Finance Committee Agenda – 19/01/2021

A meeting of the Finance Committee will be held on 19th January at 6:30pm .

The meeting will be conducted via Zoom and members of the public can join on the following link: () The meeting will also be livestreamed to our Facebook page.

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 committee meeting held on 17^th November 2020.

Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 17^th November 2020.

 

5 YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

To note the External Auditor’s report for the financial year 2019/20

Attachments (2) – Finance Committee IE Report 11/01/21 and Council Summary IE Report 11/01/21  

 

6 CONCLUSION OF EXTERNAL AUDIT

To note the External Auditor’s report for the financial year 2019/20

Attachment – External Auditor’s Report 2019/20.  

 

7 COMMUNITY GRANT AWARDS

To consider the recommendations of the Small Grants working group for the final small grants round of the financial year.

Attachment – Report F-20-02 2020/21 Small Grant Scheme Round 3 Recommendations.

 

8 FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID PANDEMIC

To review the impact of the pandemic on the council’s finances.

Attachment – Report F-20-03 2020/Financial Implications of Pandemic.  

 

9 INTERNAL AUDIT WORKING GROUP

To receive an update from the working group.

 

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 ACTIONS LOG

To note that no actions under the committee are outstanding.

 

12 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 2^nd March at 6:30pm.

 

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.

To review the council’s outstanding debtor report and consider if any additional action is necessary to purse debts.

 

Date of Notice – 14th January 2021