Finance and General Purposes Committee – 10/04/2017

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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 A Chebsey, M Kenny, Ms J Mackenzie, Mrs P Moseley, A Mosley, P Nutting & J Tandy

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 10 April 2017 at 6.00 pm 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 LAST MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 6 February 2017.

  Attachments:

  • 0320Previous20Minutes_Finance2017.02.06

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

• 5PAYMENTS

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 1 February – 31 March 2017.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20520-20Schedule20of20payments_6

• 6QUARTER 4 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

  To receive an update on the completion of Quarter 4 Management Accounts.

• 72016/17 INTERNAL AUDIT

   (i)  To receive the Interim Audit Report for the 2016/17 financial year following the recent visit by the Town Council’s Internal Auditor;
   
  (ii)  To retain Auditing Solutions as Internal Auditor for the 2017/18 financial year

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20728i2920-20Shrewsbury20TC20Interim20update20report202016-17
  • 7ii20-20Review20effectiveness20of20Internal20Audit
  • 7ii20-20Review20of20effectiveness20of20internal20auditor

• 8PREPARATION FOR END OF YEAR ACCOUNTS

  To receive the timetable for the preparation and approval of the Annual Accounts for 2016/17.

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20820-20End20of20year20accounting_0

• 9SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL ECONOMIC GROWTH STRATEGY

  To consider a response to the current consultation featured below:
   
  http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/get-involved/economic-growth-strategy/

• 10EXCLUSION 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).

• 11LAND DISPOSAL

  (i)   To receive an update on the disposal of land at Greenfields
   
  (ii)  To consider a request for purchase of land for garden extension purposes at St Anne’s Road