Town Council Agenda – 6th March 2023

A meeting of Knutsford Town Council is to be held at 19:00 on Monday 6th March 2023 in the Lower Council Chamber of the Town Council Offices.

Limited public seating will be available. The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom to enable remote public listening and participation and an audio stream will also be broadcast to Facebook. To join the meeting via Zoom, visit  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 15 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 meeting held on 9^th January 2023.

Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 9^th January 2023

 

5 COMMITTEE MINUTES

To note the minutes of committees which have been published since the previous meeting and raise questions to the committee chairman:

• Assets and Operations Committee (13^th February)
• Environment and General Purposes Committee (23^rd January)
• Events and Town Centre Management Committee (6^th February)
• Finance Committee (16^th January)
• Personnel Committee (17^th January)
• Planning and Licensing Committee (16^th January and 6^th February)

 

6 DEPUTY TOWN MAYOR

To elect a Deputy Town Mayor and consider appointments to arising committee vacancies.

 

7 CHESHIRE EAST COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS

A period of up to 15 minutes to receive reports from and raise questions to Cheshire East councillors.

Attachment – Report C-22-30 Cheshire East Councillors’ Report March 2023

 

8 MEMBERS’ REPORTS

To receive reports from members on attendance at external meetings or events and an opportunity for members to bring matters of interest to the attention of the council for information or future discussion.

 

9 FUNDING FOR TOWN CENTRE BUNTING

To consider a recommendation from the Events and Town Centre Management Committee to allocate funding for the provision of town centre bunting.

Attachment – Report C-22-31 Town Centre Bunting

 

10 ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY

To consider a recommendation from the Assets and Operations Committee in respect of the acquisition of the Freeholders Hut and potential acquisition of allotments and a community building on the Longridge development site.

Attachment – Report C-22-32 Acquisition of Property

 

11 CORPORATE RISK REGISTER

To review and approve the revised Corporate Risk Register.

Attachment – Corporate Risk Register March 2023

 

12 REVIEW OF STANDING ORDERS

To consider amendments to Standing Orders.

Attachment – Report C-22-33 Standing Orders Review

 

13 MAYORAL DUTIES

To note the duties undertaken by or on behalf of the Town Mayor.

Attachment – Report C-22-34 Mayoral Engagements 01/01/2023 to 05/03/2023

 

14 PAYMENTS

To note the payments approved and made since the previous ordinary meeting.

Circulated – Payment Schedules (9^th January, 30^th January and 20^th February) and Card Payments (01/01/2023-31/01/2023)

 

15 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG

To review the outstanding matters log.

Attachment – Full Council Outstanding Matters Log March 2023.

 

16 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

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

 

17 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

An opportunity for members to raise questions on any matter to the Town Clerk.

 

28 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 20^th March 2023 at 7pm.