Finance and General Purposes Committee – 02/02/2015

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
The Guildhall
Frankwell Quay
Shrewsbury
SY3 8HR

Meeting of the Finance & General Purposes Committee
to be held in the Council Chamber at the Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury
at 6.30 pm on Monday 02 February 2015
(Upon the Rising of Full Council)

22 January 2015

To Members of the Finance & General Purposes Committee

Councillors P Adams, Mrs H Fraser, M Kenny, Ms J Mackenzie, Mrs P Moseley, A Mosley, P Nutting & J Tandy

CC All other members of the Council for information
 

Dear Councillor

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Town Council’s Finance & General Purposes Committee scheduled to take place on Monday 02 February 2015 at 6.30 pm (Upon the rising of Full Council) in the Council Chamber at the Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, in order to transact the following business.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1APOLOGIES

  To receive and accept apologies for absence

• 2DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTERESTS

  To receive Declaration of Interests in accordance with the Code of Conduct

• 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 12 January 2015

  Attachments:

  • 320-20Minutes_Finance2014.12.01

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

• 5PAYMENTS

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 1 December 2014 – 31 January 2015

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20520-20Schedule20of20payments_0

• 6MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

  To receive a report on the Quarter 3 Management Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20620-20Q320report20and20accounts_0

• 7GRANTS

   To receive an update on the money available in both the Community Grant Fund and the Councillor Grant Fund;
   To receive an update on any Councillor Grant applications considered and approved;
  To consider a request from St Chads to utilise a grant intended for a Music Festival to contribute towards the cost of running the Christmas Tree Festival;
  To consider new applications
   

  1

  Shrewsbury Folk Festival

  £2000

  Dance & Music Workshops for school children in Shrewsbury

  2

  Age Concern

  £2000

  Purchase of replacement disabled accessible minibus

  3

  Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival

  £500

  After School animation & digital workshop

  4

  Belle Vue Methodist Church

  £3500

  Provision of catering facilities within a new hall

  5

  Shrewsbury Children’s Bookfest

  £1900

  Part funding of the festival in the Square

   
   
   

  Attachments:

  • Agenda207.320-20St20Chad27s20Church_0
  • Agenda207.420-20Shrewsbury20Folk20Festival
  • Agenda207.420-20Age20Concern20Shrewsbury
  • Agenda207.420-20Shrewsbury20Cartoon20Festival
  • Agenda207.420-20Belle20Vue20Methodist20Church
  • Agenda207.420-20Shrewsbury20Children27s20Bookfest

• 8RISK MANAGEMENT

  To review the existing Risk Management Strategy and Action Plan as a result of the recent audit of the Council’s risks

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20820-20LCRS20action20plan
  • Agenda20820-20Risk20Management

• 9EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

  To consider exclusion of the Press & Public on the grounds that the consideration of the following items may involve the likely disclosure of confidential information (s1(2) Public Bodies (Admission of Meetings) Act 1960)

• 10REVIEW OF CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS

  To receive an update on recent contract discussions

• 11FUTURE ACCOMMODATION

  To receive an update from the Leader & Town Clerk regarding on-going discussions regarding accommodation

• 12LAND

  To receive details of the Land Review and consider any appropriate recommendations