Gayton Wind Farm Community Fund Meeting Minutes

Draft Wind Farm Committee Meeting Tuesday 6th October 2026 Minutes

 

All Wind Farm Committee Members Are Summoned To The : -

WINDFARM COMMITTEE MEETING

Tuesday 6th October 2026 at St Peters Church, Saltfleetby.   

Draft Minutes

Attendees:- Councillor Lusby (Chair). Councillor P Hall, Councillor B Hall, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor Clark,  Councillor Stone, Councillor Hatton & Mrs P Murray (Administrator)

           

  1. APOLOGIES – Councillors Harrison & Deans

 

  1. DECLARATION OF INTEREST & REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATIONS – None

 

  1. MINUTES FROM MEETING ON 4th AUGUST 2026 – was approved and signed by the Chair

 

  1.  FINANCIAL REPORT –  the Clerk informed the meeting of the Windfarm’s available funds as below:-

It was decided that the Instant Access, Fixed Term deposit & Fixed Term deposit accounts should be move to the 95 Day Notice deposit account and the amount already in there should be kept there – that means we would have a total of £32,428.02 in the 95 Day Notice deposit account earning interest of 2.43% gross pa.

  1. WINDFARM INSURANCE – the Clerk told the meeting that the new insurance was now in place costing  £156 pa but we are owed some back that we’ve previously paid.

 

  1. APPLICATION TIMINGS – There was a discussion regarding when should we accept grant applications

for the next financial year – possibly not before the February meeting.Also we maybe need to lower the limit for the organisations from £4k to £2k so that more funds are available for bursaries owing to the fact that we are now fully committed.To be discussed further at the next Windfarm Committee meeting.

 

 

  1. INFORMATION BOARD FOR ST CLEMENTS GRAVEYARD – Cllr Hatton is looking into this and has a budget of £300.  He will report to the next Windfarm Committee on the progress made.  It was decided

to put the possibility of a notice board at the back of the cemetery on the next Parish Council meeting agenda along with a review of the state of all the other noticeboards in the village.

 

    EXTERNAL GRANT APPLICATIONS:-

 

  1. BURSARY – GARMIN WATCH FOR WORK:- £1,000 – this grant application was refused following research- it showed the watch ‘provides advance targeting data for long-range precision shooting’ and as such is a weapon peripheral device which are excluded in our criteria for grants.
  2. BURSARY – ROYAL HORTICULTURAL COURSE:- £705 – this grant was successful – it was agreed that the payments should be monthly even if this method is slightly more expensive.

 

  1. SALTFLEETBY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION:- £347 – this is two grants put together – one for the hire hall and one for the coffee etc needed October – March 2027 – this grant was successful.

 

  1. BURSARY – LAPTOP - £299 – this grant was successful.

 

  The meeting finished at 20.05pm

 

  Next Windfarm Committee scheduled for 1ST December 2026