Committees & Working Groups
The Town Council have two Full Council meeting's a month on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month except August.
There are separate meetings for the three Committees and each have their own responsibilities:
In addition to the formal Committees, the Council has the option to form Working Groups. Each working group sets it's own Terms and Conditions. Working Groups have no power to make decisions, but consider the relevant matters in detail and make recommendations to the Council where appropriate. Working Parties are more informal than Committee and often co-opt people from outside the Council.
Working Groups –
- Allotments – Cllrs; Ian Welch, Jules Metcalfe and Henry Jarvis.
- Climate Change and Flood – Cllrs; Ian Welch, Linsey Nathan and Jules Metcalfe.
- Culture, Sports and Recreation – Cllrs; Thomas Leach and Linsey Nathan.
- Digital Communications – Cllrs; Charlie Viqueira and Ian Welch.
- Governance Review (to exclude NHP) – Cllrs; Henry Jarvis, Ian Welch, Phil Mitchell, Louise Mitchell and Linsey Nathan.
- Toilets – Cllrs; Louise Mitchell, Chris Boswell-Munday and Henry Jarvis.
- Town Hall – Cllrs; Phil Mitchell, Louise Mitchell, Ian Welch and Chris Boswell-Munday.
Ensures the Town Council complies with the requirements of employment law and following best practice in providing good working conditions for staff, including health and safety.
- Downloads: Terms_of_Reference_-_Staffing_copy_1 (pdf)
Finance & General Purposes - managing the Council finances and budgets.
For 2024/25 Finance & General Purpose Committee will consider grant applications on:
- June 2024
- December 2024
The Town Council will not accept applications that are any later than 10 working days prior to the date of the meeting.
The Code of Recommended Practice from Local Authorities on Data Transparency (Pursuant to Section 2 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980)
With effect from 28 September 2011, a new code of recommended practice on data transparency applies to parish councils with a gross annual income or expenditure in excess of £200,000. The code does not replace or supersede the existing framework for access to information provided by existing legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 1998. The code is intended to ensure that the authorities which are subject to it meet existing statutory obligations and encourages them to proactively publicise more data to increase their accountability to the public.
Plans are usually discussed and decisions made at Full Council meetings, the Planning Committee meet as and when required - this would usually be when consultation response dates do not fit in with the Full Council meeting schedule. It is a consultee on all planning applications to Cornwall Council and appeals, the decisions of which are forwarded to the Cornwall Council to be taken into account in their decision making. The Committee also respond to Cornwall Council in respect of all applications relating to preservation, street naming and highway matters.
