Minutes for June 2025

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These minutes are a draft until agreed at the next meeting

Full Council Meeting

Held on Monday 30th June 2025

Members present: - Cllr. T. White, Cllr. K. Elbourne, Cllr. J. White, Cllr. B. White, Cllr. C. Smith, Cllr. H. Burn, Cllr. J. Bullock, Cllr. D. Leppington, Cllr. D. Bullock, Cllr. N. Grant and Cllr. A. Hyde

Chris Parsons Town Clerk/RFO

Also, present Cllr Tom Seston, 2 members of the public

                                                                                                   

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting

Public Participation

No issues raised.

COUNCIL BUSINESS

No

Item

0106/

25

Apologies and Acceptance

None needed.

0206/

 25

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary and Other Interests

It is Councillors responsibility to declare if they have an interest in any items raised on the agenda or raised during the meeting.

Code of Conduct

Cllrs Burn, Smith, D. Bullock and J. Bullock declared an interest in item 0506/25e

Cllr Leppington declared an interest in item 0506 c and d

0306/

25

Confirmation of Minutes

It was RESOLVED to accept the minutes as a true record the following minutes

  • Annual  Council Meeting held on Monday 19th May 2025

Minutes for May 25

0406/

25

Reports from Outside Bodies

Police-

Eastfield Police Report June 25 was accepted.

North Yorkshire Council

Newly elected Cllr Tom Seston was welcomed to the meeting and introduced to the Town Councillors.

Cllr Seston assured the Council that one of the many things  he would try and amend was the lack of communication from North Yorkshire Council

0506/

25

Item e 0506/25 Cont.

Financial Matters

Councillors to consider and agree the following Financial Matters

  1. Receipts and Transactions To date

It was RESOLVED to approve item a

  1. Bank Reconciliation for May 2025

It was RESOLVED to approve item b

  1. To consider the ‘In Principle’ decision to fund AFC Eastfield for a second year.

It was RESOLVED to approve item c (Comment it was good for the Town to have a local football team)

Cllr Leppington did not take part in this item

  1. To consider the following Community Chest Application
  • Eastfield Community Uniform

It was RESOLVED to approve this application for the sum of £1,000

  • AFC Eastfield

The Council would prefer to fund the referee costs and not the mileage costs, it was RESOLVED to approach AFC Eastfield and ask if they would be happy to change the application for the July 25 meeting

Cllr Leppington did not take part in this item

  1.  To consider the following Community Event Application
  • Eastfield Residents Association

It was RESOLVED to defer this application to the July 25 meeting with the following points/queries.

  1. Any activities paid for in full by the Council must be free at point of sale.
  2.  The breakdown of costs must be this year’s figures, to show the true costs for the event.
  3. How will the shortfall be met

Cllr Burn, Cllr Smith, Cllr D. Bullock and Cllr J Bullock left the room for this item

0606/

25

5mins

To consider joining the Speeding Campaign

It was RESOLVED to support this campaign; Councillors were asked to make comment on the wording of the letter before sending it.

0706/

25

Clerks Update

To include CCTV Update

It was RESOLVED to agree an ‘in principle’ decision only that the Town Council would look to support the CCTV on the High Street and Manahm Hill, but this was dependant on the Council identifying a budget, this will be brought back to a future meeting.

0806/

25

A discussion on whether the principal of artwork could be considered by the council during the High Street renovation – Cllr D. Bullock

It was proposed that this item be taken to the next High Street site visit.

0906/

25

Date of Next Meeting

Monday 28th July 2025
Created: 22/07/2025 / Last Modified: N/A