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Casual Vacancy for Councillor |
CASUAL VACANCY ON THE HOLME VALLEY PARISH COUNCIL
HOLMFIRTH CENTRAL WARD
Are you interested in serving the community?
If you think you could represent the views of the community of
Holmfirth Central Ward, please contact the Clerk for details of how to apply for this vacancy.
All applicants will be invited to address the Council at its
next meeting on 1 September 2008.
A letter of application
must be submitted to the
Clerk by 21 August 2008,
so that details can be circulated to all
serving Councillors who will decide at the meeting who will be co-opted on to the Council.
For further details click here.
If you are interested in further information
about standing for your local Parish Council,
visit these sites where
you can download a booklet
"All about parish and town councils" and view other information:
Electoral Commission
www.dopolitics.org.uk
National Association of Local Councils
www.nalc.gov.uk
The
council meets every six weeks usually – there are
some variations because of public holidays.
Click here to view
diary of meetings.
Council meetings are held in the Council Chamber,
Council Offices, Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth, on
Monday evenings and usually commence at 7.30pm
unless there is another prior meeting. Members of
the public are welcome to attend meetings to listen
to discussions.
Prior to the beginning of every council meeting,
there is an opportunity for members of the public to
put questions or to raise issues with the council.
The
council also holds public surgeries prior to some of
the committee meetings. This gives electors another
opportunity to raise concerns with councillors.
Click
here to view details of members’ surgeries.
The Council has 23 members. The area is split into 12 wards,
as shown in the list of councillors. The 23 council
members represent a population of some 25,000.
Click to
for details of all members.
The Council has a number of
standing committees which deal with regular items and
recommend to the full Council actions to be taken, or
decisions to be approved. When necessary other
Sub-Committees and Working Groups are convened, which
report directly back to the main Committees and
ultimately the Council. The Committees are regulated by
Standing Orders, and Financial Regulations.
Click here for Committees page.
