Meeting: Town Council Meeting
Meeting Date: Monday 12th January at 7:00pm
Meeting Venue: The Lower Council Chamber of the 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 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 10th November 2025.
Attachments – Minutes of the meeting held 10th November 2025.
5 COMMITTEE MINUTES
To note the minutes of committees which have been published since the previous ordinary meeting and raise questions to the committee chairman.
All minutes have been published on the Town Council website.
6 CHESHIRE EAST COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS
A period of up to 15 minutes to receive reports from and raise questions to Cheshire East councillors and to review the CEC Members referred matters log.
Attachments (2) – Report C-25-21 Cheshire East Councillors’ Report January 2026 and January 2026 Items Referred to CEC Members report.
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.
Attachment – Report C-25-22 Members’ Reports January 2026
8 MULTI-YEAR FUNDING AGREEMENTS
To consider multi-year funding agreements for:
- Toft Cricket Club
- Stable Minds
- Knutsford Royal May Day Committee
Attachment – Report C-25-23 Muli-Year Funding Agreements 2026 Applications from Toft Cricket Club, Stable Minds and Knutsford Royal May Day Committee circulated.
9 RELEASE OF RESERVE FOR MARKET HALL VENTILATION WORKS
To consider release of capital receipts reserve for ventilation works in the market hall.
Attachment – Report C-25-24 Market Hall Ventilation Works
10 RELEASE OF RESERVE FOR COUNCIL OFFICES IMPROVEMENT PLAN COSTS
To consider a recommendation from the Assets and Operations Committee to authorise the use of the capital receipts reserve for professional support for the development of the plan.
Attachment – Report C-25-25 Council Offices Improvement Plan Preparation Costs
11 FUNDING OF CCTV PROVISION ON THE MOOR
To consider a recommendation from the Community Committee to fund CCTV provision on The Moor
Attachment – Report C-25-26 Moor CCTV Provision
12 CORPORATE PEER CHALLENGE
To receive the Corporate Peer Challenge Progress Review Report and review the current status of delivery of the action plan.
Attachment – Report C-25-27 Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan Update Report
13 STRATEGIC PLAN ACTIONS 2024/25 and 2025/26
To consider an update on progress in delivery against the current year action plan and the agreed actions for 2026/27
Attachment – Report C-25-28 Strategic Plan January 2026 Report
14 COUNCIL BUDGET AND PRECEPT 2026/27
To approve the council budget, reserves and precept for the financial year commencing 1st April 2025.
Attachments (2) – Report C-25-29 Council Budget 2026/27 and Draft Council Budget 2026/27
15 ANNUAL STANDING ORDERS REVIEW
To consider revisions to Standing Orders
Attachment – Report C-25-30 Standing Orders Review 2026
16 MAYORAL DUTIES
To note the duties undertaken by or on behalf of the Town Mayor.
Attachment – Report C-25-31 Mayoral Engagements 10/11/2025 to 11/01/2025
17 PAYMENTS
To note the payments approved and made since the previous ordinary meeting.
18 OUTSTANDING ACTIONS, PROJECT UPDATES AND WORKPLAN REPORTS
To note there are no items on the Full Council outstanding actions log and project updates report.
To consider the Full Council workplan.
Attachment – Full Council Workplan January 2026.
19 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
A period of up to 5 minutes for members of the public to ask questions or submit comments.
20 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK
An opportunity for members to raise questions on any matter to the Town Clerk.
21 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 2nd March 2026.