Essington Parish Council
Meeting Announcement- 24th of June 2026
A Full Council Meeting to be held at Essington Community Centre, Hobnock Road on the 29th of June 2026 in the Council Chamber, commencing at 7pm.
Councillors are Summoned to attend a Full Parish Council Meeting on Monday the 29th of June 2026 at 7:00 pm in the Council Chamber, to consider the following matters itemised on the agenda. This meeting may be recorded. The Parish Council does not take responsibility for recordings made by members of the public. Anyone wishing to record the meeting should inform the Council and those present before the meeting starts, to protect individual rights.
Agenda
1. Apologies
2. Declarations of Interest
3. Minutes
To approve the minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on the 11th of May 2026 and the Annual Parish Council Meeting held on the 18th of May 2026
4. Public Participation Maximum of 15 minutes-The Chairman will advise attendees that the meeting will be adjourned for 15 minutes to allow any Elector of the Parish of Essington to raise a question under item 5 on the agenda in person or by prior request in writing to the clerk within the period of publication of the agenda and the meeting itself, on any issue relating to Official Parish Council Business.
5. Chair to re-open the Meeting
6. Reports
6.1 Chairman’s Report
6.2 Clerk’s Report
6.3 RFO Report
6.4 District Councillor’s Report
6.5 Councillors Reports.

NB; Relevant documents have been forwarded to Councillors prior to the meeting for consideration.
7. Finance
7.1 Approval of the Schedule of Payments- June 2026
7.2 Approval of the Income and Expenditure Report – May 2026
7.3 Approval of the Bank Reconciliations (all accounts) – May 2026
7.4 To review and note the Internal Audit
7.5 To review the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) and attachments
• To receive and note the Annual Internal Audit Report (Page 3)
• To approve the Annual Governance Statement (Page 4: Section 1)
• To approve the Accounting Statements (Page 5: Section 2)

7.6 To note the Electors Rights period starts on the 1st of July 2026 and ends on the 11th of August 2026.
7.7 To approve paying the Wolverhampton Tree Service Ltd invoice from the Tree Maintenance Earmarked Reserve
7.8 To approve a 36-month agreement with Flotek
7.9 To approve closing the Stripe Account
7.10 Councillor Audit
7.11 Ratify CiLCA Referral costs of £62.50
7.12 Ratify Fire Alarm Emergency Call out £198.00.

8. Community and Business Investment Fund.
9. Confidential Business
In accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, Section 1(2), The Chairman will advise that the press and public are to be excluded due to the confidential nature of the business to be transacted in item numbers 10 & 11 on the agenda
10. Swan Park- Correspondence
11. Medical Centre Lease
12. Date, time and venue of the next meeting
13. Closure by the Chairman

Relevant legislation
• Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960
• Local Government Act 1972 (Schedule 12 – parish council meetings)
• Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2095)
• Localism Act 2011 (members’ interests / standards)