C25/001 PRESENT

Councillors Forrest, Dalzell, Hartley and Russell

A Keppel-Green (Town Clerk)

 

C25/002 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies were received from Cllrs Coan and Gardiner (personal business) and McCulloch and Watson (health).

 

C25/003 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

No member declared an interest in any item under discussion.

 

C25/004 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

A representative of St Cross Church welcomed the working group recommendation that the grant for St Cross Church be approved, adding further information to the finances of the church and project. In a personal capacity they added their support for the idea of an accessibility forum and expressed their interest in participating.

 

C25/005 COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE

The committee terms of reference were noted.

 

C25/006 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

It was RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the meeting held 3rd February.

 

C25/007 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

The income and expenditure year to date was noted.

 

C25/008 COMMUNITY GRANTS

It was RESOLVED to:

  1. Award a grant in kind to the value of £325 to Crosstown Community Orchard
  2. Refuse the application from Mentell
  3. Award a grant of £400 to Knutsford Library
  4. Award a grant of £1,500 to St Cross Church

 

C25/009 ACCESSIBILITY FORUM

The Chairman adjourned the meeting to allow further representations from the member of the public.

It was RESOLVED to establish an Accessibility Forum as outlined in the report and that the first meeting be held within the next three-four months.

Cllr Dalzell volunteered to represent the council at its meetings.

 

C25/010 COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS

It was RESOVED  to appoint Cllrs Dalzell, Forrest and Hartley to the grants working group and Cllrs Dalzell, Johnson and McCulloch to the youth strategy working group.

 

C25/011 STRATEGIC PLAN

It was RESOLVED to delete outstanding actions which were not aligned to priority objectives, as outlined in the report.

The action plan was noted.

 

C25/012 OUTSTANDING ACTIONS AND PROJECT UPDATES REPORT

The outstanding actions and project updates report was noted.

 

C25/013 COMMITTEE WORKPLAN

The committee workplan was noted; it was suggested that budget for supporting the accessibility forum should be included in the 2026/27 budget proposals.

 

C25/014 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

No questions were raised.

 

C25/015 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

It was noted that the next scheduled meeting would be held on 6th October at 7pm.