October 2025 Agenda

Dear Councillors Bowell, Gilbert, Halls, Hosking, Neville, Rose, Shinkins-Hoppe and Stevens.
 
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Finance, Policy and Personnel Committee to be held in the meeting room at the Institute 38 Church Street Deeping St James PE6 8HD at 8.00pm on Tuesday 07 October 2025. 
  
The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda. 
 
Julie Fortnum 
 
Julie Fortnum
Parish Clerk 
Issued Wednesday 01 October 2025. 
 
AGENDA
 
26.26 To receive apologies of absence.
 
26.27 To receive any declarations of interest.
 
26.28 To adopt the minutes of the previous meeting held on Tuesday 12 August 2025.   
 
26.29 To receive the Clerk’s report.
 
26.30 To receive a report of the financial position as at 01 October 2025. 
 
26.31 To receive a report on the income and expenditure against budget for the period 1 April 2024 to 01 October 2025. 
 
26.32 To receive the monthly bank reconciliations for the periods 1 April to 31 August 2025.
 
26.33 To receive and consider the provisional budget recommendations for 2026/27 from the Allotments, Cemetery, Planning and Transport, Recreation and Open Spaces Committees. 
 
26.34 To consider all non-committee budget headings for 2026/27 in preparation for precept setting.
 
26.35 To receive the draft grant policy.
 
26.36 To receive guidance from Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils and reconsider the need for an Investment policy. 
 
26.37 To receive and consider any personnel matters (resolving to move into closed session if required) 
 
26.38 To note the date of the next meeting – 8pm Tuesday 09 December 2025