Minutes
Please note these minutes remain in draft format until approved at the next Finance & General Purposes Committee Meeting
Meeting Pack
Agenda – Meeting 6 (2025/26)
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1. Apologies
To receive apologies and reasons for absence.
2. Declarations of interest
To note any declarations of interest
3. Requests from the public to speak
Members of the public are invited to speak on items which are on the agenda.
4. Minutes of the meeting held on 23rd February 2026
To accept and sign the minutes as a true and accurate record of the meeting.
5. Finance
(a) To note that the sum of all accounts as at 31st January 2026 was £327,806.
(b) To approve the monthly Finance Report.
(c) To appoint a councillor to carry out the bank reconciliation checks as at 30th April 2026.
6. Year end finance report
To note the year end finance from the Town Clerk.
7. Policy review
(a) To note the report provided by the Town Clerk.
(b) To approve the amendments to policies as identified by the Town Clerk.
8. Staffing
(a) To approve the recommendation from the Staffing Committee Meeting held on 13th April 2026 to implement temporary flexible and/or reduced working hours for the Town Clerk, commencing 13 April 2026 for an initial period of two weeks, following a recent diagnosis of a treatable medical condition requiring an initial six weeks of medical treatment, in order to support ongoing care while maintaining service continuity; it was further agreed that the arrangement be subject to formal review at the end of the initial period to assess its effectiveness and determine whether any continuation or adjustment is required.
(b) To approve the recommendation from the Staffing Committee Meeting held on 13th April 2026 to appoint a part-time Administration Officer on a 20-hour-per-week, two-year temporary contract to oversee the administration of Tarvin Road Cemetery, along with other administrative responsibilities, including the management of allotments, defibrillators, and related duties as per the job description provided by the Town Clerk and note that any final decision on recruitment will be subject to approval by Full Council at the next Full Council meeting.
(c) To recommend to the full council the appointment of an Administration Officer on the SLCC recommended salary scale SCP 13–17 (FTE £28,163; £15.06/hour at SCP 13) for 20 hours per week, with an actual salary of £15,662.40 plus employer on-costs (NI £1,599.36 and LGPS £3,210.79), giving a total annual cost of £20,472.55, to be funded from the existing £44,000 earmarked staffing reserve over the two-year contract period.
(d) To agree any further action to be taken
9. Grant funding
(a) To note that Frodsham Community Association has confirmed that, due to a range of factors, the 2026 Weaver Words event has been postponed until 2027. As a result, the £500 grant allocated for the 2026 event will not be used as originally intended and consideration should be given to whether the funding should be returned.
(b) To agree action to be taken
10. Close of meeting