MEETINGS CALENDAR


Parish Council meetings normally take place at Burnham Market & Norton Village Hall, Beacon Hill Road, Burnham Market at 6:30pm.Agendas are published 3 clear days in advance of a meeting, and members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting, contribute during public speaking and listen to the debate.
Meeting Dates 2025
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Monday 13th January
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Wednesday 5th March
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Wednesday 7th May *Annual General Meeting*
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Wednesday 2nd July
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Wednesday 10th September
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Wednesday 5th November
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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. When contacting the council via the clerk, please be sure to indicate your willingness (or not) to have your email circulated to the council with your details.
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 may also be the Responsible Financial Officer, who is 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 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.