Meeting date: Tuesday 12 May 2026
Agenda:
Election of Officers
To receive nominations and elect a Chair of the Council for the coming year.
To receive the Declaration of Acceptance of Office signed by the incoming Chair.
To receive nominations and elect a Vice Chair of the Council for the coming year.
- Apologies for absence
- Minutes of the Annual Council Meeting held on 13th May 2025
To resolve to accept the minutes.
- Matters arising from Annual Parish Meeting
a. To consider any suggestions for action made at earlier Annual Meeting of the Parish
b. To agree council objectives for the year ahead
- Annual Audit
i. Feedback from internal audit
Clerk to apprise Councillors with feedback from the internal audit
ii. Documents required for external audit. To comply with the SBAA external audit requirements under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, and complete the Council’s external audit for the financial year 2025-26.
- To resolve to approve the Certificate of Exemption 2025-26
- To resolve to approve the Governance Statement 2025-26
- To resolve to approve the Accounting Statements 2025-26
- To approve the dates for public rights to access financial documents 2025-26
- Annual review
Following internal audit, the following Council documents require review and approval by full council.
Retention (of documents) V1 – 2022, Statement of Internal Control V5 – 2023
(to be circulated by the Clerk)