Finance & General Purposes Committee

The role of the Finance & General Purposes Committee is to monitor expenditure and income, advise the council and its committees on the financial implications of its policies and budgetary proposals from committees and ensures that an adequate system of internal audit of the council’s records and control systems is maintained as required by the Accounts and Audit Regulations. It also proposes the council’s annual precept and agrees grants to organisations working for the community of Bersted.

The Committee also has responsibility for all matters relating to land and buildings owned or managed by the Council, including:

1. Bersted Jubilee Hall and associated buildings, Jubilee Playing Fields, the Toddler Playpark, Jungle Climber and all outdoor equipment, the parish car park and access road, and the Spinney in North Bersted Street, as well as tools and equipment used in the maintenance of its amenities and properties
2. To set rents and fees for persons or groups using the facilities provided by the Parish Council;

The committee meet seven times a year at the Community Centre, Chalcraft Lane, North Bersted. Members of the public are welcome to attend.