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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Livesey House
7 St Johns Hill
Shrewsbury
SY1 1JD

(Please be aware that this meeting is not recorded)

To All Members of the Council

Dear Councillors

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Shrewsbury Town Council scheduled to take place at Livesey House, 7 St Johns Hill on Monday 30th June 2025 at 6pm, in order to transact the following business.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1WELCOME FROM THE MAYOR

• 2ROLL CALL

• 3APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

• 4DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT

• 5MINUTES OF COUNCIL

  To approve the Minutes of the Town Council Meeting held on 12 May 2025.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 5 - 25.05.12 Annual Council Minutes

• 6MATTERS ARISING

• 7ANNOUNCEMENTS

  (i)  To receive any announcements from the Mayor & Deputy Mayor’s recent engagements
  (ii) To receive any announcements from the Mayor and Town Clerk

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 7 - MAYORAL ENGAGEMENTS MARCH - JUNE 2025

• 8PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

  To receive any questions from Members of the Public, notice of which has been given in accordance with the Town Council’s Standing Orders.

• 9MOTIONS FROM MEMBERS

  To receive any motions from Members, notice of which has been given in accordance with the Town Council’s Standing Orders.

• 10LETTER FROM DEPUTY LEADER OF SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL AND CALL FOR INFORMATION FROM CHAIR OF TRANSFORMATION & IMPROVEMENT SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

  To consider a formal response to the letter from the Deputy Leader of Shropshire Council regarding their wish for greater engagement with Parish Councils

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 10 - Letter from Cabinet Member to Towns and Parishes 030625
  • Agenda 10 - Response - A New Approach to Partnership with Town and Parish Councils V2
  • Agenda 10 - Call for Information June 2025

• 11END OF YEAR ACCOUNTS & SUPPORTING STATEMENTS

  (i) In accordance with the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2011, Members are required to approve the following documents in relation to the 2024/25 End of Year Accounts in readiness for submission to the External Auditor:

  i. Annual Report
  ii. Statement of Accounting Policies
  iii. Annual Governance Statement
  iv. Income & Expenditure Account
  v. Statement of Movement of Reserves
  vi. Balance Sheet

  (ii) In accordance with the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2011, Members are required to approve the Annual Return, including

  i. Section 1 – Annual Governance Report for 2024/25
  ii. Section 2 – Annual Accounting Statements for 2024/25

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 11i - YE25 accounts FINAL
  • Agenda 11ii - YE25 AGAR

• 12YOUTH STRATEGY

  To approve the Youth Strategy for Shrewsbury

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 12 - STC Youth Strategy Final

• 13WORKING GROUP & FORUM POLICIES

  To approve the policies for working groups and forums

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 13 - Rationale for Working Groups
  • Agenda 13 - Member-Led Forums

• 14OUTSIDE BODIES

  (i) To consider appointments to vacant Outside Body posts
  (ii) To appoint a Trustee to the John Allatt Foundation

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 14 - Outside Bodies Representatives 2025-26

• 15ASSET DISPOSAL

  (i) To approve the Asset Disposal Policy
  (ii) To approve the commencement of the disposal process for land identified in the Town Clerk’s report

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 15- Asset Disposal Policy 2023

• 16SOLAR LIGHTING

  To approve funding to implement a solar lighting scheme in full for Greenfields Recreation Ground

• 17COMMITTEE FORWARD PLAN

  To approve the Committee Forward Plan as prepared by the Committee Chairs.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 17 - Committee Work Programme

• 18VISIONING

  To ratify proposals for the 2025 – 2029 Corporate Plan

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 18 - Strategic Action Plan for Full Council 2025-2029

• 19ANNUAL TOWN MEETING – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To accept the minutes of the Annual Town Meeting held on 19 May 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 19 - 25.05.19 - Annual Town Meeting Minutes

• 20FINANCE & GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Finance & General Purposes Committee Meetings held on 7 April 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 20 - 25.04.07 F&GP Minutes

• 21CLIMATE EMERGENCY & NATURE RECOVERY COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Climate Emergency & Nature Recovery Committee Meeting held on 10 April 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 21 - 25.04.10 Climate Change Minutes

• 22POLICY & RESOURCES COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Policy & Resources Committee Meeting held on 2 June 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 22 - 25.06.02 P&R Minutes

• 23OPERATIONS COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Operations Committee Meeting held on 14 May 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 23 - Operations Committee Minutes 25.05.14

• 24PLANNING COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Planning Committee Meetings held on:
  (i) 1 April 2025
  (ii) 22 April 2025
  (iii) 13 May 2025
  (iv) 10 June 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 24 - Planning_Minutes - 25.04.01
  • Agenda 24 - Planning_Minutes - 25.04.22
  • Agenda 24 - Planning Minutes - 25.05.13
  • Agenda 24 - Planning_Minutes - 25.06.10

• 25COMMUNITIES & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Communities & Environment Committee Meeting held on 11 June 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 25 - Communities & Environment Committee Minutes 25.06.11

• 26WORKING GROUPS – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

  To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Working Group Meetings held on:

  (i) Joint Consultative Committee – 9 April 2025 chaired by Councillor Alan Mosley
  (ii) Youth Council – 20 March & 12 June 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 26(i) - 25.04.09 - Joint Consultative Committee - Minutes
  • Agenda 26(ii) - 25.03.20 Youth Council Minutes
  • Agenda 26(ii) - 25.06.12 Youth Council minutes