SHENSTONE PARISH COUNCIL
Serving Little Aston, Shenstone, Stonnall, Shenstone Wood End, Lynn, Parish Council Office 25C Main Street
Shenstone WS14 OLZ
Tel: 01543 481 947
e-mail: <admin@shenstone-staffs.gov.uk >
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APPROVED MINUTES OF FINANCE,LEGAL,HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING TUES MAY 25th at 5.30pm
1. Register of members in attendance
Cllrs Sheila Beilby, Gail Nicholls, Stuart Jones, Nicola Macdonald & Rita Hancocks.
2. Acceptance of apologies.
Cllr David Salter
3. Public Participation.
None
4. Declarations of interest. Members should consider whether they should partake in any discussion or vote on matters on the agenda unless they have a dispensation:
None
5. Election of Chair of Finance Committee:
Cllr Beilby was unanimously re-elected.
6. To accept and confirm minutes of the last Finance, Legal, Health & Safety Committee Meeting March 23rd March 2021.
Signed & approved
7. Finance.
Current financial position & transactions for approval as at 25th May 2021
Nat West Current Account £905.00, Nat West Business Reserve £53,313.30, Nat West Liquidity Account Ring Fenced funds for earmarked projects £162,300.63.
Unity Account £185,605.09.
8. Review and adopt Financial Terms of Reference & Regulations.
Approved & adopted.
9. Notification of Lichfield District Council Maintenance Contract RPI increase of 1.4%
The Committee were comfortable with the increase & commended LDC on their work to date.
10. Consider internal auditor Topliss Associates for 2021/22 & make recommendation to Council
RECOMMENDATION: Topliss Associates to remain as internal auditor.
11. Consider external auditor Mazars for 2021/22 & make recommendation to Council
RECOMMENDATION: Mazars to remain as external auditor.
12. A.O.B.
Cllr Beilby would like Council to consider resurfacing the right of way from Stonnall Playing Fields to Church Lane. RECOMMENDATION: Unanimously supported to take to Full Council.
Cllr Beilby shared an email from Cllr Salter requesting that Council move to a recorded calls system whereby callers to the Parish Office are notified that for security purposes calls will be recorded. The Clerk has contacted BT for further info.