F23/040 PRESENT

Councillors Wood, Banks, Coan, Johnson, McCulloch and Mears

A Keppel-Green (Town Clerk).

 

F23/041 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies were received from Cllr Robertson (health)

 

F23/042 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

No member declared an interest in any item.

 

F23/043 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

No members of the public were present.

 

F23/044 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

It was RESOLVED to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 4th December.

 

F23/045 REVIEW OF YEAR-TO-DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

The year to date income and expenditure reports were noted.

 

F23/046 INTERNAL AUDIT WORKING GROUP REPORT

The Internal Audit working group report for Q2 was noted.

 

F23/047 CONCLUSION OF EXTERNAL AUDIT 2022/23

The External Auditor’s report for the 2022/23 financial year was noted and the Town Clerk provided an explanation of the matter raised in relation to the year ending accounting of the credit card balances.

 

F23/048 INVESTMENTS POLICY

It was RESOLVED to recommend to Full Council that the revised policy be approved.

 

F23/049 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG AND COMMITTEE WORKPLAN

It was noted that no matters remained outstanding and the committee noted the workplan for the next 12 months.

 

F23/050 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

No questions were raised.

 

F23/051 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

It was noted that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 18th March 2024.

 

F23/052 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 and the Town Clerk advised on the debts which he was concerned about the recoverability of.