Parish Council meetings are usually held on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm in Amy Robsart Village Hall, Syderstone but please check with the parish notice boards or the parish clerk beforehand.
MEETINGS CALENDAR
Meeting Dates for 2025
​23rd January (postponed from the 16th due to illness)
20th February
20th March
17th April
15th May
19th June
17th July
18th September
16th October
20th November
18th December
*The Annual Parish Meeting will begin at 7.00pm followed by the Annual Parish Council Meeting.
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.