Information available from North Muskham Parish Council under the model publication scheme and Schedule of Charges

1st January 2009

 

 

 

 

Information to be published

How the information can be obtained

 

 

Cost

Class1 - Who we are and what we do

 

 

(Organisational information, structures, locations and contacts)

 

 

 

 

This will be current information only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who’s who on the Council

 

 

Website

 

 

Hardcopy

 

 

Free

 

 

 

 

Contact details for Parish Clerk and Council members (named contacts where possible with telephone number and email address (if used)

 

 

Website

 

 

Hardcopy

 

 

Free

 

 

 

 

Location of main Council office and accessibility details – Not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staffing Structure – not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it

 

 

(Financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit)

 

 

 

 

 

Current and previous financial year  - 2007/8 + 2008/9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual return form and report by auditor

 

 

Hardcopy

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Finalised budget

 

 

Including:  precept amount

 

 

 

 

Website/Hardcopy

 

 

Free

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Borrowing Approval letter – PWLB October 2008

 

 

Hardcopy

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Financial Standing Orders and Regulations

 

 

Hardcopy

 

 

 

 

10p Per A4 sheet

 

 

Grants given and received – None for 2007/8 and 2008/9

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of current contracts awarded and value of contract – None for 2007/8 + 2008/9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members’ allowances and expenses

 

 

Chairman’s Allowance only applicable, listed in minutes of Annual Parish Council Meeting in May each year.

 

 

Hard Copy

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Donations to community criteria

 

Website/Hard Copy

 

 

Free/10p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing

 

 

(Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews)

 

 

 

 

(hard copy or website)

 

 

 

Parish Plan (current and previous year as a minimum) – Not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Reports to Parish Meeting (current and previous year as a minimum):

 

 

Chairman’s Report

 

 

Village Hall Committee Chairman Report

 

 

District & County Councillor Report

 

 

Hard Copy

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Quality status – not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local charters drawn up in accordance with DCLG guidelines – not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 4 – How we make decisions

 

 

(Decision making processes and records of decisions)

 

 

 

 

Current and previous council year as a minimum 2007/8 & 2008/9

 

 

 

 

(hard copy or website)

 

 

 

 

 

Timetable of meetings (Council, any committee/sub-committee meetings and parish meetings)

 

 

Website

 

 

Hard Copy

 

 

Free

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Agendas of meetings (as above)

 

 

Website for current month

 

 

Hard Copy for previous

 

 

Free

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Minutes of meetings (as above) – nb this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.

 

 

Website for previous 6 months

 

 

Hard copy for previous to that

 

 

Free

 

 

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Reports presented to council meetings - nb this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.

 

 

Hard Copy

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Responses to consultation papers

 

 

Hard Copy

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Responses to planning applications

 

 

Website link to District Council planning website.

 

 

Responses listed in minutes

 

 

Hard Copy

 

 

Free

 

 

 

 

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Bye-laws  (not applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 5 – Our policies and procedures

 

 

(Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities)

 

 

 

 

Current information only

 

 

 

 

(hard copy or website)

 

 

 

 

 

Policies and procedures for the conduct of council business:

 

 

 

 

Procedural standing orders

 

 

Committee and sub-committee terms of reference (not applicable)

 

 

Delegated authority in respect of officers  (not applicable)

 

 

Code of Conduct

 

 

Policy statements – (None currently applicable)

 

 

 

 

Monthly Financial Internal Audit Checklist

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Review of internal controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Risk Assessment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website/Hard Copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website/Hard Copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website/Hard Copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free/10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Free/10p per A4 sheet

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

 

 

Free/10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Free/10p per A4 sheet

Policies and procedures for the provision of services and about the employment of staff:

 

 

 

 

Internal policies relating to the delivery of services (not applicable)

 

 

Equality and diversity policy (not applicable)

 

 

Health and safety policy (not applicable)

 

 

Health and Safety Monthly Inspections

 

 

Recruitment policies (including current vacancies) (not applicable)

 

 

Policies and procedures for handling requests for information* (n/a)

 

 

 

 

Complaints procedures (including those covering requests for information and operating the publication scheme)*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website/Hard Copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free/10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Information security policy (not applicable, within risk assessment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Records management policies (records retention, destruction and archive) (n/a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data protection policies (n/a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of charges (for the publication of information).  Included with this document

 

 

Website/Hard Copy

 

 

Free/10p per A4 sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 6 – Lists and Registers

 

 

 

 

Currently maintained lists and registers only

 

 

 

 

(hard copy or website; some information may only be available by inspection)

 

 

 

 

Any publicly available register or list (if any are held this should be publicised; in most circumstances existing access provisions will suffice)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets Register

 

 

Website/Hard Copy

 

 

Free

 

 

10p per A4 sheet

 

 

Disclosure log (indicating the information that has been provided in response to requests; recommended as good practice, but may not be held by parish councils) (n/a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Register of members’ interests

 

 

Inspection by appointment with Clerk

 

 

Free

 

 

Register of gifts and hospitality

 

 

Inspection by appointment with Clerk

 

 

Free

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 7 – The services we offer

 

 

(Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public and businesses)

 

 

 

 

Current information only

 

 

 

 

(hard copy or website; some information may only be available by inspection)

 

 

 

 

Allotments (n/a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burial grounds and closed churchyards (n/a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community centres and village halls  - (devolved responsibility to Village Hall Committee.)

 

 

Playing Field Lease.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inspection only by appointment with Clerk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free

 

 

Parks, playing fields and recreational facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seating, litter bins, clocks, memorials and lighting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bus shelters

 

 

 

 

 

 

Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public conveniences

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agency agreements

 

 

 

 

 

 

A summary of services for which the council is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees (e.g. burial fees)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

 

This will provide Councils with the opportunity to publish information that is not itemised in the lists above

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Needs Survey 2006

 

 

Website Link /Hard Copy

 

 

Free/10p per sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact details:

 

 

Mrs K Beaumont

 

 

Clerk to the Council

 

 

North Muskham Parish Council

 

 

10 Normanton Road

 

 

Newark

 

 

NG24 2SX

 

 

Tel: 01636 707207

 

 

Email:northmuskhamparishcouncil@hotmail.co.uk.  Web: www.northmuskham.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Parish Council where possible will try to provide routinely available information within 5 working days of receipt of any request.  The information may be accessed immediately through the website as detailed above.  If the information requires to be viewed by inspection, the Clerk will contact the individual requesting the information within 5 working days to arrange a mutually convenient time and venue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF CHARGES

 

 

This describes how the charges have been arrived at and should be published as part of the guide.

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF CHARGE

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

BASIS OF CHARGE

 

 

Disbursement cost

 

 

Photocopying @10p per sheet (black & white)

 

 

Actual cost *

 

 

 

 

Photocopying @20p per sheet (colour)

 

 

Actual cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postage

 

 

Actual cost of Royal Mail standard 2nd class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statutory Fee

 

 

None

 

 

In accordance with the relevant legislation (quote the actual statute)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* the actual cost incurred by the public authority

 

 

 

 

NB, where the information was created by the Parish Council, copies of information will be printed off at no cost for a reasonable amount of printing (10 pages maximum).  Otherwise, photocopying charges will be incurred for bulk copying as above and where the information was not created by the Parish Council and therefore not retained on data file.

 

 

 

 

Approved: December 2008.

 

 

Effective 1st January 2009.
Next Review Date: 1st January 2010.

 

 

Outdated information will be updated and replaced as and when it becomes available or following a review every 6 months.