Finance & General Purposes Committee

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Livesey House
7 St John’s Hill
Shrewsbury
SY1 1JD

(Please be aware that this meeting is not recorded)

To Members of the Finance & General Purposes Committee

Councillors: A Mosley (Chair), P Moseley (Vice-Chair), R Dartnall, J Dean, N Green, A Phillips, D Vasmer & R Wilson

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 4 December 2023, following the Extraordinary Full Council meeting which will start at 6.00pm in the Committee Room, Livesey House in order to transact the following business

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

  To receive and accept apologies for absence

• 2DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

  To receive Declarations of Pecuniary Interest in accordance with the Code of Conduct

• 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

  To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 11^th September 2023

  Attachments:

  • 23.09.11 F&GP Minutes

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

  To consider any matters arising from the previous meeting

• 5DITHERINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

  To receive a verbal update from Ditherington Community Centre from George Hounsall, Director of Primary Sport & Community, The Marches Academy Trust

  Attachments:

  • 4 All Foundation 22 - 23 Impact Report
  • 4 All Foundation Update - December 2023 V2

• 6PAYMENT SCHEDULES

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 5 September – 27 November 2023

  Attachments:

  • Schedule of payments

• 7QUARTER 2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

  To update members on the Quarter 2 Management Accounts

  Attachments:

  • 7i - Q2 report 23-24
  • 7ii - Q2 accounts 23-24

• 8BUDGET PROPOSALS

  To consider the following in readiness for further discussions regarding the setting of a budget and precept levy for the 2024/25 financial year.

  1. General principles, implications and assumptions including:
  1. 1. Forecast outturn of the 2023/24 budget
     2. Resulting impact of the Spending Review and Local Budgetary Pressures
     3. Inflationary pressures and potential impact on The Revenue Budget
     4. Interest rates
     5. Tax Base Calculations
  2. Proposed Fees & Charges – recommended for approval by the Recreation & Leisure Committee
  3. Revenue expenditure items from committees/members for consideration into budget preparations
  4. To consider items from the Recreation & Leisure Committee
     1. To approve a feasibility brief for The Quarry
     2. To consider the purchase of an automated white lining machine for sports pitches Calderdale Council Innovates: Efficient Line Marking with the Turf Tank Line Marking Robot – YouTube

  Attachments:

  • 8i - Budget Proposals
  • 8ii Draft Scale of charges 2024-25

• 9INTERNAL AUDITOR

  To receive and accept the report of the Internal Auditor following his first inspection of the 2023/24 Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Shrewsbury TC First Interim report 2023-24

• 10TENDER WORK

  To receive a report on recent tendering activity

  Attachments:

  • Tender Works
  • Tender Progress

• 11MARKETS

  To receive an update on the work of the general market

  Attachments:

  • Market update November 2023

• 12YOUTH ACTIVITIES

  To receive an update on recent youth activities

  Attachments:

  • YCM report 04.12.2023
  • Youth stats - Sept-Oct23

• 13CAPITAL PROGRAMME

  To receive an update on the amalgamated Capital Programme

  Attachments:

  • 2022-23 Capital Projects Action Plan

• 14CLIMATE FRESK SHREWSBURY GRANT PROPOSAL

  To consider a grant proposal from Shropshire Climate Action to be paid from the Climate budget

  Attachments:

  • Grant proposal Climate Fresk Climate Change Committee