Parish Council meetings are held at the Village Hall, Church Road, Walpole St Peter (opposite Walpole St Peter’s Church) and will be normally held on the first Thursday of the month (except August), starting at 7pm Members of the Public and Press are welcome to attend and are asked to contact the clerk.
MEETINGS CALENDAR
Meeting Dates for 2024:
(at the Community Centre, from 7pm)
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4th OF JANUARY
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1st OF FEBRUARY
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7th OF MARCH
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4th OF APRIL
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2nd OF MAY – Annual Parish Council and Parish Meetings
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6th OF JUNE
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4th OF JULY
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NO MEETING IN AUGUST
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5th OF SEPTEMBER
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2nd OF OCTOBER
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7th OF NOVEMBER
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5th OF DECEMBER
Please check the Agenda. The meetings are open to the general public to attend; and anyone who wishes to raise a matter with the Parish Council will have an opportunity to do so.
The Public are reminded that the opportunity to speak at the Meeting is available in Public Participation only and are welcome to listen to all other agenda items.
In the interests of openness and transparency, councillors and members of the public are reminded that the law permits any person to film, record, photograph or use social media in order to report on the proceedings of a meeting of the Parish Council or its committees when they are open to the public. This does not extend to live verbal commentary.
Filming and photography will only be permitted from the area designated. No flash photography or additional lighting should be used without prior consent.
Anyone wishing to report on the meeting should notify the Clerk or Chairman so that they can be afforded reasonable facilities.
People under the age of 18 or other members of the public not wishing to be filmed or photographed should notify the Clerk or Chairman and should sit in the area designated for this purpose.
Improper conduct or any disruptive behaviour could result in expulsion from the meeting.
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.