AGENDA
1. To elect a Chair for the remainder of the civic year 2024/25
2. To, if necessary, elect a Vice Chair for the remainder of the civic year 2024/25
3. To receive apologies for absence
4. Declaration of Interests
To provide an opportunity for members to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interest in relation to any item on the agenda.
5. Procedural matters
5.1 To approve and authorise the signing of the minutes of the previous meetings.
5.2 Matters arising from the minutes of the meetings.
6. Public Forum – Members of the public may normally ask a question or make a comment regarding any item that is on the meeting agenda. (A total of 3 minutes is normally allocated for each member of the public wishing to speak, limited to 15 minutes in all. The decision on the time allocated to each topic rests with the meeting chairperson. Advice as to other means of raising matters with the Parish Council or commenting can be found on the Council’s website.)
7. Finance
7.1 To agree payments.
7.2 To receive an update on the banking situation.
7.3 To receive any update on the 23-24 audit.
7.4 To discuss using a company to update the 24/25 accounts
To consider engaging an outside agency to bring 24/25 accounts up to date on Scribe until a Clerk is employed.
7.5.1 To appoint a Responsible Financial Officer
To consider the role of the RFO and to ensure that the Chair does not undertake the role. Although it can be interpretated that a Councillor can hold both positions it would generally be considered to be bad practice to allow the person with a casting vote on issues to also be responsible for financial issues.
8. To consider planning applications.
In the absence of a Clerk, Councillors are requested to use Warrington Borough Council’s Planning page to familiarise themselves with current applications.
9. Land and Environment
9.1 To discuss the Community Day and agree any actions.
9.2 To discuss purchasing and installing Christmas lights.
10. Clerk Vacancy
To agree to appoint a Staffing Committee to be responsible for the advertising, administration and interviewing of applicants for the position of Clerk. To agree that the committee should bring a recommendation to the full council for ratification. A minimum of three councillors to be on the committee.
11. To consider other Councillor items
12. To confirm the date and time of the next meeting