Policy & Resources 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 Policy & Resources Committee

Councillors: R Wilson (Chair), B Bentick, R Dartnall, J Dean, A Fejfer, A Mosley, D Vasmer & A Wagner

All other members of the Council for information

Dear Councillor

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Town Council’s Policy & Resources Committee scheduled to take place on Monday 1 June 2026 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 13^th April 2026

  Attachments:

  • 26.04.13 P&R 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 1^st April 2026 to 22^nd May 2026

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 5 - Schedule of payments

• 6PREPARE END OF YEAR ACCOUNTS

  To recommend to Council in accordance with the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2011 and subject to sign-off by the Internal Auditor, the approval of the annual accounts

  1. Annual Report
  2. Statement of Accounting Policies
  3. Annual Governance Statement
  4. Income & Expenditure Account
  5. Statement of Movement of Reserves
  6. Balance Sheet
  7. Annual Return

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 6 i - YE26 Accounts DRAFT
  • Agenda 6 ii - YE26 AGAR - DRAFT

• 7INTERNAL AUDITOR

  To consider the report of the Internal Auditor in relation to the final audit of the 2025/26 accounts

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 7 - IA Final update report 2025-26

• 8MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN

  To receive an update on the progress of the Medium Term Financial Plan

• 9SHREWSBURY BIG TOWN PLAN

  To receive an update on the Big Town Plan

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 9 - Shrewsbury Big Town Plan Strategy 2026-28

• 10SERVICE DELEGATION UPDATE

  To receive a report on the Service Delegation

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 10 - Service Delivery

• 11COST OF LIVING GRANT

  To ratify the grant allowance following the recent consideration of Cost of Living Grant applications

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 11 - 26.05.28 Cost of Living Sub-Committee Minutes

• 12ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

  To consider any actions from the meeting

  Attachments:

  • 26.04.30 - Annual Town Meeting Minutes

• 13QUARRY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN

  1. To receive an update on the project so far
  2. To receive Camlin’s overview of the Annual Town Meeting Workshop on the Quarry and authorise publication

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 13 (ii)- Quarry Management Plan - Annual Town Mtg Workshop

• 14DOG CONTROL PSPO

  To support the Town Council’s involvement in the education, encouragement and enforcement of the Shropshire Council Dog PSPO

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 14 - Dog PSPO

• 15SHORNCLIFFE REC

  To approve the next steps of feasibility work

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 15 - Shorncliffe Recreation Ground
  • Agenda 15 - 260506 Report o Shorncliffe Engagement Round One draft

• 16RIVERSIDE PARK

  To approve the Town Council’s involvement in Riverside Park including planting and ongoing maintenance in line with the wider delegation arrangements

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 16 - Riverside Park

• 17SECURITY INDUSTRY AUTHORITY S12 GUIDANCE CONSULTATION

  To consider a response to the draft S12 Guidance in relation to the Security Industry Authority’s role as regulator for the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 17 - SIA - S12 Guidance Consultation

• 18EXCLUSION 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).

• 19SERVICE DELIVERY

  To review the potential for supporting non-statutory services