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Minutes of

Finance and General Purposes Committee

Tuesday 15th May  2007 at 7.30 pm 

 

 

Actions

 

Present:-

Cllr Rickman, Youles,  Thorne,  Lucas and Oliver also present the Clerk Mrs Tibble

 

1

Election of Chairman

Cllr Rickman nominated by Cllr Thorne seconded Cllr Lucas and carried.

 

2

Apologies

Cllrs Butcher and Goddard – both working

 

3

Declaration of interest in items on the agenda

None

 

4

Financial Matters

Financial reports – noted

Proposed Management report – proposed Cllr Rickman seconded Cllr Thorne and carried that this form of reporting should be placed before full council each month. The Clerk would speak to the bookkeeper and ask her to prepare a report each month.

 

 

Clerk

5

Bank Balances

Noted.

 

6

Internal and External Audit

Clerk reporting to committee that Russell Wright will be visiting her during the week beginning 4th June 2007 to enable us to sign off the external audit form. Cllr Rickman suggesting that this item is only now placed on the agenda should the Clerk have anything to report.

 

7

Correspondence

a) Letter from Huntingdon District Council – Appeal Decision - 1 Nightingale Close, Yaxley – noted

b) Notices from Huntingdon District Council – Park Close,  35a Middletons Road and 75 Broadway. Clerk would establish the date of the meeting and one member of this committee would attend to register our objections to Park Close.  

 

8

Planning Consultations

0701071FUL – Mr and Mrs Moore – erection of conservatory – 7 Cock Close Road, Yaxley – recommend approval

0700878FUL – Yaxley Infants School – erection of security fencing, Main Street, Yaxley – recommend approval

0701400ful – D Edwards & M Saunders – extension of dwelling – 43 Middletons Road, Yaxley – recommend approval.

 

9

Health and Safety and Security

Risk Assessments – The Clerk requesting that Cllr Richardson be invited to the next F & GP Committee meeting to advise us as to whether we are covered as far as risk assessments are concerned.  It was agreed to invite Cllr Richardson to the next meeting.

 

Clerk

10

Insurance

Cllr Youles is negotiating our insurance policy with Allianz Cornhill.

Cllr Youles

11

Staff Matters

Private and confidential report attached.

 

12

Website

Cllr Rickman asking for information regarding old councillors which is to be placed on the website.

 

 

There being no further business, Meeting closed at 8.55pm.

 

 

Signed…………………………………………………………….Chairman


 

 

 

 

 

Staff Matters

 

A working party is to be set up to ensure that the groundsmen and working to the best of their ability and that all areas of the village are being dealt with accordingly.