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Finance and General Purposes Committee – 03/06/2019

Finance and General Purposes Committee – 03/06/2019

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

To Members of the Finance & General Purpose Committee

Councillors P Adams, Mrs H Fraser, N Laurens, Ms J Mackenzie, Mrs P Moseley, A Mosley, A Phillips & D Vasmer

Cc All other members of the Council for information

 

Dear Councillor

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Town Council’s Finance and General Purposes Committee scheduled to take place on Monday 03 June in room SGH021 at the Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, in order to transact the following business.
 

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

  • 1APOLOGIES

    To receive and accept apologies for absence

  • 2DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTERESTS

    To receive Declaration of Interests in accordance with the Code of Conduct

  • 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

    To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 8 April 2019.

    Attachments:

  • 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

  • 5PAYMENTS

    To approve the payments schedules for the period 01 April 2019 – 31 May 2019

    Attachments:

  • 6END 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. 
     
    (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
    (vii)      Annual Return

    Attachments:

  • 7INTERNAL AUDITOR

    To consider the Fina Report of the Internal Auditor for the 2018/19 financial year;

  • 8CLIMATE EMERGENCY

    To consider the development of an Action Plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2030.

    Attachments:

  • 92019 CAPITAL PROGRAMME

    To receive an update on the Capital Programme, including:
     
    (i)         A report on Footpaths
    (ii)        An update on streetlighting lantern replacement
    (iii)       An update on the BMX track redevelopment

    Attachments:

  • 10TENDERING

    To approve the recommendations of the Recreation & Leisure Committee with regards to the following tender projects:
     
    (i)         Play Area Improvements – Church Road Recreation Ground, Meole
    (ii)        Play Area – Sweetlake Development, Meole
    (iii)       Solar Lights – Quarry
    (iv)       The tendering of BMX Track
    (v)        The developments at Heathgates Allotments

    Attachments:

  • 11QUARRY POOL

    To receive an update of meetings between the Head of Economic Growth and the town Clerk and the Director of Place and the Leader of the Council regarding Shropshire Council’s plan for the redevelopment of the Quarry Pool and consider the Town Council’s level of development in such a project.

    Attachments:

  • 12ASSETS OF COMMUNITY VALUE

    To consider the registration of the following as Assets of Community Value:
    (i)         Grange Youth Centre
    (ii)        Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall

    Attachments:

  • 13EXCLUSION 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).

  • 14DANA GARDEN

    To consider alternative use of land at Dana Garden.

  • 15WEIR HILL

    To receive an update on discussions with developers and consider a request to adopt the Open Space