Meeting: Finance Committee
Meeting Date: Monday 11th December 2023 at 6:30pm
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 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 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 4th December 2023.
Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 4th December 2023.
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 05/12/23 and Council Summary IE Report 05/12/23
6 INTERNAL AUDIT WORKING GROUP REPORT
To consider the internal audit working group report for 2023/24 Q2.
Attachment – Report F-23-10 IAWG Report Q2
7 CONCLUSION OF EXTERNAL AUDIT 2022/23
To note the conclusion of the External Audit 2022/23.
Attachment – External Auditor Report
8 INVESTMENTS POLICY
To consider a recommendation to Full Council with respect to amendments to the Investments Policy.
Attachment – Revised Investments Policy
9 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG AND COMMITTEE WORKPLAN
To note that no matters are outstanding on the log and to note the committee workplan for the next twelve months.
Attachment – Finance Committee workplan (December 2023)
10 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK
An opportunity for members to raise questions relevant to the work of the committee to the Town Clerk
11 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 18th March 2024.
12 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.
To review the council’s outstanding debtor report.