Meetings are normally held at the Gooderstone School Hall at 6.30pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend - please contact the Clerk to request access details.
MEETINGS CALENDAR
Meeting Dates for 2024/2025
1st July 2024 6:30pm at Gooderstone Water Gardens Cafe
2nd September 2024 6:30pm at Gooderstone School Hall
4th November 2024 6:30pm at Gooderstone School Hall
20th January 2025 6:30pm at Gooderstone School Hall
​17th March 2025 6:30pm
19th May 2025 6:30pm
21st July 2025 6:30pm
15th September 2025 6:30pm
17th November 2025 6:30pm
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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.
