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Parishioners are invited to attend all Council Meetings, normally held in South Creake Memorial Pavilion at which there is two open sessions when they can ask questions or make statements. There is also, at some Council Meetings, an opportunity to meet the Borough Councillor Chris Morley and County Councillor, Michael Chenery of Horsbrugh.
MEETINGS CALENDAR
​Meeting Dates for 2024:
January 8th
February 5th
March 4th
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April 15th
May 13th - Annual Parish and Parish Council Meetings
June 3rd
July 1st
No meeting in August
September 2nd
October 7th
November 4th
December 2nd
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.
