Kirkbymoorside Town Council

Issued on ? for a meeting of the Town Council to be held at 7.30 pm on 17 December 2012 in Church House, Kirkbymoorside

Members of the press and public are welcome to attend

1. To receive apologies for absence.
2. To receive Declarations of Interest in items on the agenda.
3. Minutes and Matters Arising
   1. To approve the minutes of the Meeting held on 30 November 2012
   2. To receive the minutes of the Staffing Committee held on ?
   3. To receive the minutes of the Manor Vale Committee held on 16 November 2012
   4. To consider matters arising.
4. Public Session - to allow members of the public to make representations, ask questions and give evidence in respect of any items of business.
5. Discussions with District and County Councillors
   1. County and District Councillors to respond to questions already posed
   2. Town Councillors to raise urgent matters recently arisen
   3. County and District Councillors to advise the Town Council on any new matters
6. Consider requests for grants (application forms provided separately):
   1. Kirkbymoorside 10K
7. To consider financial matters:
   1. approve cheque payments according to the list provided
   2. receive the monthly financial report
8. To consider employment matters:
   1. confirm the employment of the new Town Clerk
   2. determine the percentage of gross salary to be offered in the form of a pension contribution
   3. comment on the Local Government Pension Consultation
9. To consider purchasing an Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4515DN A4 Colour Inkjet Printer for about £160 as a replacement for the existing HP colour laser
10. Street Lighting - To consider instructing contractors to carry out:
    1. high priority repairs to 3 street lights in Westfields. Consider whether to resite columns on to the pavement so as to allow adoption by NYCC
    2. high priority concrete lamp post replacement on the A170 (number 3). Consider whether to order an additional 4 columns so as to meet roadway standards to allow adoption by NYCC.
    3. high priority maintenance to one street light in Old Road (number 5)
    4. high priority maintenance to one street light in West Lund Lane (number 2)
    5. high priority maintenance to one street light in Castlegate (number 1)
    6. high priority maintenance to one street light in Ryedale View (number 1)
    7. high priority replacement of corroded lamp post in Ings Lane (number 1)
    8. high priority replacement of corroded lamp post in Keldholme West (number 4)
11. To review instructions to Ryedale DC for winter pavement clearance
12. To consider internet matters:
    1. approve continuing use of Vision ICT for registration of the council's .gov.uk domain
    2. decide how council email addresses should be used for councillors
    3. consider use of MailChimp for mailings about council and committee meetings
    4. consider what directories should be included on the council web site
    5. review content posted on the web site to date
    6. consider subscribing to a site search service at a cost of $60 or $108 per annum
    7. consider purchasing a licence for Goodsync to synchronise public files between the office computer and the web site
    8. consider purchasing Amazon S3 storage services for backup and possible sharing of office files
    9. review the council's use of social internet sites including Twitter, Flickr and Facebook and confirm current practice
13. To consider how to tackle a review of policies for the Town Cemetery and its administration
14. Receive the Town Mayor’s Report
15. Receive reports from Members representing the Town Council at meetings of outside bodies.
16. Receive reports from Members on delegated matters
17. Receive officers' report
18. Questions to the Chairman
19. To note the date of the next meeting on 21 January 2013 at 7.30 pm in Church House.

Related documents:

• Local Government Pension Consultation