Sleaford Town Council Annual Town Meeting 2016 Kevin Martin Clerk to the Town Council

Financial Matters 2015/16 Budget £583,044 Precept £544,030 equivalent to £ per Band D Income for year £753,001 Expenditure£729,995 Surplus£ 23,006 Balances/reserves £716,446 (£659k in 2014/15)

Financial Matters 2015/16 Income up on car park and cemetery Lower income on market Savings on utilities, fuel and insurance Reserves for: Eastgate Car Park£180k Capital Programme£204k (Skatepark, Cemetery etc) General Reserves£190k

Financial Matters 2015/16 All internal and external audits completed Financial Regulations updated Insurances reviewed Planned for 2016/17 Skatepark refurbishment Tractor Shed refurbishment Town Hall purchase

Town Hall Proposal Long held desire for a town hall with community use Options considered Former college building available for rent with an option to purchase Council moved in November 2015; rent of £28,500 p.a. Option to purchase for £350k now exercised following consultation Using balances and mortgage of £280k repayments of £18.5k p.a. Town Hall; town centre; adjacent car park and shed Navigation Yard part of an area for enhancement Community Use started

A New Plan A changing Sleaford and the role of the Town Council in that change A 3 Year Plan of where the Council wants to go & how to get there ‘Providing a Better Place to Live, Work and Play’ Key Objectives Communications, working with other Councils and agencies Markets, Events, Fairs and Recreation Property, Assets and Service Provision Neighbourhood Plan

A New Way of Working Previously 5 committees, 16 working groups and the Council Streamlined to Council, 4 panels and task & finish groups Modernisation will continue across the whole Council More effective and efficient ways of working New Premises, New Clerk, New Constitution, New Plan

Question Time Over to you as members of the Public Questions welcomed Thank you