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Hordle Parish Council

The Parish Council

THE 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 next Elections should take place on a Thursday in May 2011, but if once again the number of persons nominated is equal to the number of vacancies no Election will be 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.

The work of the Council was delegated to 3 committees, namely :- Finance, Policy & Resources ; Amenities ; Planning & Environment and the decisions of the Committees were at the Monthly meetings of the full Council.

But at the Meeting of the Council on Monday 7th June it was agreed to abolish the standing committee system, and meet twice monthly, usually, on the first and third Mondays of each month in full council to conduct its business and all existing sub committees and working parties of standing committees reporting to 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 2010/2011 this amounts to £96,588 an increase of 6.47% on 2009/10 as the major council costs (ie fuel), have risen above inflation.

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 26th July 2010