BRERETON AND RAVENHILL PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of a meeting of the Finance and Management Committee held at the Parish Hall, Ravenhill
Park, Brereton, on Wednesday, 19th July 2017.
Present
Councillors Miss IJ Brown [Chairman], Mrs DM Easton, R Easton and Mrs G Harvey.
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors K Ansell, Mrs P Ansell, H Farnath,
Miss C Harvey and Mrs HJ Southwell.
Mr PG Davies, the Parish Clerk, was also in attendance.
1. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
There were no declarations given at the commencement of the meeting.
2. MINUTES
RESOLVED
That the minutes of the meeting held on 7th June 2017, be approved and signed as a
correct record.
3. ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT
The Clerk circulated a schedule of accounts for payment.
The Committee placed on record its thanks to Councillors Mrs DM Easton and R Easton for
making a donation of £50.00 towards Parish Council funds.
RESOLVED
That authority be given for the payments included on the submitted schedule.
4. FINANCE REPORT
The Report of the Clerk showing the financial position of the Parish Council as at 30th June
2017, was received for information and noted by the Committee.
5. PAB ALARMS
The Clerk reported that Mr P Beatson of PAB Alarms had attended the Parish Hall
Management Committee meeting, which had preceded this meeting, to offer advice on
enhancing CCTV coverage of the Parish Hall.
6. RISKS
The Clerk presented a schedule giving details of those areas of the Parish Council’s work
carrying a higher risk.
Members had, immediately prior to this meeting, attended a site visit at Newman Grove
allotments to review the risks associated with that site.
The Committee noted that in order to mitigate the risks, the following action would ne
taken:-
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Work would be carried out to improve the access to the site from Newman Grove.
Improvements would be carried out to the footpath adjacent to the allotment site. CMex had kindly undertaken to lead on this venture and the Chairman of the Parish
Hall Management Committee was continuing to liaise with Mr S Wood from the
Company and he undertook to keep this Committee updated on progress.
RESOLVED
That the action, as outlined above, be approved.
7. GAS BOILER SERVICE
RESOLVED
That Mr R Davies be authorised to carry out the annual service to the gas boiler.

8. DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING
RESOLVED
That the next meeting be held on 6th September 2017, at 8.00 p.m.