Finance and General Purposes Committee – 15/07/2019

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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, Ms J Mackenzie, Mrs P Moseley, A Mosley, A Phillips & 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 & General Purposes Committee scheduled to take place on Monday 15 July 2019 at 6.00 pm in Room SGH020 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 3 June 2019

  Attachments:

  • 19.06.0320-20Finance_Minutes2028Access20Regs29_0

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

• 5PAYMENTS

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 01 June 2019 – 30 June 2019
   

  Attachments:

  • Agenda20520-20Schedule20of20payments_10

• 6QUARTER 1 ACCOUNTS

  To receive a report on the Quarter 1 Management Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Agenda206i20-20Qtr20120accounts20report2019-20
  • Agenda206ii20-20Qtr20120accounts2030.06.19

• 7INTERNAL AUDITOR

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

• 8GRANT APPLICATIONS

  (I)   To receive an update on Grant Funds available
   
         a)  Community Grant Fund;
   
         b)  Councillor Grant Fund
   
  (ii)   To consider any applications for funding from the Community Grant Fund
   
         Inspire Support CIC – Support for people with mental health and wellbeing issues – £1800
   
   
   
   

  Attachments:

  • Agenda208i20-20Grant20summary
  • Agenda208ii20-20Inspire20Support20CIC20Community20Grant

• 9REVISION OF FEES & CHARGES

  To revise the Fees & Charges in relation to specialist fishing at Oxon & Emstrey

• 10JEUX SANS FRONTIER CHARITY & ACCOUNT

  To consider the future of the Jeux Sans Frontier Charity and associated account in light of dwindling income, reduced interest and decline in trustees

  Attachments:

  • Agenda201020-20Jeux20Sans20Frontieres20Trust

• 11SHREWSBURY TWINNING COMMITTEE ACCOUNTS

  To consider the future of the Shrewsbury Twinning Committee Accounts in light of the decision of Zutphen Council to bring the official twinning with Shrewsbury to a conclusion.

• 12CLIMATE EMERGENCY

  (i)         To consider the development of an Action Plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2030
   
  (ii)        To consider the Council’s approach to paperless meetings
   

• 132019 CAPITAL PROGRAMME

  To receive an update on the Capital Programme

  Attachments:

  • Capital20Plan20for202019_2020-20Action20Plan

• 14DITHERINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

  To receive the accounts for the Ditherington Community Association
   

• 15TOURISM

  (i)   Town Ambassadors
   
        To consider a request to part fund the Ambassador Programme with the Shrewsbury Business Improvement District and the Shrewsbury Tourism Association
   
  (ii)  Town Crier
   
        To lead on the replacement of the Town Crier’s robes

  Attachments:

  • Proposal20-20Original20Shrewsbury20Ambassadors2028Version20229202800229

• 16EXCLUSION 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)

• 17CCTV

  To receive an update on the CCTV operation in the town