PARISH COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE
Wednesday 3 JUNE 2026 at 9.30am
STAKEFORD AND BOMARSUND SPORTS AND SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE
AGENDA
- Apologies for absence – Member not attending a meeting of the Council for six consecutive months will be deemed to be no longer a member of the Parish Council.
- Members will identify any declarations of disclosable pecuniary and other registerable interest(s).
- Public Questions
- Election of Chairman to serve for the council year 2026/27.
- Election of Vice-Chairman to serve for the council year 2026/27.
- To receive and agree as a true record the minutes of the meeting held on 18 March 2026
- Matters arising
- Terms of reference.
- Audit and Governance:
- Financial performance to the end 2026
- Approval of reserves policy 2026.
- Earmarked reserves 2025-26.
- Earmarked reserves 2026-27
Agenda, Part 2
Members will be asked to consider under Standing Order 3, that in view of the special and confidential nature of the business to be transacted, it is advisable in the public interest that the press and public be excluded and asked to withdraw.
- Any items referred from part 1. for consideration.
Note for the Public – The meeting will commence with a public session at which any resident of the Parish may raise topics for discussion. The length of the public session, normally fifteen minutes, is at the discretion of the Chairman. Any resident may speak once on a subject and they are requested to avoid duplication as far as possible when speaking on a subject. Councillors are not allowed to participate, other than by asking direct questions, It is not the Council’s custom to respond during the public session. Where appropriate the Chairman will inform the resident of the action to be taken, that is, passed to a Committee; go on the next agenda; or the points will be taken into consideration if already on the agenda. The size of the meeting room limits the number who can attend. Members of the public unable to attend, can email or telephone questions to the Parish Clerk on info@choppingtonparishcouncil.gov.uk or 01670 858664 by 4pm on the day before the meeting, which will be read out during the public session.
Note re Declarations of interest – Members are required to disclose personal and prejudicial interests relating to any matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest. An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting if it only becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.
If a member who has declared a personal interest then considers the interest to be prejudicial he/she shall declare that, and, after making any representations, answering questions or giving evidence relating to the business, the member shall withdraw from the room for the remainder of the item to which the interest relates.
Angela Brindley
Parish Clerk/Responsible Finance Officer
3 June 2026