BY CHESTER AND DISTRICT PARISH COUNCIL 18 Gladstone Road Chester CH1 4BY 01244 398966 07584415343 Email or Minutes of the meeting of Upton by Chester and District Parish Council Finance Committee held on Monday 12th December 2016, 6.30pm, at Upton Pavilion, Upton, Chester. Present: Cllr Bennion, Cllr Eardley, Cllr Houlbrook, Cllr Lee, Cllr Vaughan and Cllr Walmsley. In attendance: Mrs S Pollard (Clerk). 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Evans, Cllr Lee, Cllr McNae, Cllr Paddock and Cllr Samuel. Resolved: noted. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST. No declarations of interest were made. 3. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. It was confirmed that has been no further contact from the college with a view to students taking on the bowling green shelter project. Resolved: that the Minutes of the meeting held on the 14th October 2016 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. Proposed by Cllr Bennion, seconded by Cllr Walmsley. 4. BUDGET. The clerk reported that the new tax base figures are not yet available; members were asked to approve the draft budget (appendix A) in the expectation that the tax base will have increased which on the budgeted precept level will result in a reduction in the Parish Council element of the Council Tax. Resolved: that the Finance Committee approves the draft budget as long as the new tax base figures deliver a Council Tax reduction. As soon as the tax
BY CHESTER AND DISTRICT PARISH COUNCIL 18 Gladstone Road Chester CH1 4BY 01244 398966 07584415343 Email or Minutes of the meeting of Upton by Chester and District Parish Council Finance Committee held on Monday 12th December 2016, 6.30pm, at Upton Pavilion, Upton, Chester. Present: Cllr Bennion, Cllr Eardley, Cllr Houlbrook, Cllr Lee, Cllr Vaughan and Cllr Walmsley. In attendance: Mrs S Pollard (Clerk). 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Evans, Cllr Lee, Cllr McNae, Cllr Paddock and Cllr Samuel. Resolved: noted. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST. No declarations of interest were made. 3. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. It was confirmed that has been no further contact from the college with a view to students taking on the bowling green shelter project. Resolved: that the Minutes of the meeting held on the 14th October 2016 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. Proposed by Cllr Bennion, seconded by Cllr Walmsley. 4. BUDGET. The clerk reported that the new tax base figures are not yet available; members were asked to approve the draft budget (appendix A) in the expectation that the tax base will have increased which on the budgeted precept level will result in a reduction in the Parish Council element of the Council Tax. Resolved: that the Finance Committee approves the draft budget as long as the new tax base figures deliver a Council Tax reduction. As soon as the tax
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