31 May 2022 Finance Committee

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Notice is hereby given, and all members of the Committee duly requested to attend a meeting of the Parish Council’s Finance Committee, to be held 18:00hrs Tuesday, 31 May 2022 in the Diamond Hall of the Curlew Centre, Sutton Bridge.

Robert Smith
26 May 2022
clerk@suttonbridge-pc.gov.uk

AGENDA

1.To note members’ attendance and to receive apologies for absence.

2.To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or other interests and to consider any written request for dispensation.

3.To approve the minutes of the finance meeting held 26 April 2022.

4.To approve the April bank reconciliation and cash book.

5.To check and if appropriate recommend to full council payments to 31 May 2022 as below with any late payments reported by the clerk, and to note two members to authorise bank payments.

Payee Detail Net £ VAT £ Total £
Microsoft Office 365 Subscription       225.60         45.12         270.72
Bullfinch  Jubilee Beacon        490.00         98.00         588.00
TalkTalk  Calls & Broadband         36.24           7.25           43.49
SSE Pavilion Electricity       196.92           9.84         206.76
Mr D Borkertas  Home Electric Allowance           8.00               8.00
AM Grab Services Green Waste Collection       380.00           380.00
Simply Chill  MP Pest Control        160.00           160.00
Mrs K Croxford Travel expenses           1.62               1.62
Mrs K Croxford  May Home Allowance          10.00             10.00
Mrs K Croxford Mobile phone contribution          8.33           1.67           10.00
Mrs K Croxford Adobe subscription         12.64           2.53           15.17
Mrs K Croxford Adobe subscription         12.64           2.53           15.17
Mrs K Croxford  Expenses Black Bags          15.75           3.15           18.90
Mrs K Croxford  Expenses Black Bags          23.17           4.63           27.80
Mrs K Croxford  Mrs K Croxford Mouse mat          1.66           0.33             1.99
Mrs K Croxford  Mrs K Croxford Batteries          2.91           0.58             3.49
Complete Weed Control  Weed Control MP          95.00         19.00         114.00
Complete Weed Control  Weed Control Cemetery          90.10         18.02         108.12
Shelter Maintenance  Bus Shelter Refurbishment    1,250.00        250.00      1,500.00
BHIB  Vehicle Insurance        231.84           231.84
Heronwood  Parish Grass Cutting        244.00           244.00
Heronwood Cemetery Grass Cutting       130.00           130.00
Heronwood  Highways Grass Cutting        180.00           180.00
Heronwood  LCC Lighthouse Grass Cutting         18.00             18.00
Mr R Smith  PCSpecialist Laptop    1,346.67        269.33      1,616.00
Mr R Smith  PCSpecialist Laptop    1,338.33        267.67      1,606.00
Mr R Smith  Councillor & staff ID Cards          8.00           1.60             9.60
Mr R Smith  Adobe subscription         12.64           2.53           15.17
Mr R Smith  Home office allowance         26.00             26.00
Mr R Smith  Mobile phone contribution          8.33           1.67           10.00
Mr R Smith  Mileage         11.70             11.70
Staff Payroll    2,430.38        2,430.38
LCC WYPF Pension       816.82           816.82
Whitelightning Jubilee Pyrotechnics     2,000.00        400.00      2,400.00
Leenie Jayne  Jubilee Vocalist        300.00           300.00
NSS Jubilee Disco        400.00         80.00         480.00
XBM LTD Photocopier          7.78           1.56             9.34
Total    12,531.07     1,487.01     14,018.08

 

6.To note delegated expenditure (excl. VAT): black bags £38.92; mouse mat £1.66; batteries £2.91.

7.To note receipts: bank interest £77.30, VAT reclaim £1,730.78, garden allotment rent £364.00, farm business rent £2,731.85, burial interment £400.00, ashes interment £750.00, LCC Picnic Area reclaim £835.00. Total £6,888.93.

8.To consider the Council’s fees and charges.

i.Football Club (SBUFC) pavilion and pitch fees 2023/24 – to be reviewed January 2023.

ii.Cemetery Fees – as resolved 29/03/22 minute 22.071.

iii.Garden allotment fees.

iv.Document Fees.

9.To recommend approval for continuing subscriptions.

i.National and Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils (NALC & LALC) @ £754.47 p.a.

ii.The Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) on behalf of the clerk @ £289.00 p.a.

iii.Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM) @ £95.00 p.a.

iv.Information Commissioner’s Office Data Protection Registration @ £35.00 p.a.

v.Microsoft 365 Business Standard two-user subscription @ £225.60 p.a.

vi.Microsoft 365 Business Basic eleven-user subscription @ £501.60 p.a.

vii.Adobe Acrobat Pro two-user subscription @ £303.36 p.a.

viii.Parish On-line Mapping @ £0.00 (included with BHIB insurance).

ix.Domain – suttonbridge-pc.gov.uk @ £55.00 p.a.

x.Domain - suttonbridgeparishcouncil.co.uk @ £11.99 p.a.

10.To consider any grant applications.

11.To resolve on moving into closed session on the grounds of confidentiality, in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 s.1 (2).

12.To consider quotes for works [confidential, as matters relate to commercial negotiations].

i.The supply of battery-operated speed indicator devices in accordance with the Highways Act 1980, s274A.

ii.To undertake an assessment of the trees in the Memorial Park.

iii.To repair of the roadway at the Wright’s Lane allotments

iv.Any late received quotations.