Finance & General Purposes Committee

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Livesey House
7 St John’s Hill
Shrewsbury
SY1 1JD

(Please be aware that this meeting is not recorded)

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 11 September 2023 at 6.00pm in the Committee Room, Livesey House 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 24^th July 2023

  Attachments:

  • 23.07.24 F&GP Minutes

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

  To consider any matters arising from the previous meeting

• 5PAYMENT SCHEDULES

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 18 July – 4 September 2023

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 5 - Schedule of payments

• 6BUDGETING TIMETABLE FOR 2023/24

  To receive a report on the timetable for the agreement on the 2024/25 budget

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 6 - 2024-25 Budget

• 7END OF YEAR AUDIT

  To receive details on the external audit of the End of Year Accounts by the external auditor and approve the formal publication of those accounts

• 8CAPITAL PROGRAMME

  To receive an update on the 2023/24 Programme

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 8 - 2022-23 Capital Projects Action Plan

• 9TENDER WORK

  To receive a report on recent tendering activity

  Attachments:

  • Tender Works
  • Tender Progress

• 10TENDER APPLICATIONS – CARBON FOOTPRINT INFORMATION

  To receive a report on climate change mitigation in tendering proposals

• 11MARKETS

  To receive an update on the work of the general market

  Attachments:

  • Market update September 2023

• 12YOUTH ACTIVITIES

  To receive an update on recent youth activities

  Attachments:

  • YCM report
  • Youth Attendance Statistics

• 13VISIONING EXERCISE

  To update the Committee on work towards developing a Corporate Plan

• 14BIG TOWN PLAN AND RELATED PROJECTS

  To receive a report on developments on the Big Town Plan and related projects

• 15FULL ACCREDITATION

  1. To consider signing up to the NALC/SLCC Civility and Respect Pledge Civility and Respect Project (nalc.gov.uk)
  2. To consider applying for White Ribbon Accreditation About Us — White Ribbon UK
  3. To consider being part of the SANDS campaign to embrace a culture of inclusion: The Covenant – Safe Ageing No Discrimination (lgbtsand.com)

• 16EXCLUSION 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)

• 17GREENFIELDS RECREATION GROUND

  To discuss the re-purchase of Greenfields Recreation Ground and its interim maintenance