Meeting video at: https://www.facebook.com/sandgatepc/videos/1630959000800052

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Meeting Agendas and Minutes. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. We then post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

Most of our meetings are also broadcast live on our Facebook page. Those recordings are left on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so can be watched back later.

We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page (although we’re sorry: this one was not). Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!

The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.

The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.

Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.

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The stormy weather seems to have subsided for now, leaving us with dreary gloomy days with little or no sunshine until it decided to make a surprise appearance on Saturday afternoon.  It did mean that we could get to the garden on both of our working mornings, which was a bonus.

With the passing of storm Darragh, we took stock of the damage.  The poor banana tree was shredded even more than it was before, the nets were off and it seems the pigeons had taken advantage and moved in, stripping many of the purple sprouting leaves.  So we set about covering the plants again.  Fortunately the pigeons are not interested in the broad beans, and although their warm fleece coverings were missing, they were still all present and correct.

Two of our gardeners are currently out in Australia for a few weeks and will be spending Christmas there.  It is hard to imagine a Christmas in the summertime, which it currently is over there.  They got in touch to say that they had stumbled across an amazing community garden they found where they are staying, and forwarded some pictures.  It was evident that their banana trees were in the same state as our own, with shredded leaves, but really interesting to see so many different plants there which you would probably not see in a community garden here.  We look forward to hearing all about it on their return.

This is the last newsletter for a while.  We will be returning in January with the latest news.  We will be making visits to the gardens, checking on the plants and of course the state of the netting.  The hot composter at the Folkestone College will continue to be fed with food waste over the Christmas period.

We wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year.

This weeks update from the Sandgate Community Garden Diary.

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• Tuesday 24th December

• Wednesday 25th December

• Thursday 26th December

• Wednesday 1st January

The parish office will be closed from 24th December until 2nd January.

Very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year from all at Sandgate Parish Council and Library.

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You can find previous Sandgate Parish Council Finance Committee Agendas, Minutes and Financial Reports on this website. We publish agendas a few days before a meeting. The Clerk then posts draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

We broadcast our meetings live on our Facebook page. Those meeting recordings are then left live for a few months after the meeting, giving you the chance to watch it back later!

The next suitable meeting will formally approve the draft minutes of this meeting. When approved, the Chairman of that meeting then signs them.

The signed minutes of the meeting serve as the legal record of what has taken place at the meeting. Before a meeting approves the draft minutes of a preceding meeting, the meeting may, by resolution, correct any inaccuracies in the draft minutes. The attendance (or otherwise) of the Chairman or those voting in favour to amend or approve of the minutes is irrelevant.

Only if meeting minutes are found to be inaccurate after they have been signed can they then be altered. Inaccuracies in signed minutes can only be amended by resolution at a subsequent meeting.

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Some collections will be made later than usual to allow hard-working crews to enjoy some time off over the festive season.

The household waste and recycling collections will return to normal on Monday 6 January. The revised schedule for specific properties can be found on the council’s website.

Cllr Jeremy Speakman, Cabinet Member for Assets and Operations, said:

“I would kindly ask residents who may have relatives, friends or neighbours without internet access to check this information for them so they don’t miss out on any collections.

“Christmas is a particularly busy time for crews – I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for their efforts over the season and throughout the whole year.”

Meanwhile, garden waste collections are taking their usual winter break. The last collection will be on Friday 20 December before the service resumes on Monday 6 January.

A free real Christmas tree recycling service will be available again in the new year. Garden waste customers can simply leave them out on their usual collection day, while non-subscribers will need to arrange a collection in January.

There are various ways to reduce waste over Christmas – top tips will be shared on Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s social media channels in the coming weeks.

Veolia crews empty household waste bins with a fully-closed lid every fortnight – they are not able to take extra rubbish. Please recycle as much as you can; additional paper and cardboard can be put in another box for collection.

Residents are reminded to ensure their waste bin/box is out by 7am on collection day.

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The Council meeting is open to press and public. If you would like to attend this meeting, please notify clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk in advance. Letting us know allows us to make sure we have sufficient seats for you and allow reasonable spacing.

We keep a full list of previous Sandgate Parish Council Meeting Agenda and Minutes on this website. We publish those agendas a few days before each meeting, and will also post draft minutes in the week after a meeting.

Most of our meetings are broadcast live on our Facebook page. We’ll then leave those recordings on Facebook for a few months after the meeting so you can watch them back later.

Minimum Notice

We issue agenda’s at least three clear days before a meeting. We display them on the noticeboard in the library, Parish noticeboards on the Village Green and by Enbrook Valley shops, and on our website.

The minimum three clear days for notice of a meeting does not include:

• the day of issue of the agenda, or;

• the day of the meeting, or;

• a Sunday, or;

• a day of the Christmas break, or;

• a day of the Easter break, or;

• of a bank holiday, or;

• a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

Meeting in Public

All meetings of our Council are open to the public, except in limited defined circumstances. We can only decide, by resolution, to meet in private when discussing confidential business or for other special reasons where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest.

Those reasons might include, for example, discussing the conduct of employees, negotiations of contracts or terms of tender, or the early stages of a legal dispute.

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How to take part?

You can fill out the consultation online at www.kent.gov.uk/wellbeingconsultation

You can call Kent County Council on 03000 415846

You can send an email to innovationandpartnerships@kent.gov.uk

You can pick up a paper copy at:

• Age UK Hythe, Sanford House, Stade Street, Hythe, CT21 6BD
• The Marigold Centre, 65 Shaftesbury Avenue, Folkestone CT19 4NS
• Romney Marsh Community Hub, Rolfe Lane, New Romney, TN28 8JR

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We are rapidly hurtling towards the end of the year.  The rainfall for November was a healthy but surprisingly low 55.3 mm.  We have had so many rainy days of late, however the rain is mostly drizzle and not torrential.  Without a doubt the main topic for the weather is the constant battering from storms.  They seem to be coming one after another and so we must truly be in the stormy season.  This weekend brought storm Darragh which stopped us coming out on Saturday morning.  Yet again we shall have to wait for it to pass before checking on the damage on top of the storm we had last week. 

Fortunately Wednesday was fine and dry, giving us an opportunity at last to get the broad beans planted.  The fact that we have any beans to plant at all is a minor miracle because of the ravenous rodents we seem to have in the greenhouse, so it was something of a relief to get them in the ground at last.  Now all they have to do is to be able ride through the weather and the winter and hopefully survive.  To help them along we got out the sad and sorry looking fleece to give them a little protection from the winds and any future frosts.  We had hoped to be able to cover them with some new and hole less fleece, however the Christmas post has been slow and it had still not turned up for the great plant out.  We shall now have to hope and pray that the fleece is not on its way to Folkestone already as Darragh continues to howl and rage, although at the very least it will probably have gained a few more holes.

As usual the resident robin was curious to know what we were up to this week and posed just long enough for one of our speedy gardeners to catch its likeness with her phone camera – we had been trying to do that for some weeks – now you can see just how handsome he is.

Happy with our work, we packed away just as it was about to start drizzling again, so most of our other tasks remain unfinished and are to be carried forward into next week.

What’s next?

• Remove goji berry
• Order some wood chips
• Clear any suckers coming up in the middle of plots
• Keep putting down compost on any uncovered areas

This weeks update from the Sandgate Community Garden Diary.

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There will be an extra special VIP in Sandgate Library who would be delighted to see the under 10s from 5.15pm – 6pm : free entry!

Up and down the High Street there will be plenty of places to go with friends and family.

Noyce will be open and happy to see you on the evening, as well as many other places that will be open including Workshopnumber29 with loads of perfect gifts for the perfect Christmas.

Friday is also the official reopening night for The Providence Inne Sandgate who we are delighted to welcome back with new owners Chris and Claire Louise! They have live music from The Swing Rats on Friday evening, and would love to see you, as would Docker Brewery (96 Sandgate High Street), The Ship Inn – Sandgate, Gee’s Bar – The Royal Norfolk Hotel and more!

ROKA Pizza are offering 15% off all orders for collection on their app on Friday 6th: their wood fired pizzas are ace, and if you haven’t tried a Roka dessert, try a Roka dessert.

And The Dog House will be open until 7.30 with hot drinks, cake and hosting a range of local artisans including Ann Blunt Glass, Carol Needham gifts, Sandgate ceramic and It’s A Florrie Thing Jewellery – another great source of Christmas gifts!

And why not join John Dory at 102 Sandgate High Street who will be serving mince pies and port by the glass from 7.30pm. A great way to round off your evening!

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Finance Committee Agenda

All documents

Our Finance Committee meeting is open to press and public. Please could any member of the public who wants to attend notify us via clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk in advance. This allows us to ensure we have sufficient seats and allow reasonable spacing.

We publish our financial reporting on the “in-running” budget monthly. So at this meeting we will consider the reports since the last meeting.

Previous Sandgate Parish Council Finance Committee Agendas, Minutes and Financial Reports.

We use (the excellent) Scribe Accounts to manage our Council accounts and generate reports.

Sandgate Parish Council’s finances are governed by our Financial Regulations and Standing Orders, and every Town and Parish Council has similar rules. Because those rules govern our financial management, we can only amend or vary them by a Council resolution.

The Council’s Standing Orders require quarterly reporting of receipts, payments and balances. For instance, they say at 17.c:

The Responsible Financial Officer shall supply to each councillor as soon as practicable after 30 June, 30 September and 31 December in each year a statement to summarise:

i. the council’s receipts and payments for each quarter;

ii. the council’s aggregate receipts and payments for the year to date;

iii. the balances held at the end of the quarter being reported

and which includes a comparison with the budget for the financial year and highlights any actual or potential overspends.

We’re now publishing our reports monthly, exceeding that requirement. Consequently we will consider the reports at the next Parish Council Resources Committee meeting.

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