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 3 February 2025 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 20^th January 2025

  Attachments:

  • 25.01.20 F&GP Minutes

• 4MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

  To consider any matters arising from the previous meeting

• 5GRANTS

  (i)            To receive an update of money granted through:

  1. 1. 1. 1. Community Grant Fund
           2. Councillor Grant Fund
              

              	Applicant	Purpose of Application	Amount requested
              (a)	4 All Foundation	Staffing and resources for wellbeing programme for the elderly	£1,000
              (b)	Greenfields Community Group	Defibrilator for Greenfields Recreation Ground	£1,952
              (c)	Midlands Air Ambulance Charity	Transformation of a room to create a Community Hub in its existing charity shop in Shrewsbury	£2,774
              (d)	Royal British Legion	Remembrance Plaque – The Square	Estimate £1,000
              (e)	Shrewsbury Interfaith Forum	Multi-Cultural Fun Day 2025	£750
              (f)	Shrewsbury Sub-Aqua	Replacement scuba diving kit for sub-aqua pool sessions at The Quarry pool	£3,000
              (g)	SYA (Shropshire Youth Association)	Community regeneration programme – events organised to re-ignite community spirit and connect people from all ages, cultures and backgrounds.	£736.24

  (ii)           To consider applications received

   

   

  Attachments:

  • Grant Summary 2021 ongoing
  • 4 All Foundation - Application Feb25 Redacted
  • Greenfields Community Group - application_Redacted
  • MidlandsAirAmbulance_Redacted
  • Shrewsbury Interfaith Forum - application_Redacted
  • Shrewsbury Sub-Aqua 2025_Redacted
  • SYA Application-Form - Redacted

• 6PAYMENT SCHEDULES

  To approve the payments schedules for the period 23 November 2024 to 24 January 2025

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 6 - Schedule of Payments

• 7QUARTER 3 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

  To receive a report on the Quarter 3 Management Accounts

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 7i - Q3 report 24-25
  • Agenda 7ii - Q3 accounts YE25

• 8INTERNAL AUDITOR

  To review the Effectivness of the Internal Auditor

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 8i - Review effectiveness of Internal Audit
  • Agenda 8ii - Review of effectiveness of internal auditor

• 9YOUTH ACTIVITIES

  To receive an update on recent youth activities

  Attachments:

  • Youth Report - 3Feb25

• 10TENDER WORK

  To receive a report on recent tendering activity

  Attachments:

  • Tender Works
  • Tender Progress

• 11MARKETS UPDATE

  To receive an update on the Markets operations within Shrewsbury

  Attachments:

  • Market update February 2025

• 12CAPITAL PROGRAMME

  To receive an update on the Capital Programme

  Attachments:

  • 2022-23 Capital Projects Action Plan

• 13RISK MANAGEMENT

  To review the Council’s Risk Management Strategy in readiness for the end of year accounts and Annual Report preparation, including:

  (i)            Risk Management Strategy

  (ii)           Risk Management Action Plan

  (iii)          Counter Fraud & Corruption Strategy

  Attachments:

  • 13(i) - Risk Management Strategy
  • 13(iii) - Counter Fraud & Corruption Strategy

• 14INVESTMENT STRATEGY

  To review the Council’s Investment Strategy

  Attachments:

  • Annual Investment Strategy 2025-26