Town Council Agenda – 10/01/2022

A meeting of Knutsford Town Council meeting will be held on 10th January 2022 at 7pm at the Tabley Hill Chapel, Knutsford Cemetery.

Limited public seating will be available. The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom to enable remote public viewing and participation and livestreamed to Facebook. To join the meeting via Zoom, click here:  or use meeting ID 821 0560 5574 and password KTC-456189.

1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive apologies for absence; apologies should be submitted to the Town Clerk in advance of the meeting.

 

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 1^st November 2021.

Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 1^st November 2021

 

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 (22^nd November)
• Environment and General Purposes Committee (15^th November)
• Events and Town Centre Management Committee (8^th November)
• Finance Committee (29^th November)
• Personnel Committee (7^th December and 21^st December)
• Planning and Licensing Committee (8^th November, 29^th November and 20^th December)

 

6 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-21-26 Cheshire East Councillors’ Report January 2022

 

7 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.

 

8 CLIMATE EMERGENCY WORKING GROUP

To note the establishment of a Climate Emergency working group, its terms of reference and to appoint three members to the working group.

Attachment – Report C-21-27 Climate Emergency Working Group

 

9 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT 2021 RECOMMENDATIONS

To consider ceasing the printing of committee minute packs for Full Council meetings.

Attachments – Report C-21-28 Full Council Environmental Audit Recommendation

 

10 COUNCIL BUDGET AND PRECEPT 2022/23

To approve the council budget, reserves and precept for the financial year commencing 1^st April 2022.

Attachments (2) – Report C-21-29 Council Budget 2022 and Draft Council Budget 2022/23

 

11 MAYORAL DUTIES

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

Attachment – Report C-21-30 Mayoral Engagements 01/11/2021 to 31/12/2021

 

12 PAYMENTS

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

Attachments (2) – Payment Schedules (26/10/2021 to 17/12/2021) and Card Payments (26/10/2021-31/12/2021)

 

13 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG

To review the outstanding matters log.

Attachment – Full Council Outstanding Matters Log January 2022.

 

14 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

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

 

15 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

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

 

16 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

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

 

Date of Notice – 05/01/2022