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Hordle Parish Council The Parish Council Hordle Parish Council consists of 11 Councillors, 10 of whom are elected by all of the electorate in the Parish except for that part of Everton, South of the A337, which is in the Milford Ward of New Forest District Council, where one Councillor is elected to serve and represent them. Elections take place every 4 years, the last Elections should have taken place on Thursday May 3rd 2007 but as once again the number of persons nominated were equal to the number of vacancies no Election was necessary.At the first Meeting of the Parish Council in May (the Annual Meeting) the Chairman & Vice chairman of the Council for the ensuing year are elected by the Members of the Council and the Committee membership is also decided.The work of the Council is delegated to 3 committees, namely :- Finance, Policy & Resources ; Amenities ; Planning & Environment.The decisions of the Committees being ratified at the Monthly meetings of the full Council.The Administration of the Council is undertaken by the Parish Clerk (Susan Whitcher) who is also the Council’s Financial Officer, she is also responsible for supervising the work of the 2 other employee’s of the Council - The Minute Secretary/Clerical Assistant (Sandy Smith) and the Handyman/Playground Inspector (Paul Dennis) and also any Contractors employed by the Council.The Council Committees prepare their Budget which is ratified by the Council by December each year and the District Council informed of the amount of money required to be raised through the Community charge, this Year 2008/9 this amounts to £83,650.The District Council pays the precept to the Parish Council by 2 instalments the first in April and the second in September.This Page updated 17 November 2008 |