Venue: The Parish Council meets at the Country Club, at 7.30 pm usually on the first Wednesday of every other month from January.
Anyone is welcome to attend the meetings but whilst members of the public cannot participate a short period of time is given for members of the public to air their views on matters directly related to the Parish Council.
MEETINGS CALENDAR
Meeting Dates for 2024
meetings are held on the 1st Thursday bi monthly
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Wednesday 3 January
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Thursday 7 March
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Thursday 2 May (Annual Meeting of the Parish Council
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Thursday 2 May (Annual Parish Meeting)
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Thursday 4 July
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Thursday 5 September
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Thursday 7 November
The Role of the Clerk
The Clerk is the ‘Proper Officer’ of the Council who is responsible for the smooth running of the Council’s business. He/she is the first point of contact for the Council and all correspondence comes to the Clerk.
Responsibility for implementing the decisions of the Council rests with the Clerk along with giving professional guidance where necessary whilst remaining neutral and discrete. The Clerk is also responsible for financial management.
The Clerk prepares, circulates and displays agendas in public places. She/he signs notices and summonses with a list of business to be transacted but does not have the power to fix the meetings of the Council. The Clerk is required to attend meetings, take minutes, keep Council minutes in a book and hold other documents.
A member of the Council may be appointed as Clerk without remuneration but nowadays it is more usual to appoint someone who is not a councillor to be paid for the work they undertake.
