North Creake Parish Council

THE LOCAL ELECTIONS (PARISHES & COMMUNITIES) RULES 2006

CASUAL VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR

PARISH OF NORTH CREAKE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ONE casual vacancy has arisen in the office of Councillor for the above Ward of the Parish. If, within 14 days of the date of this Notice (see note below) a request, in writing, that an election be held to fill the vacancy, signed by ten local government electors for the Ward is given to:-

The Proper Officer
c/o Electoral Services
Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
King’s Court
Chapel Street
King’s Lynn
Norfolk PE30 1EX

an election will be held, and Notice of this will be published in the Ward.

If no such request is received by the Proper Officer, the Parish Council will
take the necessary steps to fill the vacancy by co-option.

After discussions at the Parish Council meeting on 9th July, the Council unfortunately concluded that they could not take sufficient steps to mitigate the risks, that the Play Area presents. Therefore the area remains closed for people’s safety.

This was not a decision the Parish Council wanted to take and they will be keeping a close eye on government advice with the aim to reopen as soon as they consider it appropriate to do so. Until such time the play area remains closed.

The play area has not been inspected during lockdown and no cleaning has taken place.

Please respect the signage and tape that are in place.

A vacancy has arisen on North Creake Parish Council and we are looking to fill this by co-option at our meeting to be held on the 10th September, 2020 at 7.00pm.

Anyone who is interested in serving the community in this way and wishes to become a candidate for co-option should complete an application form and return this to the Clerk by Friday 4th September, 2020.

Please contact the Clerk via telephone, 01328 823391 or email [email protected] if you would like any further information.

Co-option Application Form

The next council meeting will be held as a virtual meeting on Thursday 11th June from 7 pm. Please email the Clerk in advance of the meeting if you would like to join the meeting as a member of the public.

Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2018/19

Every smaller authority in England that either received gross income or incurred gross expenditure exceeding £25,000 must complete Part 3 of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) at the end of the financial year in accordance with Proper Practices:

The Annual Governance and Accountability Return is made up of three parts;

• The annual internal audit report is completed by the authority’s internal auditor
• Sections 1 and 2 are to be completed and approved by the authority.
• Section 3 is completed by the external auditor and will be returned to the authority

The authority must approve Section1, Annual Governance Statement, before approving Section 2, Accounting Statements and both must be approved and published before the 1st July 2019.

Publication Requirements

Under the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, authorities must publish the following information on a publicly accessible website:

Before 1st July 2019 authorities must publish:

• Notice of the period for the exercise of public rights and a declaration that the accounting statements are as yet unaudited;

• Annual Internal Audit Report
• Section 1 – Annual Governance Statement, approved and signed,
• Section 2 –Accounting Statements, approved and signed

Not later than 30th September 2019 authorities must publish:

Are you interested in joining the Parish Council?

A Councillor is a member of the council and is normally elected for a term of four years. People of any political or religious persuasion are eligible to become a councillor, although their personal, political views should not extend into their parish council work.

Please note that there will be no Parish Council meeting this Thursday (13th December).  The next meeting will take place in the New Year, on Thursday 10th January 2019.  In the meantime, we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.