January 2026
Washingborough Parish Council
Minutes of the Finance and General Purposes Committee Meeting held on Wednesday 14th January2026 at 2pm in the Civic Office, Fen Road, Washingborough, Lincoln. LN4 1AB.
Present:
• Cllr Mrs W Skelton (Chairman)
• Cllr Mrs B Bland
• Cllr Mrs L Hannam
• Cllr Mrs A Nixon
• Cllr G Peck
• Cllr Mrs L Simons
In Attendance: Clerk, Miss K Broddle and Assistant Clerk, Mrs E Salter
Members of the Public: None
25/25–26. In accordance with the Localism Act 2011, to receive:
a. Apologies and reasons for absence - None
b. Declarations of interest were received from Cllrs Mrs B Bland, Mrs A Nixon, Cllr G
Peck and Mrs L Simons.
c. Applications for dispensation were received from: Cllrs Mrs B Bland, Mrs A Nixon,
Cllr G Peck and Mrs L Simons.
26/25-26. Draft notes of the Finance and General Purposes meeting on the 8th October 2025
were proposed, seconded and resolved for signing as the minutes.
27/25-26. Matters outstanding: None.
28/25-26.Review of Councils risk register:
The Risk Register was reviewed and agreed that no amendments were necessary.
29/25-26. Financial Accounts:
The third quarter financial accounts were discussed with no issues raised and were proposed, seconded and resolved.
30/25-26. Review of Budgets:
The budgets were reviewed with no concerns raised, and were proposed, seconded and resolved.
31/25-26. Bank reconciliation:
The bank reconciliations for October, November and December were proposed, seconded and resolved for signature.
32/25-26. Movement of Earmarked Reserves:
It was proposed, seconded and resolved that no movement of earmarked reserves was
necessary.
33/25-26. End of Year Movement of Earmarked Reserves:
It was proposed seconded and resolved that the clerk move funds into earmarked
reserves in
March and reports back to the Finance Committee for ratification.
34/25-26. Updates to the Grants and Donations Application Forms
It was proposed, seconded and resolved that no updates to the forms was necessary.
35/25-26. The recommended for project for 2026/27
The recommendation is to start a five-year project to update the Community Centre and
office, this was proposed, seconded and resolved.
36/25-26. The recommendations for the Precept for 2026/27
a. the Precept amount for 2026/27 to be £225,425 – this was proposed, seconded and resolved.
b. the percentage increase on the precept for 2026/27 is 3.13% (on a band D property.
c. salaries: the proposals are - as from April 2026, the clerk to move to scp35, the
assistant clerk to move to scp26 and the grounds man and environmental officer to
move to scp13. These were seconded and resolved.
37/25-26. Under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 Councillors resolved to move into closed session for the following items: None.
There being no further business the meeting closed at 2.39.
Signed
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