Agenda for the Finance and General Purposes Meeting 15th February 2012

To:     Members of the Finance & General Purposes Committee

 

 

To:     Other Councillors for information

 

Notice is hereby given that you are required to attend the meeting of the Finance & General Purposes Committee which will be held on Wednesday 15^th February 2012 in the Council Chamber, Parish Hall, South Street at 7.30 p.m.       

 

     AGENDA

 

1.         Apologies

 

2.         Declaration of Substitute Members.

 

3.         Declaration of Interest.

 

4.         Minutes of the Previous Meeting held on 18^th January 2012

 

The minutes of this meeting were agreed at the Full Council meeting held on 1^st February 2012. Copies of those Minutes were circulate at the Full Council meeting and sent to those Members not in attendance.

 

Matters arising

 

5.         Public Forum/Questions.

 

Members of the public are reminded that only questions and statements relating to items on this agenda will be allowed.

 

Questions relating to any other items that are not on this agenda should be referred to the Chair of the Council or Clerk as appropriate and outside this meeting.  

 

 

6.         Accounts for payment

 

6.1       Expenditure (Current A/C) in the sum of £15,345.67.(Page 643)

 

6.2       Expenditure (Clerks Payment A/C) in the sum of £9,718.48. (Page 271)

          

A list of cheque payments for the month to date will be available at the meeting for signing by the designated signatories.

                                

7.         Approval of Cash Balances & Investments in the sum of £120,800.12

 

8.         Correspondence Received.  

 

9.         Clerk’s Report(s).

 

9.1       Budget update.

 

Attached as appendix A, is the state of finances to the end of January 2012 (fiscal month 10), which shows the latest budget forecasts to 2014. The Clerk will give further explanation as required.

 

9.2       How the Precept is spent.

 

Attached to the agenda as appendix B is a paper, which details how the Council uses the precept to run its services and facilities. This information has been placed on the Council’s web site but Committee may wish to consider making this available to a wider audience by publishing this in the next edition of the Village Voice. To provide a centre fold would cost approximately £750 and could, if there was sufficient space, incorporate the list of Council’s achievements over the last four years as reported to Council at its last meeting.

 

Committee is requested o determine this matter. 

 

10.       Any Other Urgent Business (Agreed with the Chairman in advance).

 

There is no urgent business

 

Please note that all meetings of the Finance & General Purposes Committee are open to members of the public, and that copies of the agenda will be available on the internet and at each meeting or by request, in advance, by telephoning 01903 753355.

 

Questions and statements from the public will be responded to at all meetings, at the time allocated for this.

 

Mobile phones must be switched off, or on vibrate only, during all Council Meetings.

 

 

Colin Hunt  

Clerk to the Council.                                                    

 

Date of Notice:  8^th February 2012

 

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