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Finance Committee - 16 January 2024

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hereby give you notice that a meeting of the Finance Committee of Ruskington Parish Council will be held on Tuesday 16 January 2024 at 12 noon at Ruskington Parish Office, 7-9 High Street North, Ruskington, NG34 9DY. Members of the public and press are welcome to attend and may ask questions or make short statements to the Committee at this time.

All members of the Finance Committee are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the meeting, as set out hereunder.

Signed:

K H Locke

Clerk to the Parish Council

 

K H Locke

Dated:

 9 January 2024

Agenda

1. To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.

2. To receive Declarations of Interest under the Localism Act 2011- being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests.

3. To approve as a correct record the notes of the last meeting held on 5 December 2023.

4. To consider raising the expenditure the Clerk, or in their absence the Deputy Clerk, can authorise in an emergency. (Currently up to £1,000.)

5. To consider renewing the subscription to the Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils (LALC) for FY 2024-2025.

   5.1.  To consider renewing the subscription to the LALC training scheme for FY 2024-2025.

 

6. To consider an electronic noticeboard for the office window at a cost of up to £8,000.

 

7. To consider writing a business plan to find ways to decrease council expenditure, increase income, and assist with financial management and risk assessing for future projects.

 

8. To finalise the budget requirements for FY 2024-2025 for recommending to Council at its next meeting on 18 January 2024.

 

9. To finalise the precept requirements for year 2024-2025 for recommending to Council at its next meeting on 18 January 2024.

 

10. To resolve whether to exclude the public and press, in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960, to discuss the following staffing matters below.  Should this resolution be passed, members of the public and press will be required to leave the meeting. The meeting will end, and a further meeting of the Council will be convened immediately.

11. To consider increasing Council’s pension contributions for all eligible staff from 1 April 2024, and agree the pension provider.

  

12.  To adjust the budget and precept for 2024/2025 as required, for recommending to Council at its next meeting on Thursday 18 January 2024.