Meetings are normally held at the Ashby and Thurton Village Hall at 7.30pm, usually on the last Wednesday of the month. Members of the public are welcome to attend - please contact the Clerk to request access details.
MEETINGS CALENDAR
Meeting Dates for 2024
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Thursday 21st March
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Wednesday 29th May Annual Parish and Annual Parish Council Meeting
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Wednesday 31st July
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Wednesday 25th September
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Wednesday 27th November
Meeting Dates for 2025
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January date to be decided in December 2024
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Wednesday 26th March 2025
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.