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Sleaford Town Council Annual Town Meeting 2016 Kevin Martin Clerk to the Town Council
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Financial Matters 2015/16 Budget £583,044 Precept £544,030 equivalent to £104.07 per Band D Income for year £753,001 Expenditure£729,995 Surplus£ 23,006 Balances/reserves £716,446 (£659k in 2014/15)
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Financial Matters 2015/16 Income up on car park and cemetery Lower income on market Savings on utilities, fuel and insurance Reserves for: Eastgate Car Park£180k Capital Programme£204k (Skatepark, Cemetery etc) General Reserves£190k
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Financial Matters 2015/16 All internal and external audits completed Financial Regulations updated Insurances reviewed Planned for 2016/17 Skatepark refurbishment Tractor Shed refurbishment Town Hall purchase
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Town Hall Proposal Long held desire for a town hall with community use Options considered Former college building available for rent with an option to purchase Council moved in November 2015; rent of £28,500 p.a. Option to purchase for £350k now exercised following consultation Using balances and mortgage of £280k repayments of £18.5k p.a. Town Hall; town centre; adjacent car park and shed Navigation Yard part of an area for enhancement Community Use started
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A New Plan A changing Sleaford and the role of the Town Council in that change A 3 Year Plan of where the Council wants to go & how to get there ‘Providing a Better Place to Live, Work and Play’ Key Objectives Communications, working with other Councils and agencies Markets, Events, Fairs and Recreation Property, Assets and Service Provision Neighbourhood Plan
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A New Way of Working Previously 5 committees, 16 working groups and the Council Streamlined to Council, 4 panels and task & finish groups Modernisation will continue across the whole Council More effective and efficient ways of working New Premises, New Clerk, New Constitution, New Plan
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Question Time Over to you as members of the Public Questions welcomed Thank you
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