Parish Council Meetings
Meeting Calendar 2024
Monday 5 February
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Monday 8th April ( to also include Annual Parish Meeting)
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Monday TBC May
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Monday TBC July
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Monday TBC October
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Monday TBC December
The Parish Council meets at The Old School Hall, Fulmodeston at 7.00 pm usually on a Monday.
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.
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In addition there is an Annual Parish Meeting (APM) usually in April or May, which provides a forum for the whole community to hear reports and discuss matters of local concern.
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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.