C23/053 PRESENT
Councillors Banks, Coan, Dalzell, Gardiner, Hartley and Russell
A Keppel-Green (Town Clerk) and Cllr Lowe
C23/054 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies were received from Cllrs Gardiner (personal business) and McCulloch (health)
C23/055 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
No member declared an interest in any item under discussion.
C23/056 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Cllr Russel joined the meeting.
No members of the public wished to speak.
C23/057 TALK FROM TOFT CRICKET CLUB
Nigel Muirhead and Simon Burley of Toft Cricket Club gave a short talk on the history of the club which was established in 1928 and has been at its current site since 1938. It was reported that the club has raised £500k of a £750k target for building a new club house. Messrs Muirhead and Burley outlined that the club was keen to support the wider community where possible, stated the club has a good relationship with its landlord, Bruntwood, and sought the council’s direction on securing funding. It was agreed the Town Clerk would advise the club on potential funding routes the council is aware of.
C23/058 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
It was RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the meeting held 4th March.
C23/059 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
The income and expenditure year to date was noted.
C23/060 COMMUNITY GRANTS
It was RESOLVED to:
- approve a grant of £1,256 for Just Drop In
- approve a grant of £1,500 for Stable Minds
- defer consideration of a grant for Knutsford Together
- defer consideration of a grant for Knutsford Old Folks Club
C23/061 STRATEGIC PLAN
The committee noted progress on the strategic plan actions 2023/24 and Cllr Coan gave an update on the latest medical centre project stakeholder group meeting.
C23/062 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG
The log was noted.
C23/063 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK
No questions were raised.
C23/064 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
It was noted that the next scheduled meeting would be held on 20th May at 7:30pm.