Finance & General Purposes Agendas

Finance & General Purposes Agenda January 2025

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Cherry Willingham Parish Council

The Millennium Hall, 16 High Street, Cherry Willingham, Lincoln LN3 4AQ

Chair of the Council: Cllr Burge 

Clerk: Loo Clinkscales  RFO: Kirsty Sinclair

 

The next meeting of the Finance & General Purposes Committee will be held in the

Millennium Hall on Monday 13th January 2025 at 7pm. It is expected that all

members will make every effort to attend. Any member not able to attend should

pass their apologies to either the Chair of the Committee (Cllr Burge) or

the Clerk.

Prior to the start of the meeting a public forum will ordinarily, of no more than 15

minutes, be held. The public may address the council on current matters or issues

that may become future agenda items.

 

 

 

 

Agenda

 

  1. To resolve to receive any apologies and accept reasons for absence.

 

  1. Declaration of interest and dispensations: To record declarations of interest by any member of the council in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and to note requests for dispensation and disclosure of any gifts or hospitality, in respect of the agenda items listed below. Members declaring interests should identify the agenda item and type of interest being declared.

 

  1. To receive the notes of the Finance and General Purposes Committee Meeting, held on 4th November 2024 and to approve as Minutes.

 

  1. To consider and recommend to full council the following LALC subscriptions for 2025/2026:

  2. LALC/NALC Annual Subscription - £810.94

  3. LALC Annual Training Scheme - £175 + VAT

 

  1. Review Expend v Budget:

    1. Review Expend v Budget as at the end of December 2024 and note any significant variances 

    2. Consider and recommend to Full Council the use of Virement i.e. to utilise underspent budgets in order to fund other expenditures which are coming in above budget e.g. cherry field maintenance

 

  1. To review the provisional budgets under all headings for the 2025/2026 financial year and agree or amend as necessary prior to referral to Full Council to be finalised.

 

  1. To consider rate fixing for raising the Precept for 2025/2026 subject to referral to Full Council.

An Estimate of £105,000 was submitted to WLDC in November. The authority requires the final claim by 24/1/25.

 

  1. To review salary payments procedure and consider setting up regular standing orders.

 

  1. Grants

    1. To receive an update on Grant applications made by the Parish Council

    2. To consider any Grant applications received by the Parish Council 

 

TO RESOLVE TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION IN THE ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC BODIES (ADMISSION TO MEETINGS) ACT 1960 DUE TO THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF THE BUSINESS TO BE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING MATTERS

 

  1. To discuss and resolve the request for temporary additional hours for the RFO and recommend to Full Council.

 

  1. Matters for report and future agenda items. 

 

  1. To confirm a date for the next meeting. 


 

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Signed Dated

K Sinclair - RFO