18 December 2019
Chapel St Leonards Parish Council
Minutes Of The Meeting Of The Finance Committee
18th December 2019 at 10.30 am in the Parish Office Ancaster Avenue Chapel St Leonards
Present: Cllr Hibbert-Greaves
Cllrs Evans, Hibbert-Greaves, Yaxley & Cllr Mrs King
Parish Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer
In attendance Cllr Barrs & Ward
1. Apologies For Absence
None
2. Declarations Of Interest
None
3. To Appoint A Chairman
Cllr Evans proposed, seconded by Cllr Yaxley & unanimously agreed that Cllr Hibbert-Greaves become Chairman; Cllr Hibbert-Greaves accepted
4. To Appoint A Vice Chairman
Cllr Yaxley proposed himself, seconded by Cllr Mrs King & unanimously Agreed
5. Budget & Precept
The budget & Precept information was sent to Councillors before the meeting, and discussed at the meeting.
The main concern was the costs of the public conveniences, which were discussed at length. It was proposed by Cllr Yaxley seconded by Cllr Evans that an emergency full Council meeting should be called before the Parish Council meeting in January to discuss the contract.
For 2 Against 2
Chairman’s Casting Vote Against
Cllr Hibbert-Graves proposed that the Clerk collected together all the relevant information, concerning the public conveniences together with quotes from other companies and present it to the next Finance meeting for discussion seconded Cllr Evans & unanimously agreed.
The Clerk presented 2 suggested budgets, which were then discussed.
It was proposed by Cllr Hibbert-Greaves, seconded by Cllr Evans and unanimously agreed that the Committee would recommend that the precept should be set to the 18/19 figure of £113669.00
6. Agenda Items For The Next Meeting
Public convenience contract
Meeting ended at 11.40 am