May 2026
GREAT LIMBER PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Annual Parish Council meeting held on Wednesday 6th May at 7.00pm in the Village Hall.
Present: Cllrs S Hudson, S. Christmas, B Moor, S Bedford.
In attendance: Cllr J Bean, Cllr O Bierley, and the Clerk.
1.To Elect a chair: Sarah Christmas was nominated and seconded. Unanimous vote RESOLVED
2. To Elect a vice chair: Sally Acomb was nominated and seconded. Unanimous vote RESOLVED
3. Apologies for absence and reasons given: Cllrs S. Acomb, K Read, S Anderson, A Lawrence
4. To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011: None
5. Co-option of Councillor: – There is one vacancy for which there has been no interest
6. To approve the Minutes of the last meeting held on 4th March 2026: The minutes were approved and signed as a true record.
7. Chairman & Council's comments:
Cllr Christmas reported on the litter pick, a total of 17 bags were collected. The turnout was very disappointing so suggested that next year we make it more of an event and maybe open the village hall for refreshments to get more people involved.
8. Clerk's Report on matters outstanding: Nothing to report
9. LCC Report: Cllr Bean reported that local government reorganisation process is still ongoing. The discretionary grant is going before the executive committee, so the process is still not in place to process a grant towards the new speed camera. Cllr Bean advised that there will also another grant available for larger projects. Regarding the request for a speed limit at the crossroads, the recent accident at the crossroads has been reported to the signs and speed awareness teams and they will provide full resources to investigate this.
10. WLDC Report: Cllr Bierley's report was circulated prior to the meeting there were no comments. Improvements to the bus service are still in progress and Keelby Parish Council have written letters to the Mayor of Lincolnshire and Stagecoach.
Cllr Bierley congratulated Cllr Christmas on her election as chair.
11. Finance
- Accounts for payment: resolved to pay: Staff costs March £270.39, Staff costs April £270.39, Zurich Insurance £593.26, West Lindsey District Council £114.00, AJ Williams £267.60, S Davis £62.00, AJ Williams £535.20
- To approve for the year a schedule of regular payments. RESOLVED to approve payments for Staff Costs and AJ Williams for the year.
- RESOLVED to approve statement of account
- The Annual Internal Audit Report is received and noted
- RESOLVED to approve the Annual Governance Statement which was signed by the chair
- RESOLVED to approve the Annual Accounting Statement which was signed by the chair
- RESOLVED to approve the Certificate of Exemption
- RESOLVED to approve dates of Period for the Exercise of Public Rights – Tuesday 3rd June to Monday 14th July 2026
12. Renewal of Insurance policy – clerk to query the increased premium and get other quotes
13. To review Standing Orders –no changes have been made to these. RESOLVED to approve standing orders
14. To review Financial Regulations - no changes have been made to these. RESOLVED to approve standing orders
15. Planning: to discuss any applications: There were no planning applications to consider.
16. Update of speed sign: Cllr Acomb has done some work on this and the same supplier that had previously been suggested came out the best. The price is £2529.05 net. To date we have a grant of £500 from Cllr Bierley so it was suggested that further grants should be investigated.
17. Update on Brocklesby Crossroads speed reduction request: covered in LCC report
18. Bank on Church Lane and bushes at Church: Cllr Bedwell agreed to remove the bank that is encroaching into the road and ask for advice regarding the overgrown bushes at the church and the millennium tree which is very slow growing.
The meeting closed at 20:00
Date of next meeting 1st July 2026