Chairmans report 2023-24

Chairman’s Report 2023/24

Finance – The Council has committed funds to infrastructure projects throughout the year but remains in a healthy financial position with significant surplus funds still available for future projects.

Income

• Precept
• Interest
• NYCC funding for grass cutting
• Flood group fundraising
• Donations for MUGA
• Groundwork Neighbourhood Plan grant
• Section 106 Funding
• NYCC grant for VAS signs
• Garage rental

Expenditure

• Broadband in the Village Hall
• Clerk’s salary
• Professional membership fees
• Postage, stationery, printing, computing and miscellaneous expenses
• Water pump storage
• Electricity supply for streetlights
• Replacement of glass for sports field bus shelter
• Grass and hedge cutting
• Permissive path
• PIR lights at the village hall
• Repayment of unspent Neighbourhood Plan Grant
• Play facilities maintenance and inspections.
• Sports field and bus shelter rent
• MUGA electricity
• Website hosting, new website and emails
• Audit fees
• Village Hall hire
• Insurance premiums
• Donation to Yorkshire Air Ambulance
• Magician at Coronation event
• Printing of residents passes for the event at the airbase
• Selby and District Rail Users Membership
• Information Commissioner fee
• Erection of village Christmas trees and lights
• Methodist Church community lunches
• Two new defibrillators and replacement defibrillator pads
• Playground inspection training
• Chippings for pump ramp
• 20’s plenty banners and stickers
• Pavilion project costs
• Planning consultancy

Other items

• 11 Council meetings held over the last year
• Consideration of 12 planning applications
• Village grass cutting and maintenance of planters was undertaken by Mr G M Adamson.
• Hedge cutting and Christmas tree and decorations completed by C.A. Clayton
• Various village maintenance works completed by B.K. Parnaby and sons
• Ongoing provision of MUGA, outdoor gym equipment and children’s play facilities.
• New website and councillor emails
• Two new defibrillators and PIR lights at the village hall installed
• Work on-going on the replacement of obsolete streetlights and improvement to street lighting
• Planning permission gained and work commenced on the replacement of the sports pavilion
• Councillor surgeries held monthly at the Sports and Social Club’s Saturday Social events
• Projects approved for village gateway signs, VAS signs and a new footpath at 5 Lanes End.
• Raised residents’ concerns about HGV’s through the village and developments at East Leeds Airport with North Yorkshire Councillor and the planning and highways departments, set up a working group and engaged a planning consultant to look into the issues.

The Chairman would like to formally thank his fellow Councillors and the Parish Clerk for their hard work and support throughout the year.  Thanks also go those volunteers in the community assisting with the management of the MUGA, the Ulleskelf Emergency Flood Group and the Pavilion project.