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Merton Parish Council Meetings in 2023 & 2024
The dates for Parish Council Meetings for the next year are as follows:
Tuesday 5th September 2023 at 6pm in St Peter’s Church, Merton.
Tuesday 9th January 2024 at 6pm in St Peter’s Church, Merton.
Tuesday 12th March 2024 at 6pm in St Peter’s Church, Merton.
Tuesday 14th May 2024 at 6pm in St Peter’s Church, Merton. This will be the Annual Parish Council Meeting, preceeded by the Annual Parish Meeting.
All residents of the Village are very welcome to attend these meetings
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Annual Governance and Accountability Review
In 2018 the External Audit was replaced with an Annual Governance and Accountability Review (AGAR). As a smaller authority Merton Parish Council can certify itself as exempt from the external audit and complete an AGAR PART2 form instead. The Internal Audit continues to be required.
2020/21 Certificate of Exemption 2020/21 Annual Internal Audit Report 2020/21 additional internal audit report 2020/21 Annual Governance Statement 2020/21 Accounting Statements 2020/21 Analysis of Variances 2020/21 Reserves 2020/21 Bank Reconciliation 2020/21 Notice of the period for the exercise of public rights… 2019/20 AGAR Part 2 2019/2020 2019/20 Explanation of Variances 2019/20 Internal Audit Report 2019/20 2019/2020 NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION
OF ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY
RETURN (EXEMPT AUTHORITY)2018/2019 AGAR PART 2 2018/2019 2017/2018 AGAR PART 2 2017/ 2018 2016/2017 Annual return 2016/2017 2015/2016 Annual Return 2015/2016 2014/2015 Annual Return 2014 2015 2013/2014 Annual Return 2013/2014 -
Budgets
2021/22 2020/21 2020/2021 Merton Budget 2020 2021 2019 2020 Merton Budget v Actuals 2019 2020 2018/2019 Merton Budget v Actuals 2018 2019 2017/2018 Merton Budget v Actuals 2017 2018 2016/2017 Merton Budget v Actuals 2016 2017 2015/2016 Merton Budget 2015 2016 2014/2015 Merton Budget 2014/2015 -
Cash Books
2020/21 2019/2020 Village Hall Fund Account Rec 2019 2020 2019/2020 Savers Account Bank Rec 2019 2020 2019/2020 Community Account Bank Rec 2019 2020 2019/2020 Cash Book 2019 2020 2018/2019 Cash Book and Bank Rec 2018 2019 2017/2018 Cash Book and Bank Rec 2017 2018 2016/2017 Cash Book and Bank Rec 2016 2017 2015/2016 Cash Book and Bank Rec 2015 2016 2014/2015 Cash Book and Bank Rec 2014 2015 2013/2014 Cash Book and Bank Rec 2013 2014 -
About the Parish Council
The Parish Council was inaugurated in 1972, replacing the Parish Meeting which had been held for many years.
There are five Councillors. A new Council is elected every five years. All registered electors can vote at these elections. Registered electors can also stand for election.
The Parish Council is funded by Precept. The precept is collected by Breckland District Council via the Council Tax, and distributed to the Parish Council.
The Parish Council is subject to various statutes. The following sets of rules have been adopted to govern how business is conducted:
Parish Councillors’ Declarations of Interests can be found on the Breckland District Council web site. These written rules are reviewed annually.
By law, all Parish Council business is conducted in public, by means of regular Parish Council Meetings. This is to enable parishioners to be aware of, and be able to question, how their precept is being spent, and what other decisions the Parish Council is taking on their behalf.
The Parish Council welcomes all parishioners to these meetings either to listen or to put questions.
Parishioners attending meetings are not allowed to speak, except during Parishioners’ Question Time. At that time questions can be asked, or problems raised about any parish business, whether or not it is on the agenda. All questions should be addressed to the chairman.
The Parish Council is also the Custodian Trustee for the Village Hall, and as such appoints the Village Hall Management Committee.
