| | | | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
| | Budgeted Items | Budgeted amount
06-07 | Actual
to 30.9.06 | Estimates to 31.3.07 | Forward Year
2007/2008 | Notes |
| | Administration | | | | | |
| 1 | Printing costs (including newsletter)
(£500 agendas etc. £140 newsletter) | 400.00 | 344.09 | 200.00 | 640.00 | The newsletter is produced twice a year. Expenditure would need to be increased if frequency of the newsletter was increased. |
| 2 | Postage | 300.00 | 146.14 | 150.00 | 350.00 | Correspondence is issued through the Borough Council's postage system and is invoiced annually. |
| 3 | Newsletter - hand delivery | 400.00 | 206.72 | 400.00 | 400.00 | The current rate paid is 16P per household and there are approximately 1200 households in the parish. |
| 4 | Stationery (eg ink cartridges) | 100.00 | 0.00 | | 100.00 | |
| 5 | Salary - Clerk | 2,348.00 | 1,140.00 | 1,170.00 | 2,800.00 | The Clerk has now completed her qualification which is a requirement for any Parish Council seeking quality status. The Clerk's portfolio is currently being assessed; this process can take several months. When a Clerk achieves the AQA qualification, he/she is automatically up-graded to the next spinal column. A "business case" will be provided for the January meeting when the annual information relating to Clerks' salaries is available. |
| 6 | Travelling expenses - Clerk | | 37.94 | 37.94 | 76.00 | |
| | Insurance/Audit | | | | | |
| 7 | Insurance | 480.00 | 510.72 | | 580.00 | A review of the Parish Council's insurance cover will be carried out early in 2007. |
| 8 | Internal Audit (2005/2006) | 80.00 | 82.05 | | |
| | Internal Audit (2006/2007) | | | | 95.00 | |
| 9 | Hacker Young (external audit) (2004/2005) | 80.00 | 164.50 | | | |
| | Hacker Young (external audit) (2005/2006) | | | 141.00 | | |
| | Hacker Young (external audit) (2006/2007) | | | | 150.00 | |
| | Room Hire | | | | | |
| 10 | Broad Lane Methodist Church | 100.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 120.00 | This sum is paid annually and covers the period 1.Sept. to 31.Aug. |
| 11 | CCC - Use of Broad Lane School | 40.00 | 45.00 | 45.00 | 60.00 | |
| 12 | CCC - Use of Pear Tree School | 40.00 | | 45.00 | 60.00 | |
| 13 | Additional meetings | 100.00 | | 100.00 | 100.00 | If the Parish Council wishes to hold additional meetings, for example, to publicise the Parish Plan process, this expenditure would cover the cost of the use of one of the school halls for two meetings. |
| | Street Lighting | | | | | |
| 14 | Repairs | 100.00 | | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 15 | Scottish Power - supply | 250.00 | 211.05 | 0.00 | 270.00 | Unmetered electricity supplies for Parish Council-owned street lights. |
| 16 | Purchase of new street lights | 3,300.00 | | 3,300.00 | 1,500.00 | Second Dig Lane/Audlem Road: The Chair has conducted an informal canvass of local residents, half of whom support the purchase of an additional street light. |
| 17 | Subscription - Assoc Local Councils | 300.00 | 354.69 | | 400.00 | |
| | Parish Plan | | | | | |
| 18 | Advertising/events | | | 500.00 | 1,000.00 | Publicity and other arrangements for commencing the Parish Plan process were not considered at budget time (January 2006). The Parish Council reached a decision after the start of the current financial year. Other sources of funding, to facilitate this process, may be available. The Clerk has contacted Cheshire Community Council about the possibility of funding for the cost of leaflet-drops and public meetings. |
| | Projects | | | | | |
| 19 | Website develoment | | | | 300.00 | Although the Parish Council currently has a website which is accessed through the "Local Channel", Members have agreed that a more easily accessible website be developed. |
| | Miscellaneous | | | | | |
| 20 | Training fees | 50.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 | 100.00 | This covers training sessions organised by the Cheshire Association of Local Councils for Parish Councillors and Clerks. |
| 21 | Chair's allowance | 100.00 | | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 22 | Youth Project - yet to be identified | | | | 11,000.00 | This was suggested at the meeting of the Parish Council held on 20th September 2006. Funding of this level should not be included in the budget for the forward year unless a specific project is identified and there is a realistic prospect of its implementation during the financial year 2007/2008. |
| 23 | "Stapeley" boundary sign | 400.00 | | 400.00 | 400.00 | Although a sum of £400 was allocated for this sign, Cheshire County Council has advised that its estimate was inaccurate and the cost is likely to be in the region of £800. It is suggested that the cost be spread across the two years. A revised estimate will be submitted to a future Parish Council meeting for approval. |
| | Donations | | | | | |
| 24 | Donation to Community Action for Stapeley (CAPS) | 5,000.00 | | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | This donation is contingent upon satisfactory evidence of CAPS receiving funding for the balance of its project. The Parish Council should review this item before the end of the financial year, with a view to making the appropriate adjustment to the carried foward balance at the end of 2006/2007. |
| 25 | Community Hall | 2,000.00 | | | 2,000.00 | It is suggested that the donation of £2,000 allowed for 2006/2007 be transferred to 2007/2008. There seems little prospect in the current financial year of the Community Hall being built, and the Charitable Trust being set up in sufficient time for it to receive a donation before 31st March 2007. |
| | TOTAL | 15,968.00 | 3,382.90 | 11,688.94 | 22,701.00 | |