howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
Had this through from Ray Newsam.
The law gives local councils choice in activities to undertake; but
surprisingly
there are very few duties, or activities that they must carry out in delivering
services to local people. Exceptions are that a council must:
• comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010
• comply with employment law
• consider the impact of their decisions on reducing crime and disorder
in their area
• have regard to the protection of biodiversity in carrying out their functions
• consider the provision of allotments if there is demand for them from
local residents and it is reasonable to do so
• decide whether to adopt a churchyard when it is closed, if asked to do
so by the Parochial Church Council.
Your local council also has a duty to ensure that all the rules for the
administration of the council are followed. The council must:
• appoint a chairman of the council
• appoint officers as appropriate for carrying out its functions
• appoint a responsible financial officer (RFO) to manage the council’s
financial affairs; the RFO is often the clerk, especially in smaller councils
• appoint an independent and competent internal auditor (see below)
• adopt a Code of Conduct (see below)
• hold a minimum number of four meetings per year, one of which must
be the Annual Meeting of the Council (see below).
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#2
Still only a parish council with no more power then the rest of them but have £600.000 over that in fact to do the same job .What a wast of public money.
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