The Frampton Parish Council is made up of nine elected members - comprising the Chair, Vice-Chair and seven members - all unpaid volunteers who work for the benefit of the community and all local residents. The Parish Council is fully accountable and subject to detailed audit. The Clerk to the Parish Council is a paid, part-time employee.
Residents may attend full council meetings and can speak briefly on village matters at the commencement of the meeting in Parishioners Items.
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Frampton Parish Council meets 10 times a year on the third Thursday of each month but does not meet in either August or December. In January, March, April, May, July and October Frampton Parish Council meets at Church House Village Hall, Middlegate Road East, Frampton. In February, June, September and November Frampton Parish Council meets at Hubberts Bridge Community Centre, Hubberts Bridge.
All agendas are published on this website and on four notice boards throughout the Parish - outside Church House village hall, in the lobby of St Mary's Church, at the bus stop at the crossroads of Middlegate Road West and West End Road and Hubberts Bridge Community Centre. By law, agendas must be published at least three clear days prior to the meeting, not including the day that the agenda is published, the day of the meeting or a Sunday.
Members of the Public are invited to attend and have an alloted ten minutes prior to the start of the meeting.
Parish elections take place every four years.
Annual Parish Meeting
THIS IS A MEETING FOR RESIDENTS & IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT THE PARISH COUNCIL IS DOING & HAVE YOUR SAY. THE PARISH COUNCIL HAS A STATUTORY DUTY TO CALL THIS MEETING ANNUALLY WHICH TAKES PLACE AFTER THE SCHEDULED PARISH MEETING.
There are some 8,500 councils at parish level in England. As the lowest level of local government they are elected bodies, with discretionary powers and rights laid down by Parliament to represent their communities and provide services for them. The Council acts as a sounding board for local opinion, represents and works on behalf of local residents and acts as the link with both East Lindsey District Council and Lincolnshire County Council to ensure that any issues in the village are brought forward to the attention of council officials.
Parish councils in their current form were created by the Local Government Act 1894 and their governance, shape and form was consolidated in the Local Government Act 1972 (the Act).
Councillors are elected by the local government electorate and the council has a Chair, who must be one of the elected councillors. A council is a corporate body with perpetual succession and a name. Local councillors are often referred to as “Members” – for example in the Code of Conduct. The number of councillors is fixed by the district (or unitary) council. A parish council’s lawful acts, assets and liabilities are its own and not those of its councillors or any other council.
A council must act within the law. It can only spend, raise or use money if it has a statutory power to do so; otherwise it acts ultra vires (beyond its powers). Parish councils have a wide range of powers under different acts of Parliament. Most of these powers are discretionary, i.e. a council may do something, rather than it must do something.
The council acts as a sounding board for local opinion and works with local voluntary organisations and other tiers of government and have an important role in providing and improving very local services and amenities.