Minutes
Saxilby with Ingleby Parish Council
Minutes of the Personnel Committee Meeting
Held on Wednesday 07 January 2026 at 19:00
Meeting Room (Upstairs), St Andrews Community Centre, William St, Saxilby, LN1 2LP
Present
Cllrs E.Bowden, Bridge, Shepherd, Truscott, Waller, Wheatley, and J.Willox
Not Present
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In Attendance
Lydia Hopton, Clerk
Procedural
PC26/001 1. Receive apologies for absence, having been submitted to the clerk
None received.
PC26/002 2. Receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011
The clerk declared an interest in agenda items 08 (PC26/008) and 09 (PC26/009).
PC26/003 3. Consider granting dispensation requests, these having been submitted in writing to the proper officer before, or at the start of, the meeting
None received.
PC26/004 4. Approve the 10 December 2025 personnel committee meeting notes as minutes and the chair to sign
Having been proposed (Cllr E.Bowden) and seconded (Cllr Truscott) it was RESOLVED to:
Approve the 10 December 2025 personnel committee meeting notes as minutes and the chair signed.
PC26/005 5. Note the meeting action log
The action log was noted, with a verbal update on the progression of the internal review of the staff handbook.
PC26/006 6. Agree two committee members for the recruitment panel for the grounds and estate manager role
Having been proposed (Cllr Bridge) and seconded (Cllr Truscott) it was RESOLVED to:
Agree for Cllrs Waller and J.Willox to sit on the recruitment panel.
PC26/007 7. Closed Session
Committee to resolve to go into closed session in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960 for the following item(s) on the grounds that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted.
Having been proposed (Cllr J.Willox) and seconded (Cllr Shepherd) it was RESOLVED to:
Enter closed session.
Confidential Items
19:07 The clerk left the meeting.
PC26/008 8. Approve the clerk’s annual appraisal
Having been proposed (Cllr Waller) and seconded (Cllr Truscott) it was RESOLVED to:
Approve the clerks appraisal.
PC26/009 9. Recommend to Full Council a staff contractual increment
Having been proposed (Cllr Shepherd) and seconded (Cllr Truscott) it was RESOLVED to:
Recommend to Full Council a staff contractual increment.
The clerk returned to the meeting.
19:20 meeting closed.
Please be advised that these are notes of the meeting taken by the assistant/clerk and cannot in any way be regarded as the official minutes of council proceedings until they are approved and signed at the next meeting.