Committees
Committee Structure – as at April 2010
Community Liaison Committee
This committee deals with all aspects of Community Liaison in the Parish, as follows:
- To distribute grants to successful applicants in accordance with the agreed delegated budget.
- To organise, manage and promote Council sponsored events in accordance with the agreed delegated budget
- To recommend the appointment of members as representatives of the Council on outside community bodies.
- To act as the contact point with the Parish plan group.
- To promote the work and role of the Council
- To promote Albury village through newsletters, press, radio and TV as appropriate
Facilities Committee
This committee deals with all matters associated with public transport, highways, car parking, street furniture, bus shelters, open spaces and other Parish Council owned land, as follows:
Public Transport: To promote and encourage sustainable public transport for the Village.
Highways: To consider and act on all matters relating to highways (roads and footpaths and public rights of way) in the Village, and to liaise with and lobby SCC accordingly.
Road Safety: To monitor all aspects of road safety within the Village and liaise with the Highways Department when necessary.
Parking problems: To monitor parking issues in the Village.
Street Furniture & Bus Shelters: To manage, maintain, replace, install as required in accordance with the agreed delegated budget.
Open Spaces & playgrounds: To manage all Council owned or operated sites in accordance with the agreed delegated budget
Policy and Resources Committee
The Committee reviews the finances of the Parish Council as per the Financial Standing Orders together with all matters shown below. Unless by Council Resolution to the contrary, the Committee will make recommendations on all matters back to the Council for ratification or further action.
- Financial: consider all matters itemised in the Financial Regulations, prepare the annual budget and consequent precept and recommend to Council
- Personnel: deal with all employment issues of the Clerk and other staff employed by the Council from time to time. This will include Recruitment, Contract of Employment, Rates of Pay,
- Appraisal and Discipline as appropriate.
- Stategic Plan: develop a 4/5 year plan for the Council and oversee implementation.
- Quality Council: develop the action plans needed to acquire and maintain Quality Council status.
- Councillors' Training: identify training that will assist Councillors in the performance of their duties.
- Health & Safety: monitor all aspects of health and safety ensuring that the Clerk has carried out Risk Assessments with the relevant committees.
- General: consider any other matters delegated to it by the Parish Council.
Planning and Environment Committee
The committee will examine planning applications received from the Borough Council and respond on behalf of the Council. It is also responsible for all environmental initiatives in the Parish
- To consider all matters relating to planning applications, and to recommend to the Borough Council on behalf of the Council.
- To consider other planning related matters such as consultations on Waste & Minerals Plans and recommend a response for Council
- To prepare Councils' response to Local Planning policies, LDF etc., for consideration by Council
- To consider what initiatives should be taken by the Council in respect of the environment.
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