Meeting: Finance Committee
Meeting Date: Monday 9th March 2026 6.15pm
Meeting Venue: Lower Council Chamber, 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 8th December 2025.
Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 8th December 2025.
5 REVIEW OF YEAR-TO-DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
To review the committee’s income and expenditure year to date and the council summary income and expenditure year to date.
Attachments (2) – Finance Committee IE Report 02/03/2026 and Council Summary IE Report 02/03/2026
6 INTERNAL AUDIT WORKING GROUP REPORT
To note the 2025/26 Q2 internal audit working group review has been concluded with no issues outstanding.
7 INSURANCE
To consider the appointment of the council’s insurer.
Attachment – Report F-25-11 Council Insurance Renewal 2026
8 ANNUAL REVIEW OF EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS
To review the effectiveness of the council’s internal controls.
Attachment – Report F-25-12 Review of Effectiveness of Internal Controls
9 LARGE GRANTS PROCESS
To review the council’s policy in respect of large grants.
Attachment – Report F-25-13 Large Grants Process
10 COMMITTEE WORKPLAN
To note the committee workplan for the next twelve months.
Attachment – Finance Committee workplan (March 2026)
11 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK
An opportunity for members to raise questions relevant to the work of the committee to the Town Clerk
12 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 1st June 2026
13 OUTSTANDING DEBTORS
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.