2026 09 01 – Finance & General Purposes Committee
MARSTON MORETEYNE PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk to the Council: Mrs. H. Trustam
Marston Moreteyne Community Centre
Great Linns, Marston Moreteyne
Bedford, MK43 0DD
Tel: 01234 413569
Email: clerk@marstonmoreteyne-pc.gov.uk
25th August 2026
There will be a Finance & General Purposes Committee meeting of Marston Moreteyne Parish Council on Tuesday 1st September 2026, commencing 7.30pm, in the Francis Keep Room at Marston Moreteyne Community Centre, Great Linns, Marston Moreteyne for the purposes of transacting the following business.
H. Trustam
Mrs H. Trustam BA(Hons)
Clerk to the Council.
AGENDA
1. Apologies for absence
2. Disclosure of local and/or disclosable pecuniary interests
3. Dispensation Requests. To consider any dispensation requests received by the parish clerk in relation to local and/or disclosable pecuniary interests, not previously recorded.
4. Open Forum. Members of the public are welcome to present any matter relevant to the parish of Marston Moreteyne and each parishioner will receive the attention of the council for a period not exceeding 3 minutes, with a maximum of 15 minutes in total, unless directed by the chairman.
5. Minutes of meetings. To confirm and adopt the minutes of the Finance & General Purposes Committee meeting of Marston Moreteyne Parish Council held on Tuesday 4th August 2026
6. Matters arising from the minutes – for information only. To receive a written report providing an update on matters following the previous meetings.
7. Financial Reports. To receive Income & Expenditure report for all cost centres.
8. Invoices for payment. To approve invoices for payment and be notified of any income since the last meeting.
9. Community Centre
(a) To receive any additional defects identified during the month. To consider any further action to be taken.
(b) To receive report of repairs completed and annual inspections carried out/due.
(c) To consider report on the Solar Thermal System connection to Lightning Strike System and consider action to be taken.
(d) To receive and consider a 4-year Operational Review Report on the Community Centre and resolve a suitable course of action.
10. Churchyard Floodlighting. To receive a report detailing 4 floodlights that are not currently working, consider the repair costs, and resolve an appropriate course of action.
11. Allotments. To review allotment rents for 2027/28 and agree a recommendation to Full Council.
12. Handyperson Role. To receive report outlining Council owned assets in need of maintenance. To consider the report and resolve an appropriate course of action.
13. Correspondence. To receive any correspondence and resolve a suitable course of action.