About Kilsby Parish Council

CORRECT PROCEDURE

The Parish Council is a corporate body and can make decisions. Individual Councillors cannot.

The Council can delegate some decisions to the Responsible Financial Officer eg Clerk or a committee, but these have to be agreed and recorded in the Standing orders.

Planning

The Planning Committee is an agreed delegated committee given power to make planning decisions. Finance – No financial decisions can be made by a committee. They must be agreed by full Council.

Working Parties

Anyone who undertakes to find out more information on an item, that they have agreed to be responsible for is free to do so, so long as they:

– DO NOT MAKE ANY DECISION ON THEIR OWN

They need to produce a report and bring it to the next Council meeting, or ideally give it to the Clerk to attach to the Agenda for the following meeting, at which time the Council can debate the issue and make a decision.

The implementation of decisions must be made by the Proper Officer of the Council after the decision has been properly minuted and recorded.

FIND OUT INFO
WRITE A REPORT AND GIVE TO THE CLERK for the AGENDA
DEBATE THE ISSUE IN COUNCIL
COUNCIL WILL MAKE A CORPORATE DECISION
DECISION RECORDED IN MINUTES
DECISION ACTED ON BY PROPER OFFICER ie CLERK on Parish Headed paper
RESULTS of decision reported back to the Council by the Clerk

The following can be under the remit of the parish council:

Parish councils have a variety of powers and duties, all of which impact directly on the community.

What Powers and Duties do Parish Councils Have?

Cemetery

Bus Shelters

Highways – lighting, parking places,

right to enter into discussions about new roads and road widening, consent of parish council required for diversion or discontinuation of highway, traffic signs and other notices, tree planting and verge maintenance

Seats (public)

Land

acquisition and sale of

Legal proceedings

power to prosecute and defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the community, power to take part in any public enquiry

Litter

provision of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns

Signs

danger signs, place names and bus stops signs

Planning

parish councils must be notified of, and display for residents, any planning applications for the area. Any comments submitted to the planning authority by the parish council must be taken into account

Postal and Telecommunication Facilities

power to pay a public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing services in that area

Recreation

provision of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds, open spaces, village greens, gymnasiums, playing fields, holiday camps and boating ponds