Meeting: Finance Committee
Meeting Date: Monday 14th September 6:30pm
Meeting Venue: Lower Council Chamber of the Town Council Offices

The public are invited to attend or view this meeting. There is public seating in the meeting room, the meeting can be watched on YouTube and Microsoft Teams. The public can address the meeting in person or via Microsoft Teams.

1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive apologies for absence.

 

2 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

To receive declarations of personal, prejudicial, and pecuniary interests from members relevant to items under discussion at the meeting.

 

3 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

A period of up to 5 minutes for members of the public to ask questions or submit comments.

 

4 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

To receive and confirm the minutes of the committee meeting held on 1st June 2026.

Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 1st June 2026.

 

5 REVIEW OF YEAR-TO-DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

To review the committee’s income and expenditure year to date and the council summary income and expenditure year to date.

Attachments (2) – Finance Committee IE Report 09/09/2026 and Council Summary IE Report 09/09/2026

 

6 INTERNAL AUDITOR’S REPORT

To consider the Internal Auditor’s report for the 2025/26 financial year.

 Attachment – Internal Auditor’s Report 2025/26

 

7 ANNUAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

To consider amendments to Financial Regulations.

 Attachment – Report F-26-03 Annual Review of Financial Regulations

 

8 ANNUAL REVIEW OF INVESTMENTS POLICY

To consider a recommendation to Full Council on amendments to the council’s Investments Policy.

 Attachment – Report F-26-04 Annual Review of Investments Policy

 

9 COMMITTEE BUDGET 2027/28

To agree a draft budget for the 2026/27 financial year.

 Attachments (2) – Report F-26-05 Finance Committee Budget 2026/27 and Draft Finance Committee Budget 2026/27

 

10 COMMITTEE WORKPLAN

To note the committee workplan for the next twelve months.

Attachment – Finance Committee Workplan (September 2026)

 

11 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

An opportunity for members to raise questions relevant to the work of the committee to the Town Clerk

 

12 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 7th December 2026.

 

13 OUTSTANDING DEBTORS

To resolve to exclude the public and press on the grounds that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted.

To review the council’s outstanding debtor report.