Louth Town Council

The Sessions House, Eastgate,

Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9AJ

01507 355895

clerk@louthtowncouncil.gov.uk

 

 

 

To the Members of the Town Council of Louth:

You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Louth Town Council’s Governance and Finance and Personnel Committees which will be held on Tuesday 22nd March 2022 in The Old Court Room, The Sessions House, Eastgate, Louth at 7pm.  The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda below.

 

Please note, there will be a 15 minute public forum between 6.45pm and 7.00pm when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council on agenda items, and your attendance is requested during this period.

 

Any public, wishing to speak on an agenda item or ‘sit in’ on the meeting(s) please contact the Town Clerk, using the above email address, in advance, to discuss attendance arrangements.  If possible, please provide written representation rather than attending in person.

 

Members of the public should note that they will not be allowed to speak during the formal meeting.

 

 

Mrs. L.M. Phillips

Town Clerk

Dated this 17th Day of March 2022

 

AGENDA

 

GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
(Chairman: Cllr. Mrs. E. Ballard, Vice Chairman: Cllr. Mrs. J. Simmons, Membership: All Cllrs.)

 

 

1.                  Apologies for Absence
To receive and note apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Town Clerk at least one hour prior to the meeting.

 

2.                  Declarations of Interest / Dispensations
To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act, 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests and any written requests for dispensation received by the proper officer under section 22 of the Localism Act.

 

3.                  Minutes
To approve as a correct record the notes of the Governance and Finance Committee meeting held on 22nd February 2022.

 

4.                  Insurance
Committee to receive an update and resolve upon the way forward.

 

5.                  Risk Management
Committee to review and approve the attached Risk Management document.

 

6.                   Asset register
Committee to review and approve the attached Asset Register.

 

7.                  Financial Regulations and Code of Conduct
Committee to approve continued use of the above with no amendment other than to review date only.

 

8.                  Sessions House Key Holders
Due to resignation, Committee to nominate another member to hold keys for the Sessions House who would be on the call out list for emergencies.

 

9.                  Next Meeting
Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Governance and Finance meeting is 10th May 2022.

 

 

 

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

(Chairman: Cllr. Mrs. J. Makinson-Sanders, Vice Chairman: Cllr. Mrs. S. Crew,
Membership: Cllrs. EB, JB, JS, GEH, DEW)

 

1.          Apologies for Absence
To receive apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Town Clerk at least one hour prior to the meeting.

 

2.          Chairman’s Remarks

 

3.          Declarations of Interest / Dispensations
To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act, 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests and any written requests for dispensation received by the Proper Officer under section 22 of the Localism Act.

 

4.          Minutes
To approve as a correct record the notes of the Personnel Committee meeting held on 25th January 2022.

 

5.          NJC Pay Scales
Council to note that the National Joint Council for Local Government Services (NJC) has reached agreement on the new pay scales for 2021/22, to be implemented from 1st April 2021.

 

6.          Safeguarding Policy
Committee to review its attached policy.

 

7.          Next Meeting
Council to note that the date of the next scheduled Personnel Committee meeting is 10th May 2022.