ECCLESHALL PARISH COUNCIL – POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE – Wednesday, September 3^rd 2025

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A meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee was held on Wednesday, 3^rd September 2025, following the Planning committee meeting, at 8.35pm.

Present were:-

Councillor R. Taylor (Chair)                                    Councillor C. Wilkins

Councillor S. Perren                                                  Councillor D. Feneysey

Councillor D. Hall

Mrs S. J. Worden (Clerk)

No members of the public

1).    Apologies:-

Apologies were receive from Cllrs. Hill, Dale and Reid.

2).    Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday June 4^th 2025:-

The minutes, which had previously been noted by the Council, were agreed and signed.

3).   Budget update 2025/26:

Prior to the meeting, the Clerk circulated an updated report detailing balances and expenditure to date against the budget. It was noted that there has been no extraordinary expenditure.

This report was discussed and accepted by members.

4).   To consider preliminary planning for the budget and precept 2025/26:

The Clerk will be approaching the respective committees to request their budgetary plans for the next financial year, to include in the draft budget which will be considered at the next meeting in December.

It was noted that there will be a need to top up the earmarked funds for the Neighbourhood Plan update that is required when the Local Plan has progressed to a later stage of development. Some of the monies currently accumulated will be diverted to support the appointment of the planning consultant.

5).    To consider the proposed Information Technology Policy for adoption

This policy is a requirement for the next years audit/annual return submission, to confirm that the council has suitable measures in place to ensure appropriate management of IT resources, email and data management. It was resolved to recommend approval of this policy.

6).    Consideration of Grant Requests:

There were no grant requests to consider.

7).   To receive the latest update from the Public Sector Deposit Fund:-

There was no updated report to consider since the last meeting. Correspondence was received to advise that the corporate ownership of CCLA had changed to Jupiter Investment Management group. However, there has been no change to the fund held by the Council.

8).   Items for next meeting:-

Any items for the next meeting can be forwarded to the Clerk.

8).  Date of next meeting:-

Wednesday 3^rd December 2025, following the Enhancements committee meeting.

There being no further business, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 8.45pm.