Town Council Meeting

a) To receive any disclosure of pecuniary interest - Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

b) To consider any applications for Dispensations under s33 of the Localism Act 2011.

c) Register of interests - To note the need to ensure that new registers of interest forms are filled out and returned to the Monitoring Officer within 28 days of the election

- To receive an address from Cllr Dodd upon her retirement as Mayor.

a) To review terms of reference and delegated powers of each committee (copy enclosed).

b) To appoint Councillors onto the following committees / liaison groups

i) Finance & Corporate Gov. (7)                           

ii) Amenities and Services. (7 + 2 co-opted)       

iii) Planning & Transport. (7)                                 

iv) Wem Swimming and Lifestyle Centre Liaison Group.        

v) Wem Town Hall Liaison Group.                       

vi) Events Liaison Group.

vii) Verification Committee.

viii) WSSA Constitution Working Party

ix) Transfer of Services Working Party

c) Emergency Scheme of delegation - to review.

a) Wem Swimming and Lifestyle Centre.                                

b) Executive Committee of Wem Sports and Social Association.            

c) Wem Youth Centre.                   

d) Parish Emergency Advisor.      

e) Wem Scouts HQ Committee.    

f) Wem Economic Forum.                          

g) RAF Shawbury Liaison Group.

h) North Shropshire Tourism.       

i) Destination Partnership.

j) Local Joint Committee.   

k) Wem Christmas Festival.          

l) Friends of Whitchurch Rd.       

m) War Memorial Group.

 to appoint the Council’s training champion.

a) Standing Orders and Financial Regulations.

b) Complaints Procedure.

c) Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998.

To Resolve that the Parish Council meets the criteria to exercise the General Power of Competence.

a) 2016-17 Accounts - To approve the accounts and supporting papers for the year ending 31 March 2017 .

b) Annual Return 2016-17.

i) To consider the Towns Council’s response to questions on part 1 of the Annual Return, the Annual Governance Statement.

ii) To approve part 2 of the Annual Return, 2016/17 accounting statements.

iii) To approve explanation of variances.

iv) To note internal audit report.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of Meeting of the Town Council held on 27^th April 2017 (copy enclosed).

 To consider the Clerks progress report on matters arising at previous meetings (copy enclosed).

a) Planning Applications for consideration

17/01682/OUT | Outline application for the erection of 1No dwelling (to include access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) Proposed Dwelling To The North Of 58 Noble Street Wem Shropshire.

17/02005/FUL - 47 Bowens Field, Proposal: Erection of a single storey side extension.

b) To note the recent planning decisions (copy of decisions enclosed)

c) Planning Correspondence

17/01036/FUL Bank House Barn - erection of a detached garage – to consider correspondence received from Shropshire Council.

a) Accounts for payment -To approve accounts for payment and payments made prior to meeting. (Presented at meeting).

b) CCLA Account – to authorise the application for the opening of a Public Sector Deposit Account with the CCLA.

– To consider draft annual report for 2016-17 (to be presented at meeting)

 – to consider any new road safety concerns as per Shropshire Council’s Road Safety Policy

a)To receive reports from the Council’s representatives to other bodies.

b) To receive a report from Shropshire Council Councillors Mellings and Dee.

a) To note date of June meeting.

b) To approve Town Council meeting dates for 2017-18 (copy enclosed).

c) To approve proposed meeting dates and times for the Amenities and Services Committee and Finance and Corporate Governance Committee (copy enclosed).