VAT. This was the middle quote.
Action: Clerk
041/26. Planning: - S25/2282: reduction of Pine trees. SKDC confirmed that the work was complete.
- S26/0785: Storage building at Cubic Systems, Barholm Rd.
Awaiting committee meeting.
The weekly Planning Update from SKDC is circulated to all Councillors for information.
042/26. Reports from District and County Councillors:
C Cllr A Baxter discussed the Governments decision on LGR for Lincolnshire which has put Tallington into a huge Rural Lincolnshire unitary authority outside of Lincoln. This means there is no defined administrative centre for the new authority.
Cllr Sagar is attending a briefing for PCs in Bourne on 23rd July.
- Tom Amblin-Lightowler has left the Flooding Committee which affects the PC’s MAG meetings.
- Discussion regarding the recent Archer traffic speed survey in the village. C Cllr Baxter will invite the Road Safety Partnership to a local meeting.
- An email received by TPC detailing grass cutting schedules was discussed with C Cllr Baxter.
D Cllr V Smith report:
- SKDC battery collection is backed-up due to a problem at LCC
- LGR decision discussed further.
- Public consultation on LCC Local Plan for Mineral and Waste is live. See poster on notice boards.
For further details see full report from D Cllr V Smith attached below.
043/26. Multi-Agency Meetings (AW, EA, NR, LCC, IDB): Cllrs Sagar and J Smith attend all meetings.
Latest meeting 2nd July, Next meeting 8th September.
Tom A-L has left SKDC Flooding Committee and it has been agreed that G Simpson will chair the MAG meetings with Cllr Sagar helping.
A meeting with the Cement Works manager re rubbish still to be scheduled.
Further details can be read in the report included in the Tower & Spires magazine.
044/26. Millennium Green:
- Full cut of the green done recently.
- Wildflower area will be cut at next full cut.
- Discussion re funds for replacing dead trees. The money in the H&RBSoc is for this purpose.
- Rabbits continue to cause damage
045/26. Canal Lock gate:
- Invoice paid to cover the work done
- Chair had met with contractor previous week to discuss requirements.
- Most of the over growth has now been cut back.
046/26. Domain & Email changes:
- GDPR forms returned by Cllr Sagar and Smith. Action: Cllrs Knox and Sorrell
047/26. To resolve to adopt IT Policy:
The Clerk had circulated the policy before the meeting. Query raised re training. The policy has links on for training sites.
It was Resolved to adopt the policy and Clerk to publish on website.
Action: Clerk
047/26. AGAR 2025/26:
Completed forms submitted to External Auditor on 21 June and acknowledged 24/6. Published on website with Public Notice on notice boards. AGARs reviewed in order of receipt. EA feedback may be received before September meeting.
Clerk has started working through the weaknesses identified by the IA. Several items dealt with at the June meeting. Council need to adopt a Health & Safety policy. Clerk to circulate for September meeting. Further discussion needed with IA to understand a couple of points on IA Checklist. Action: Clerk
032/26. Date of Next Meeting: Wednesday 9th Sept, 11th Nov 2026, 13th January 2027
Meeting finished at 20h40.