Meeting: Town Council Meeting
Meeting Date: Monday 17th March 2025 at 7:00pm
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 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 13th January 2025.
Attachments – Minutes of the meeting held 13th January 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.
Attachment – Report C-24-28 Cheshire East Councillors’ Report March 2025
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-24-29 Members’ Reports March 2025
8 CHESHIRE DEVOLUTION
To receive a report on the proposals for a Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority and consider a response to the consultation.
Attachment – Report C-24-30 Cheshire Devolution
9 CORPORATE PEER CHALLENGE ACTION PLAN
To agree an action plan for the recommendations arising from the Corporate Peer Challenge
Attachment – Report C-24-31 Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan
10 STRATEGIC PLAN PHASES
To consider dividing the strategic plan into three delivery phases
Attachment – Report C-24-32 Strategic Plan Delivery Phases
11 MEMBER LEADS/CHAMPIONS
To consider introducing a role of Lead Members / Member Champions.
Attachment – Report C-24-33 Lead Member / Member Champion Role
12 STANDING ORDERS REVIEW
To consider revisions to Standing Orders
Attachment – Report C-24-34 Standing Orders Review 2025
13 CORPORATE RISK REGISTER
To review and approve the revised Corporate Risk Register.
Attachments (2) – Report C-24-35 Corporate Risk Register and Corporate Risk Register March 2025
14 MAYORAL DUTIES
To note the duties undertaken by or on behalf of the Town Mayor.
Attachment – Report C-24-36 Mayoral Engagements 13/01/2025 to 16/03/2025
15 PAYMENTS
To note the payments approved and made since the previous ordinary meeting.
Circulated – Payment Schedules (27th January, 17th February) and Card Payments (01/01/2025-31/01/2025)
16 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG
To review the outstanding matters log.
Attachment – Full Council Outstanding Matters Log March 2025.
17 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
A period of up to 5 minutes for members of the public to ask questions or submit comments.
18 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK
An opportunity for members to raise questions on any matter to the Town Clerk.
19 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 12th May 2025 at 7pm.