These are draft minutes that have not yet been approved by the council. The minutes are subject to change and will be confirmed at the next meeting.

F25/040 PRESENT

Councillors Robertson, Johnson, Mears and Wood

A Keppel-Green (Town Clerk).

 

F25/041 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies were received from Cllrs McCulloch (business), Coan and Johnson (personal business)

 

F25/042 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

No member declared an interest in any item.

 

F25/043 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

No members of the public were present.

 

F25/044 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

It was RESOLVED to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 1st December  .

 

F25/045 REVIEW OF YEAR-TO-DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

The year to date income and expenditure reports were noted.

It was requested that a schedule of the council’s external funding commitments be prepared and circulated to the committee for information.

 

F25/036 INTERNAL AUDIT WORKING GROUP REPORT

Cllr Wood reported that the working group had completed the 2024/25 Q4 and 2025/26 Q1 reviews with no issues to report.

 

F25/037 EXTERNAL AUDITOR REPORT

The report of the external audit, raising no matters, was noted.

 

F25/038 ANNUAL REVIEW OF INVESTMENTS POLICY

It was RESOLVED that no amendments were required.

 

F25/039 COMMITTEE WORKPLAN

The workplan was noted.

 

F25/040 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

No questions were raised.

 

F25/041 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

It was noted that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 9th March 2026.

 

F25/042 OUTSTANDING DEBTORS

It was RESOLVED 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.

The outstanding debtors report was noted. It was requested that future reports detail the dates debt chasing was undertaken.

The likely write off of a small debt was noted, due to the company going into administration.