Finance and General Purposes Committee – 07/08/2017

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Riggs Hall
The Library
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury
SY1 2AS

To Members of the Finance and General Purposes Committee

Councillors P Adams, Mrs H Fraser, P Gillam, N Laurens, Mrs P Moseley, A Mosley, A Phillips and H Taylor.

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 and General Purposes Committee scheduled to take place on Monday 7th August at 6pm 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 INTEREST

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

• 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 5 June 2017.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20320Previous20Minutes_Finance2017.06.05

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

• 5PAYMENTS

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 1 June – 31 July 2017

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20520-20Summary20of20payments

• 6QUARTER 1 ACCOUNTS

  To receive an update on the Quarter 1 Accounts.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda206.120-20Qtr20120accounts20report2017-18
  • Agenda206.220-20Qtr20120accounts

• 7INTERNAL AUDIT

  To receive and adopt the Internal Auditor’s report regarding the Final 2016/17 Accounts.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20720Shrewsbury20TC20Final20update20report202016-17

• 8GRANT APPLICATIONS

  (i)  To receive an update on Grant Funds available
        a)  Community Grant Fund
        b)  Councillor Grant Fund
   
  (ii)  To consider any applications for funding from the Community Grant Fund

  Attachments:

  • Agenda208.120Summary20of20grants2028updated04081729
  • Agenda208.220salop20band20community20grant20application
  • Agenda208.220shrop20support20refugees20grant20application
  • Agenda208.220ShrewsburyWyle20Cop20Community20Grants20Application20Form202016202800229
  • Agenda208.220Shrewsbury20Folk20Festival20Community20Grant_0

• 9CONSULTATIONS

  To consider a response to the following applications:
   
    (i)   Shropshire Council Carparking Strategy
    (ii)  Police & Crime Commissioner Proposals to merge commissioning of both Police & Fire
  https://www.westmercia-pcc.gov.uk/working-together/west-mercia-fire-governance-consultation/

  Attachments:

  • Agenda209.120Shropshire20Draft20Parking20Strategy
  • Agenda209.120Car20Parking20Proposals

• 10SOLAR FARM FUNDS

  To receive an update on funds spent under the Solar Farm Unilateral Agreement and consider allocation of the residue.

• 11REPRESENTATION ON OUTSIDE BODIES

  To approve the allocation of members/staff to the following outside bodies.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda201120-20Representation20on20outside20bodies

• 12EXCLUSION 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).

• 13VAT

  To receive an update pursuant to a recent Full Council discussion

• 14SUNDAY MARKET

  To receive a report regarding the Sunday Market.

• 15LAND DISPOSALS/ACQUISITIONS/AGREEMENTS

    (i)  To receive an update on the following land disposals
         (a)  Land at Greenfields
         (b)  Land at St Annes Road/Oriel Way
   
  (ii)  To receive an update on the following Acquisitions:
         (a)  Countryside Land
         (b)  Developer Land
   
  (iii)  To approve the following Wayleave
         (a)  Land at Springfield Recreation Ground
   
  (iv) To consider future toilet provision