Finance & General Purposes Committee

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

To Members of the Finance & General Purposes Committee 

Councillors: A Mosley (Chair), P Moseley (Vice-Chair), R Dartnall, J Dean, N Green, A Phillips, D Vasmer & R Wilson

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 5 December 2022 at 6.00 pm in the Council Chamber, Shirehall in order to transact the following business.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

  To receive and accept apologies for absence

• 2DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

  To receive Declarations of Pecuniary Interest in accordance with the Code of Conduct

• 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 26 September 2022.

  Attachments:

  • 22.09.26 F&GP Minutes

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

  To consider any matters arising from the previous meeting

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 3 Warm Room Grant Application List Nov22

• 5PAYMENT SCHEDULES

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 17^th September to 25^th November 2022

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 5 - Schedule of payments

• 6QUARTER 2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

  To update members on the Quarter 2 Management Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 6i - Q2 report 22-23
  • Agenda 6ii - Q2 accounts 22-23

• 7BUDGET PROPOSALS

  To consider the following in readiness for further discussions regarding the setting of a budget and precept levy for the 2023/24 financial year.

  1. General principles, implications and assumptions including:
     1. Forecast outturn of the 2022/23 budget
     2. Resulting impact of the Spending Review and Local Budgetary Pressures
     3. Inflationary pressures and potential impact on The Revenue Budget
     4. Interest rates
     5. Tax Base Calculations
  2. Proposed Fees & Charges – recommended for approval by the Recreation & Leisure Committee
  3. Revenue expenditure items from committees/members for consideration into budget preparations

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 7 - Budget Proposals
  • Agenda 7ii Scale of Charges 2023-24

• 8INTERNAL AUDITOR

  To receive and accept the report of the Internal Auditor following his first inspection of the 2022/23 Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 8 Shrewsbury TC First Interim report 2022-23

• 9TENDER WORK

  To receive a report on recent tendering activity

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 9 - Tender Works
  • Agenda 9 Tender Progress

• 10MARKETS

  To receive an update on the work of the general market

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 10 - Market update december 2022

• 11UPDATE ON COMMITTEE & WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY

  To receive an update on activity of the following Committees/Working Groups that report to this Committee:

  1. Health & Wellbeing Hub Working Group – 13^th October and 17^th November 2022
  2. Youth Services Working Group – 17^th November 2022

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 11i 2022.10.13 - Health and Wellness Hub Working Group - Minutes
  • Agenda 11i 2022.11.17 - Health and Wellness Hub Working Group - Minutes
  • Agenda 10ii Youth Services Minutes 22.11.17

• 12CAPITAL PROGRAMME

  To receive an update on the amalgamated Capital Programme

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 12 - 2022-23 Capital Projects Action Plan

• 13DITHERINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

  To receive a report on Ditherington Community Centre

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 13 - Ditherington Community Centre SLA report
  • Agenda 13 - Ditherington CC SLA 2022 - 2024

• 14ECARGO BIKE BUSINESS

  To consider the Ecargo Bike Business proposal

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 14 - E Cargo bike scheme

• 15RIVER SAFETY

  To receive an action plan on River Safety

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 15 - River Safety
  • Agenda 15 - River Severn Safety Review DRAFT FINAL REV 2

• 16ADDITIONAL BLEED UNITS

  To receive a report on installing additional bleed units within existing defibrillators

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 16 - Team Shrewsbury Bleed Control Units

• 17VISIONING UPDATE

  To receive an update on the Visioning Programme

• 18THE PROVISION OF SANITARY PRODUCTS IN TOWN COUNCIL TOILETS

  To receive a report on the provision of sanitary products in Town Council toilets

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 18 - Provision of Sanitary Products

• 19ST JOHN’S HILL OFFICE UPDATE

  To receive an update on the St John’s Hill office

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 19 - St Johns Hill Office Update

• 20BIG TOWN PLAN

  To receive an update on the Big Town Plan Partnership from Councillor Mosley, the Town Council’s Representative on the Partnership

  1. Movement Strategy
  2. Mini Holland
  3. Design Code

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 20 - Big Town Plan