NORTH MYMMS PARISH COUNCIL

 

 

Minutes of a MEETING of the FINANCE COMMITTEE held in the Council Office, Annexe to No 1 Bungalow, Bushwood Close, Welham Green on Wednesday, 3rd January 2007.

 

PRESENT :               Councillors     W A Storey  -             Chairman 

                                                                                      

                                                            C Everard

                                                            R N Horrocks

                                                            F Maynard

                                                            W H H Rogers

           

Also Present:                                     W A Pluck

 

 

 

1.         APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

 

Apologies for absence were received from the Clerk to the Parish Council, Mrs J Schettino, in whose absence the Minutes of the Meeting were taken by Mr Pluck.

 

2.         MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

 

After it had been noted that the Agenda published for this meeting incorrectly stated that the last meeting had been held on 28th November 2006, it was agreed that the Minutes of the Meeting of the Finance Committee held on Wednesday, 29th November 2006 were a true record of the proceedings and signed by the Chairman, subject to the figure of £3,000 mentioned in the third paragraph of Minute No 7 (c) on Page 2 being amended to be £2,000.

 

 3.       MATTERS ARISING

 

a)                 UTILITY ACCOUNTS

 

It was noted that the method by which the Parish Council paid its accounts with British Gas had now been altered to be by the direct debit system.

 

b)         PRECEPT 2007-2008

 

The Chairman said that, as arranged at the last meeting, he had circulated to all Councillors a Schedule of the Council’s estimated income and expenditure for the next financial year based upon earlier discussion with members of the Council and, after clarifying queries raised by Councillor Everard, he would present those figures to full Council later this evening with his recommendation that they be adopted.   It was noted that the Precept figure being put forward for approval was £170,800.

 

The information for inclusion by the Welwyn Hatfield Council with their Council Tax Demand for the District had yet to be prepared.

 

c)          GROUNDSMEN’S BONUS

 

It was noted that the payments, as approved by the Council, had been made to the three Groundsmen in with their salary for December 2006.

 

  1. ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT

 

A Schedule of Accounts for Payment totalling £11,510.01, inclusive of Imprest Expenditure of £258.26, was presented.   After careful consideration of each item, it was agreed that the total amount be recommended to Council for approval and payment in full.

 

Mr Pluck explained to the Finance Committee that a cheque for £67.50 payable to the Welwyn Hatfield Council was included within the above schedule.   This related to the planning application recently submitted for the erection of an equipment storage facility on the Bowling Green against which a payment of £135.00 had been made by the Parish Council but which would be returned in due course for cancellation.  This reduced fee was based upon the fact that the application was being submitted by a local authority and not a member of the public.

 

  1. STATEMENT OF BALANCES

 

A Statement of Balances dated 2nd January 2007 was considered from which it was noted that £868.75 income had been received since the last statement.

  1. TRANSFER OF MONIES

 

Approval was given to the Clerk’s action in arranging the following transfer of money from the Council’s Capital Reserve Account to Current Account with effect from the dates shown :

 

£  6,000                                  15th December 2006

 

£12,000                                  4th    January    2007

  1. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

 


GRANT/REPLACEMENT COMPUTER

 

It was noted from a letter dated 14th December 2006 from the HAPTC (copied to all Councillors) that the Council’s application for a grant from their Computer Fund had been successful and an award of 75% of the cost of the new machine of £705.00 (£528.75) would be paid against an invoice in due course.

 

Mr Pluck said that Mrs Schettino hoped to be able to place an order during week commencing 8th January 2007.

 

  1. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

 

Already arranged for Wednesday, 31st January 2007 commencing at 7.15 p.m. in the Council Office Annexe to No 1 Bungalow, Bushwood Close, Welham Green.

 

 

THE MEETING CLOSED AT 7.35 P.M.