Meeting: Assets and Operations Committee
Meeting Date: Monday 22nd September 2025  at 7:30 pm
Meeting Venue: Lower Council Chamber of the Town Council Offices

Public seating will be available. The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom to enable remote public viewing and participation and a video stream will also be broadcast to Facebook. To join the meeting via Zoom, visit https://bit.ly/KTC-Meeting or use meeting ID 821 0560 5574 and password KTC-456189.

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 30th June 2025.

Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 30th June 2025.

 

5 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

To consider the committee income and expenditure to date.

To ratify expenditure of £5,770 in respect of asbestos removal from the cemetery garage.

Attachment – Income and Expenditure Committee Report 15/09/2025

 

6 COUNCIL OFFICES IMPROVEMENT PLAN: INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS

To consider recommendations from the working group in respect of improvements to the Council Offices.

Attachment – Report A-25-03 Council Offices Improvement Plan

 

7 ASSET TRANSFERS

To consider initial recommendations from the Asset Transfer working group

Attachment – Report A-25-04 Asset Transfer working group recommendations

 

8 STRATEGIC PLAN

To review progress against current year actions and agree actions for 2026/27

Attachment – Report A-25-05 Strategic Plan update and actions 2026/27

 

9 COMMITTEE BUDGET 2026/27

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

Attachments (2) – Report A-25-06 Committee Budget and Service Fees 2026/27 and Draft Assets and Operations Committee Budget 2026/27

 

10 OUTSTANDING ACTIONS AND PROJECT UPDATES REPORT

To review the outstanding actions log and project updates report.

Attachment – Assets and Operations Committee Outstanding Actions and Project Updates Report September 2025

 

11 COMMITTEE WORKPLAN

To note the committee workplan.

Attachment – Assets and Operations Committee Workplan September 2025

 

12 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

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

 

13 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 24th November 2025 at 7:30pm.

 

14 60 KING STREET

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 consider options and next steps in relation to the building.