Finance and General Purposes Committee – 13/04/2015

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
The Guildhall
Frankwell Quay
Shrewsbury
SY3 8HR

Meeting of the Finance & General Purposes Committee
to be held in the Council Chamber at the Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury
at 6.00 pm on Monday 13 April 2015

31 March 2015

To Members of the Finance & General Purposes Committee

Councillors P Adams, Mrs H Fraser, M Kenny, Ms J Mackenzie, Mrs P Moseley, A Mosley, P Nutting & J Tandy
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 13 April 2015 at 6.00 pm in the Council Chamber 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 meeting held on 2 February 2015

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20320-20Minutes_Finance2015.02.02

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

• 5PAYMENTS

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 1 February 2015 – 31st March 2015

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20520-20Schedule20of20payments

• 6PREPARATIONS FOR END OF YEAR ACCOUNTING

  To receive an update from the Town Clerk and the Responsible Financial Officer regarding the preparation of the End of Year Accounts, Annual Return and associated Auditing and Electors Rights

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20620-20End20of20year20accounting

• 7INTERNAL AUDIT

  To receive and accept the report of the Internal Auditor following his recent visit

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20720-20Shrewsbury20TC20Interim20update20report202014-15

• 8LOCAL AUDIT & ACCOUTABILITY ACT 2014

  To note the impact on the Town Council of the following:
  Changes to the Smaller Authorities’ Local Audit & Accountability Framework; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-smaller-authorities-local-audit-and-accountability-framework
  Local Government Transparency Code https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-transparency-code-2015

• 9DCLG - CHANGES TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN

  To consider representations to DCLG on the consultation to extend the remit of the Local Government Ombudsman to larger Parish & Town Councils
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/extending-the-remit-of-the-local-government-ombudsman-to-larger-parish-and-town-councils

• 10POLICY DEVELOPMENT

  To approve the following policies:
  Pensions Discretionary Policy;
  Market Tenant Mix Policy

  Attachments:

  • Agenda2010i20-20Pensions20Discretionary20Policy20April202015
  • Agenda201028ii2920-20Tenant20Mix20Policy

• 11GRANT - ST CHAD'S

  To consider further St Chad’s request to re-profile the grant award from 2013/14 accounts

  Attachments:

  • Agenda201120-20St20Chads20Grant

• 12EXCLUSION 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)

• 13LAND MATTERS

  To update members on land matters

• 14ACCOMMODATION MATTERS

  To update members on accommodation matters in furtherance to the decisions of Full Council

• 15SLA VARIATION MATTERS

  To update members on SLA variation discussions in furtherance to the decisions of Full Council