EAST RIDING AND NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE LOCAL COUNCILS ASSOCIATION EAST RIDING (HOLDERNESS) DISTRICT COMMITTEE Minutes of the meeting held on 19 April 2016 at the Community Hall, Easington Present: Councillor G. Thurston (Hedon TC) in the Chair Councillors B. Simpson (Keyingham PC); G. Catterick (Preston PC); K. Hardcastle & P. Wilkinson (Withernsea TC); and T. Hill (Bilton PC) Clerks J. Simpson (Keyingham PC) – Apologies: Councillors S. Tindall & R. Thompson (Keyingham PC) Clerks S. Dale (Keyingham PC) – Officers: A. Barker, Executive Officer D261 Welcome Councillor Thurston opened the meeting and welcomed everyone to Easington. Those present expressed their surprise that no one from Easington Parish Council was present. D262 Minutes of the meeting held 21 July 2015 RESOLVED: That the minutes be agreed and accepted as a true record subject to two matters of accuracy that in the seventh line of D555 the word “can” and in D256 the be replaced is replaced with “are”; year “2015” should with “2016”. D263 Matters arising A: D254 Reference was made to the success of the 2015/2016 training programme – and questions asked about training for Clerks. The Executive Officer referred to the half-day induction events for new Clerks and the fact that a further event was being planned. Members went on to discuss the role of the Clerk and councillors perceptions of that. An explanation was given as to how ERNLLCA can support councils with good recruitment practice, ensuring that appropriate terms and conditions of employment are offered. Central to this support is training for councillors to help them better understand their responsibilities and that of officers. The Executive Officer confirmed that ERNLLCA can undertake in-house training albeit that there are draw-backs to this approach. D264 Executive Committee report The Chairman summarized the Executive Committee report drawing attention to the high volume of enquiries to the Desktop Advisory Service and the very successful rounds of training for councillors which had been held since May of 2015. Attention was drawn to the grants awarded to small parish councils eligible under the Transparency Code fund. The main item of business the last meeting of the Executive Committee had been the setting of the budget and agreement being reached on membership fees. Reference
EAST RIDING AND NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE LOCAL COUNCILS ASSOCIATION EAST RIDING (HOLDERNESS) DISTRICT COMMITTEE Minutes of the meeting held on 19 April 2016 at the Community Hall, Easington Present: Councillor G. Thurston (Hedon TC) in the Chair Councillors B. Simpson (Keyingham PC); G. Catterick (Preston PC); K. Hardcastle & P. Wilkinson (Withernsea TC); and T. Hill (Bilton PC) Clerks – J. Simpson (Keyingham PC) Apologies: Councillors S. Tindall & R. Thompson (Keyingham PC) Clerks – S. Dale (Keyingham PC) Officers: A. Barker, Executive Officer D261 Welcome Councillor Thurston opened the meeting and welcomed everyone to Easington. Those present expressed their surprise that no one from Easington Parish Council was present. D262 Minutes of the meeting held 21 July 2015 RESOLVED: That the minutes be agreed and accepted as a true record subject to two matters of accuracy that in the seventh line of D555 the word “can” is replaced with “are”; and in D256 the year “2015” should be replaced with “2016”. D263 Matters arising A: D254 – Reference was made to the success of the 2015/2016 training programme and questions asked about training for Clerks. The Executive Officer referred to the half-day induction events for new Clerks and the fact that a further event was being planned. Members went on to discuss the role of the Clerk and councillors perceptions of that. An explanation was given as to how ERNLLCA can support councils with good recruitment practice, ensuring that appropriate terms and conditions of employment are offered. Central to this support is training for councillors to help them better understand their responsibilities and that of officers. The Executive Officer confirmed that ERNLLCA can undertake in-house training albeit that there are draw-backs to this approach. D264 Executive Committee report The Chairman summarized the Executive Committee report drawing attention to the high volume of enquiries to the Desktop Advisory Service and the very successful rounds of training for councillors which had been held since May of 2015. Attention was drawn to the grants awarded to small parish councils eligible under the Transparency Code fund. The main item of business the last meeting of the Executive Committee had been the setting of the budget and agreement being reached on membership fees. Reference