Finance and General Purposes Committee – 05/02/2018

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

To Members of the Finance & General Purposes Committee

Councillors P Adams, Mrs H Fraser, P Gillam, N Laurens, Mrs P Moseley, A Mosley, A Phillips and H Taylor.

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 & General Purposes Committee scheduled to take place on Monday 05 February 2018 at 6pm in room SGH020 in 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 INTEREST

  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 January 2018.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20320Previous20Minutes2018.01.08

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

• 5GRANTS

  To receive an update of money granted through:
   
  a)  Community Grant Fund
  b)  Councillor Grant Fund
   

  To consider the following applications received
   

  Shrewsbury & Oswestry Cruciual Crew

  Funding of workbooks for sessions running 4-15 June

  £500.00

  Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust

  Installation of Toilet Facilities

  £2000.00

  Shropshire Youth Theatre

  25th Anniversary Exhibition & Film

  £800.00

  Home Start

  “Something More” – promoting emotional resilience in families with Children under 5 years

  £2000.00

  Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival

  Activities in the Square

  £200

  Signal

  Tinnitus Support Groups

  £1951.96

  The Hive

  Funding to replace the cash register and air-conditioning units; main source of hall heating/cooling.

  £2000.00
   
      3.   To review the Grant Funding Programme for 2018/19 Financial Year

  Attachments:

  • Agenda205.120-20Grants20update_0
  • Agenda205.2.120Shrewsbury202620Oswestry20Crucial20Crew20-20Community20Grant
  • Agenda205.2.220-20Railway20heritage20trust
  • Agenda205.2.320SYT20-20Community20Grant
  • Agenda205.2.420-20Home20Start
  • Agenda205.2.520-20Shrewsbury20Cartoon20Festival
  • Agenda205.2.620-20Signal
  • Agenda205.2.720-20The20Hive

• 6PAYMENTS

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 1 December 2017 – 31 January 2018.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20620-20Schedule20of20payments_0

• 7QUARTER 3 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

  To receive a report on the Quarter 3 Management Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Agenda207i20-20Qtr20320accounts20report2017-18
  • Agenda207ii20-20Q320accounts

• 8RISK MANAGEMENT

  To review the existing Risk Management Strategy & Action Plan as a result of the recent audit of the Town Council’s risk.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20820-20Risk20Management_0
  • Agenda20820-20Counter20Fraud202620Corruption20Strategy
  • Agenda20820-Risk20Management20Strategy

• 9GDPR

  To receive an update on the General Data Protection Regulations and the likely impact and consequential workload on the Town Council.

• 10DARWIN HOUSE, THE MOUNT

  To consider proposals from the Mayor to establish a stakeholder working group to look at the future of Darwin House, The Mount

• 11SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL BUDGET CONSULTATION

  To consider any comments the Town Council might wish to make in relation to the Shropshire Council Budget Consultation:
  http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/get-involved/2018-19-budget-consultation/