Minutes of June council meeting
The minutes of the June meeting are now available
Council News
Council Audit
Parish councils are audited every year to make sure the financial management is in order.
There are two audits:
- The internal audit, which checks all the meetings have been run properly, the accounts are in order and everything has been done as it should throughout the year
- The external audit, which double checks all the financials and asks for corrections or changes to procedures if anything is out of order.
As part of the process, the council must open its books to any resident of the parish who wishes to inspect them. This is explained in the Notice of Public Rights. If you wish to inspect the accounts during this period, please make an appointment with the Chairman of the Parish Council.
The Annual Governance and Accountability Return includes the internal audit report and the financial statements. There is additional supporting information.
At the moment the Annual Governance and Accountability Return is in its unaudited – provisional – form. When the external audit is complete it will be accompanied by an audit certificate.
June Parish Council meeting
As the special legislation for coronavirus has lapsed, the legal position now is that local councils need to meet face to face, rather than remotely, and be open to attendance in person from the public. Also, most coronavirus rules will remain in place in England for at least another 4 weeks after the planned 21 June unlocking
The Community Centre is still not available for meetings as the COVID rules for Early Years provision would mean deep cleaning would be required after a council meeting, and this cannot reasonably be done before the nursery arrives next day.
Therefore the Parish Council will be meeting outside the back of the Community Centre, either in the open or under event shelters if wet.
Risk of virus transmission will be mitigated as follows:
- No chairs will be provided. If you wish to attend and sit you are to bring your own chair.
- No printed agendas will be made available.
- Councillors that are required to complete paperwork must do so as far is possible before the meeting, and bring a copy with them.
- Hand sanitiser and a sterilising spray will be available for use by councillors and the public.
- There will be no access to the Community Centre for any reason.
In view of this the agenda has been cut down to what is legally and practically required.
Minutes of April council meeting
The minutes of the April meeting are now available.
May council meeting
As the special legislation for coronavirus has lapsed meetings can no longer be held online. The Community Centre is not available for meetings as the COVID rules for Early Years provision would mean deep cleaning would be required after a council meeting, and this cannot reasonably be done before the nursery arrives next day. Therefore the council will be meeting outside the back of the Community Centre, either in the open or under event shelters if wet.
Risk of virus transmission will be mitigated as follows:
- No chairs will be provided. If you wish to attend and sit you will have to bring your own chair
- No printed agendas will be made available.
- Councillors that are required to complete paperwork must do so as far is possible before the meeting, and bring a copy with them.
- Hand sanitiser and a sterilising spray will be available for use by councillors and the public.
- There will be no access to the Community Centre for any reason.
In view of this the agenda has been cut down to what is legally and practically required. To enable the meeting to proceed as fast as possible a document has been issued to all councillors giving the background and main points for each agenda item. Download this, the agenda and other supporting papers here.
Minutes of March council meeting
The minutes of the March meeting are now available.
HR Committee meeting 28 April
In line with government legislation for holding council meetings, the council will be holding an online meeting of the HR Committee at 1930 on Monday 28 April. We’ll be using Microsoft Teams: click on this link to join. See the detailed instructions for full information.
As it can be difficult to organise online meetings for lots of people, it would help to know how many members of the public might be joining. If you intend to join, please could you email the Clerk beforehand?
April council meeting
In line with government legislation for holding council meetings, the council will be holding its next meeting online at 1930 on Monday 26 April. We’ll be using Microsoft Teams: just click on this link to join. See the detailed instructions for full information.
Download the agenda and supporting papers here.
As it can be difficult to organise online meetings for lots of people, it would help to know how many members of the public might be joining. If you intend to join, please could you email the Clerk beforehand?
HR Committee meeting 19 April CANCELLED
In line with government legislation for holding council meetings, the council will be holding an online meeting of the HR Committee at 1930 on Monday 19 April. We’ll be using Microsoft Teams: click on this link to join. See the detailed instructions for full information.
Download the agenda here.
As it can be difficult to organise online meetings for lots of people, it would help to know how many members of the public might be joining. If you intend to join, please could you email the Clerk beforehand?