Council and Committee Structure
All Councillors are summoned to attend Full Council meetings. The Full Council meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month, except during the August recess. Committees are appointed to deal with specific areas of interest. Each Committee has a terms of reference and reports back to Full Council. Most committees meet quarterly.
Council Chairperson
The chairperson for 2023-4 is Cllr Stan Jones
The deputy chair is Cllr Debra Main
Finance Committee
This Committee consists of the following councillors:
Chair – Cllr Debra Main
Cllr Stan Jones
Cllr Marc Byrom
Cllr Sam Thomas
HR Committee
Chair: Cllr Usha Prashar
Cllr Debra Main
Cllr Jill Armshaw
Cllr Gareth Cadwallader
HR Committee Terms of Reference
Environment and Services Committee
Chair : Cllr Gareth Cadwallader
Cllr Jill Armshaw
Cllr Marc Byrom
Cllr Chris Janes
Cllr Sam Thomas
Cllr Usha Prashar
2022-07-12 ToR E-S Committee v.2
Communications Working Group
Road Safety Working Group
This Working Group will be confirmed at a future council meeting.
Council Staff
The Council employs two members of staff with different roles. The Clerk is employed full time, other staff are employed on a part time basis. Other parish work is carried out by contractors.

Clerk to the Council and Responsible Financial Officer
Alice Fisher
The Clerk has a wide range of other responsibilities which are set out in his/her job description. The Clerk must recognise that the Council is responsible for all decisions and that he/she takes instructions from the Council as a body. The Clerk is not answerable to any individual Councillor – not even the Chairman.
The Council must be confident that the Clerk is, at all times, independent, objective and professional.
‘Proper Officer’ is a title used in statute. It refers to the appropriate officer for the relevant function. In Town and Parish Councils, the Proper Officer is normally the Clerk. In financial matters, the Proper Officer is known as the Responsible Financial Officer.

Garden of Rest Assistant
Sue Pearce-Wood
The GoR Assistant is responsible for ensuring that the Book of Remembrance is correctly opened and that the waiting area is kept in good order.