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 2 December 2024 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 9^th September 2024

  Attachments:

  • 24.09.09 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 1^st September – 22^nd November 2024

  Attachments:

  • Schedule of Payments

• 6QUARTER 2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

  To update members on the Quarter 2 Management Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Q2 report YE25
  • Q2 accounts YE25

• 7BUDGET PROPOSALS

  To consider the following in readiness for further discussions regarding the setting of a budget and precept levy for the 2025/26 financial year.

  1. General principles, implications and assumptions including:
     1. Forecast outturn of the 2024/25 budget
     2. Resulting impact of the Autumn Budget 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
  4. Development of Action Plan proposals to be included in the 2024/25 Budget

  Attachments:

  • Budget Proposals YE26
  • Scale of Charges 25-26

• 8INTERNAL AUDITOR

  To receive and accept the report of the Internal Auditor following his first inspection of the 2024/25 Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Shrewsbury TC First Interim report 2024-25

• 9YOUTH ACTIVITIES

  To receive an update on recent youth activities

  Attachments:

  • Youth Report - 2Dec24
  • 24.09.30 Youth Council Minutes

• 10TENDER WORK

  To receive a report on recent tendering activity

  Attachments:

  • Tender Works
  • Tender Progress

• 11MARKETS

  To receive an update on the work of the general market

  Attachments:

  • Market update December 2024

• 12CAPITAL PROGRAMME

  To receive an update on the amalgamated Capital Programme

  Attachments:

  • 2022-23 Capital Projects Action Plan

• 13DITHERINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

  To update the committee regarding ongoing discussions with 4 All Foundation about extended use of Ditherington Community Centre as a community hub

  Attachments:

  • Ditherington SLA

• 14RIVERSIDE SHOPPING CENTRE AMENDMENTS

  To note the issuing of a Notice B in relation to the submission of an application to amend Condition 2 of Application 23/05402/FUL (part of which is owned by the Town Council) – development of the Riverside Shopping Centre to allow for the construction of work on podiums to be funded by the Levelling Up Funding Award.

  Attachments:

  • Cetificate B Notice
  • App1 S73 - Covering Letter
  • App1 S96A - Covering Letter

• 15SHROPSHIRE FIRE & RESCUE

  To consider any response to Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service’s Consultation on the proposed Community Risk Management Plan

   

  Community Risk Management Plan 2025 – 2028 | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

• 16SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT

  To provide an update on discussions regarding the Service Level Agreement with Shropshire Council

  Attachments:

  • Horticultural Service Level Agreement
  • Grounds Maintenance Service Delegation to Shrewsbury Town Council
  • Appendix 1 - Sites Schedule 002

• 17ENABLING REMOTE ATTENDANCE & PROXY VOTING AT LOCAL AUTHORITY MEETINGS

  To consider a response to Government’s consultation on remote council meetings and consider how the Council might utilise new legislation to discharge its meeting functions.

   

  Enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings – GOV.UK

  Attachments:

  • Remote Meetings Consultation Response

• 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).

• 19GREENFIELDS RECREATION GROUND

  To update members on outstanding legal matters in relation to Greenfields Recreation Ground