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Bleadon Parish Council

Agenda, Minutes & Reports

From various sources mainly clerk, councillors and website)

 

The importance of acurate, timely and accessible minutes

 

2024 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)

Month

Full Council

Policies

&

Code of Conduct

 

(Finance WG Oct22 and)

Personnel

TOR

Open

Spaces

WG

 TOR

BPC

Public

Meetings

Park Trust

Parish News WG

TOR

January

8th Agenda

&

Minutes

     
February

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
March

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
April

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
May

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
June

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
July

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
August

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
September

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
October

Agenda

&

Minutes

     
November

Agenda

&

Minutes

  

 

  
December

Agenda

&

Minutes

     

 

SEE PREVIOUS YEARS

 

Bleadon Parish Council Meetings now commence at 7.00 pm on the 2nd Monday each month (but please check agenda notices) as the BPC Meeting Schedule indicates - but generally no meeting in August. Other meetings that are on the schedule will commence as stated on the calling notices.

 

Members of the public may attend and speak at each and every one of the above meetings, subject to the Council’s Standing Orders. It should also be remembered that on some occasions a scheduled meeting might not take place because of lack of business; and by the same token meetings will be called when there is matters to be discussed that might not wait for the next arranged meeting. All of which of course should be duly posted on parish notice boards and BPC website.

 

Agenda, minutes and reports should be timely, accurate and accessible. The ICO Model Publication Scheme states: "The guidance is not meant to give an exhaustive list of everything that should be covered by a publication scheme. The legal commitment is to the model publication scheme, and public authorities should look to provide as much information as possible on a routine basis. Publishing datasets for re-use Public authorities must publish under their publication scheme any dataset they hold that has been requested, together with any updated versions, unless they are satisfied that it is not appropriate to do so. So far as reasonably practicable, they must publish it in an electronic form that is capable of re-use."

 

The APM (Annual Parish Meeting) is a resident meeting usually held in April and is called for by the Chairman of the Council .Electors may also be invited to hear the report on the past year’s activities. That report should eventually be published as part of the Annual Audit and in the BPC's Newsletter. [For Guidance see Stratfield Mortimer, and the Local Government Act]

 

The AMPC (Annual Meeting of the Parish Council) is a councillor meeting and is usually held in May, which is the start of the Council’s new year and where the first formal subject matter is the election of Chairman.

 

For further information see Parish Council website and/or Email Parish Clerk

 

In due course, in conjunction with the Parish Clerk, it is hoped to add the 'missing' historical minutes and indeed the final versions rather than drafts. Agenda will also be added if supplied to BOB in good time before the meeting.

 

NOTE 1: As of September 2013, Bleadon Parish Council website was being maintained irregularly and updated by a councillor but this ceased in 2014. Subsequently a re-designed site was commisioned with some controversy in February 2015 and completed in January 2016, that then also received sporadic maintenance (more information below.) However, as comprehensive historic agenda and minutes are not included, BOB will continue to maintain this page for public record and convenience as backup.

 

NOTE 2: BPC sometimes also publish their sub/working group minutes for various BPC projects.

BPC only started publishing Neighbourhood Development Plan Working Group agenda and minutes from

Feb 2019, the Oct, Dec & Jan Minutes were backdated and posted at that time and are indicated in brackets. The current adopted TOR have not been published despite requests.

Bleadon in Bloom (BIB) have no published TOR, do not pubish any meeting minutes and/or agenda only occasional reports?

Parish Council Newsletter (BVN) is owned, budgeted, projected managed (May 19 Min 322.15) and published by BPC 2-4 times a year, yet states an independent Editor (Feb 19 Min 319.17), and has no pubished TOR, etc.?

Bleadon Rights Of Way (BROW) volunteer group, managed by BPC, do not publish their planning/meeting minutes and have no TOR? See PROW page re: BPC BROW minutes.

 

The Minutes do not always correspond with the published Agenda? Were the decisions made at these meetings still valid considering Good Cllr Guide (2018)? (Also, online here) E.g.:

  • "At least three clear days before each council, committee or sub-committee meeting, you [Cllrs] should be sent a summons and agenda. The three clear days is established in law because it is important to be notified of issues to be discussed. Topics requiring a decision cannot be added to the agenda after the deadline has passed; they must wait for another meeting.
  • Each agenda item should make it very clear what you as a councillor are expected to do and be precise about the subject under discussion. For example, an agenda item saying “footpaths” gives you no idea what to expect. It is more helpful to know that your task at the meeting is [e.g.] 'To receive a report from Cllr Gorie on the condition of footpaths in the parish and to agree action in response to proposals for repairs (copy of report attached).'
  • It is actually unlawful to make a decision, especially a decision to spend money, without sufficient (three clear days) warning. Vague agenda items that don’t specify exact business (such as Matters Arising, and Any Other Business) are dangerous and should be avoided, because the council cannot make unexpected decisions.
  • ... The council must advertise the meetings by putting up public notices; electors have a right to attend, record and report on public meetings.You may be wondering when they have their say. Many councils encourage members of the public to speak and ask questions in a short, defined period, early in the meeting."

The question that remains is, after notifying the public, can parish councils amend/add to the agenda without publicly republishing it and making residents aware before they make their decision, including spending public money?

For example, the 09 Mar 20 Agenda, which was still on the parish notice boards as of 02 May due to COVID19 pandemic does not match the 09 Mar 20 Minutes? (See images 1, 2 &3). This Agenda also has a Feb 20 signature date? A Mar 20  Agenda is not present on the BPC website?

Further information from Wikipedia on Parish Councils in England 

 

The NALC Good Councillors Guide 2017 (NB: old versions can be found on precept page

also please note that NSC District Councillors have a different Guide from LGA here)

 

Town and Parish Council Minutes and Agenda information from CPALC

 

PREVIOUS YEARS MEETINGS

Bleadon Parish Council

Historic Information

(as originally provided by Parish Clerk or via PC website(s), and provided by Cllrs.) 

 

2023 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)

 

Disbanded 2020?

Unminuted meetings?
Month

Full Council

Policies

&

Code of Conduct

Planning

TOR & Procedure

Now a Working Grp

Oct 22?

(Finance WG Oct22 and)

Personnel

TOR

Open

Spaces

WG

 TOR

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

Parish News WG

TOR

BIB

[NB]

TOR?

BVN

[NB]

TOR?

TRUST

Recap

01 Jan 21

Refer to BPC Policies

Standing Orders

&

Suppliementary

No public meetings

since

Feb 2019?

No public meetings

since

May 2021?

2 meetings req'd per yr by TOR

No public meetings

since

Aug 2016?

NDP public

meeting

cancelled

Nov 19

Min 327.9 

& BVN114

Last meeting

25 Sept 19?

Last report

April 2019?

No notes?

No 

published

meeting notes?

New Editor

July20 (Min 334.4.vi)

No 

published

meeting notes?

January

9th now

16th Agenda

Minutes

and

30th ExM Agenda

Minutes

 

 

      
February

13th Agenda

and

Minutes

        
March

13th Agenda

and

Minutes

        
April

ExM12th

Agenda

and

Minutes

   

APM

13th Agenda

CANCELLED

28th Agenda

Minutes

    
May

APMC

11th Agenda

and

Minutes

     

2023

  
June

12th Agenda

Minutes

and

21st Agenda

Minutes

 

13th Agenda

and

Minutes

     

22nd Agenda

and

Minutes

July

10th Agenda

and

Minutes

 

 26th Agenda

and

Minutes

      
August

14th Agenda

and

Minutes

  

18th Agenda

and

Notes

     
September

11th Agenda

and

Minutes

    

4th Agenda

and

Notes

   
October

9th Agenda

and

Minutes

        
November

13th Agenda

and

Minutes

   

 

    
December

11th Agenda

and

Minutes

        

 

2022 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)

 

Disbanded 2020?

Unminuted meetings?
Month

Full Council

Policies

&

Code of Conduct

Planning

TOR

Now a Working Grp

Dec 20?

(Finance and)

Personnel

TOR

Open

Spaces

 TOR-Draft

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

NDP

[NB]

TOR-Draft

BIB

[NB]

TOR?

BVN

[NB]

TOR?

OTHER

 

TOR?

Recap

01 Jan 21

Refer to BPC Policies

Standing Orders

&

Suppliementary

No public meetings

since

Feb 2019?

No public meetings

since

Jan 2019?

Yet 4 req'd by TOR?

No public meetings

since

Aug 2016?

NDP public

meeting

cancelled

Nov 19

Min 327.9 

& BVN114

Last meeting

25 Sept 19?

Last report

April 2019?

No notes?

No 

published

meeting notes?

New Editor

July20 (Min 334.4.vi)

No 

published

meeting notes?

January

10th Agenda

and

10th Minutes

27th Ex Agenda

27th Ex Minutes

 

 

      
February

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

       

Park

14th Feb

March

14th Agenda

and

Minutes

        
April

ExM26th Agenda

and

Minutes

   

APM

11th Agenda

and

BOB Notes

11th Minutes

    
May

APMC

 

9th Agenda

and

Minutes

     2022  
June

13th Agenda

and

Minutes

        
July

11th Agenda

and

Minutes

Minutes V2

        
August         
September

12th Agenda

(Cancelled)

        
October

10 Agenda

and

Minutes

        
November

14 Agenda

Clerk's Report

and

Minutes v1

Minutes v2

Minutes v3

Minutes v4

        
December

12 Agenda

Clerk's Report

and

Minutes

Minutes v2

Minutes v3

        

 

 

2021 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)

 

Disbanded 2020?

Unminuted meetings?
Month

Full Council

Policies

&

Code of Conduct

Planning

TOR

Now a Working Grp

Dec 20?

(Finance and)

Personnel

TOR

Open

Spaces

 TOR-Draft

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

NDP

[NB]

TOR-Draft

BIB

[NB]

TOR?

BVN

[NB]

TOR?

BROW

[NB]

TOR?

Recap

01 Jan 21

Refer to BPC Policies

Standing Orders

&

Suppliementary

No public meetings

since

Feb 2019?

No public meetings

since

Jan 2019?

Yet 4 req'd by TOR?

No public meetings

since

Aug 2016?

NDP public

meeting

cancelled

Nov 19

Min 327.9 

& BVN114

Last meeting

25 Sept 19?

Last report

April 2019?

No notes?

No 

published

meeting notes?

New Editor

July20 (Min 334.4.vi)

No 

published

meeting notes?

January

11th Agenda

and

Minutes

 

18th Agenda

and

No Minute

      
February

8th Agenda

and

Minutes

        
March

8th Agenda

and

8th Minutes

        
April

 

   

APM Agenda

12th Minutes

blog

    
May

APMC Agenda

5th Minutes

 

24th Agenda

and

No Minutes 

   2021  
June

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

        
July

12th Agenda

and

12th Minutes

        
August         
September

13th Agenda

and

13th Minutes

        
October

11th Agenda

and

11th Minutes

        
November

Public meeting cancelled as Clerk ill

        
December

13th Agenda

and

13th Minutes

        

 

2020 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)

Month

Full Council

Policies

&

Code of Conduct

Planning

 

TOR

Finance? and

Personnel

TOR

Open

Spaces

 TOR-Draft

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

NDP

[NB]

TOR-Draft

BIB

[NB]

TOR?

BVN

[NB]

TOR?

BROW

[NB]

TOR?

Recap

01 Jan 20

13th Agenda

(No docs available

as of 09 Jan20?

See Pub Scheme)

No public meetings

for nearly a year

i.e. Feb 2019?

No public meetings

for over a year

i.e. Jan 2019?

Yet 4 req'd by TOR?

No public meetings

for nearly

2.5 years

i.e. Aug 2016?

NDP public

meeting

cancelled

Nov 19

Min 327.9 

BVN114

Last meeting

25 Sept 19 -

next meeting

dependent on outcome

of 200 houses appeal?

Last report

April 2019?

No 

published

meeting notes?

No Editor

(Dec 19

Min329.10)

No 

published

meeting notes?

January

13th Agenda

and

Minutes

        
February

10th Agenda

and

Minutes

    

No NDP

Agenda

for 9th Mar?

Min 331.6)

 

Editor TBA

(Min 331.5)

 
March

9th Agenda v1 & v2

and

Minutes

(Valid ?????)

    

9th No NDP Minutes?

Min 332.5)

   
April    

APM

Cancelled due

to COVID19

    
May

AMPC?

May not held

Cancelled due

to COVID19

     2020  
June

8th Agenda

and

Minutes

        
July

13th Agenda

and

Minutes v1

Minutes v3

        
August  

10th Agenda

and

Minutes

      
September

14th Agenda v2

and

minutes

        
October

12th Agenda

and

Minutes v2

        
November

9th Agenda

16th Agenda

Minutes v1

Minutes v2

        
December

14th Agenda

and

Minutes

        

 

09 Nov 20 Meeting cancelled, and rescheduled for 16 Nov 20, as Agenda not publicly posted, Zoom meeting link also not published?

 

2019 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)
Month

Full Council

 

TOR/Policies

Planning

 

TOR

Finance and

Personnel

TOR

Open Spaces

 

TOR-Draft

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

NDP

TOR-Draft

[NB]

BIB

TOR?

[NB]

January

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

 

11th Agenda

and

11th Minutes

  

(2nd

Minutes)

 
February

11th Agenda

and

11th Minutes

7th Agenda

and

7th Minutes

   

20th Agenda

and

Minutes

7th Mins
March

11th Agenda

and

11th Minutes

   

Parish Election Notice

Candidate information

20th Agenda

and

Minutes

 
April

1st ExM Agenda

and

1st ExM Minutes

   

8th APM Agenda

and

8th APM Minutes

24th Agenda

and

Minutes

Report #2
May

13 AMPC Agenda

and

13 AMPC Minutes

    

22nd Agenda

and

Minutes

 
June

10th Agenda

and

10th Minutes

   

200 Houses

No meeting? 
July

8th Agenda

and

8th Minutes

    

3rd Agenda

and

Minutes

 
August

20th Agenda

and

20th Minutes

    

21st Agenda

and

Minutes

 
September

9th Agenda

and

9th Minutes

    

25th Agenda

and

Minutes extract

 
October

14th Agenda

App1 & App2

and

14th Minutes

 

28 Oct

Cancelled

  

31 Oct - cancelled

BVN114

 
November

11th Agenda

and

Minutes

   

NDP

Cancelled

Min 327.9

No meeting due to

200 houses appeal?

BVN114

 
December

9th Agenda

and

Minutes

(No docs available

as of 09 Jan20?

See Pub Scheme)

    

No meeting due to

200 houses appeal?

BVN114

 

 

 

SEE CURRENT YEAR

 

NB: BPC sometimes also publish their sub/working group minutes for various BPC projects.

BPC only started publishing Neighbourhood Development Plan Working Group agenda and minutes from

Feb 2019, the Oct, Dec & Jan Minutes were backdated and posted at that time and are indicated in brackets. The current adopted TOR have not been published despite requests.

Bleadon in Bloom (BIB) have no published TOR, do not pubish any meeting minutes and/or agenda only occasional reports?

Parish Council Newsletter (BVN) is owned, budgeted, projected managed (May 19 Min 322.15) and published by BPC two or three times, yet states an independent Editor (Feb 19 Min 319.17), and has no TOR?

Bleadon Rights Of Way (BROW) volunteer group, managed by BPC, do not publish their planning/meeting minutes and have no TOR? See PROW page re: BPC BROW minutes.

 

2018 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)
MonthFull CouncilPlanning

Finance and

Personnel

Open Spaces

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

NDP

[NB]

BIB

[NB]

January

8th Agenda

and

8th Minutes

      
February

12th Agenda

and

12th Minutes

      
March

12th Agenda

12th Minutes

and

28th Extra Agenda

28th Extra Minutes

      
April    APM extra 

see APM blog

9th APM Agenda

leaflet and

9th APM Minutes

  
May

4th EM Agenda

4th EM Minutes

and

14th AMPC Agenda

14th AMPC Minutes

      
June

11th Agenda

and

11th Minutes

 

28th Agenda

and

28th Minutes 

    
July

9th Agenda

and

9th Minutes

12th Agenda

and

12th Minutes

     
August

13th EM Agenda

(see blog also)

13th EM Minutes

   A370  
September

10th Agenda

and

10th Minutes

      
October

8th Agenda

and

8th Minutes

    (24th Minutes) 
November

12th Agenda

12th Minutes

and

23rd EM Agenda

23rd EM Minutes

 

9th Agenda

and

9th Minutes

  No meeting 
December

10th Agenda

and

10th Minutes

    (5th Minutes)Report #1

 

 

SEE CURRENT YEAR

 

2017 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)
MonthFull CouncilPlanningFinance and PersonnelOpen Spaces

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

January

9th Agenda

and 

9th Minutes 

 

3rd Agenda

 and 

3rd Minutes

  
February

13th Agenda

and

13th Minutes

13th Agenda

and

13th Minutes

   
March

13th Agenda

and

13th Minutes

13th Agenda

and

13th Minutes

8th Agenda

and

8th Minutes

  
April

10th Agenda 

and

10th Minutes

   

 10th APM Agenda 

and APM Minutes

Annual Parish Meeting

May

Annual Meeting of Parish Council

22nd Agenda 

and

AMPC Minutes

    
June

12th Agenda

and

12th Minutes

    
July

10th Agenda

and 

10th Minutes

    
August

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

    
September

11th Agenda

and

11th Minutes

    
October

9th Agenda

and

9th Minutes

    
November

13th Agenda

and

13th Minutes

also

27th EM Agenda

and

27th EM Meeting

6th Agenda

and

6th Minutes

24th Agenda

and

24th Minutes

  
December

11th Agenda

and

11th Minutes

    

 

 

SEE CURRENT YEAR

 

2016 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)

MonthFull CouncilPlanningFinance and PersonnelOpen Spaces

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

January

11th Agenda

and 

11th Minutes 

also see blog

11th Minutes

4th Minutes and 4th Agenda

11th Minutes and Agenda

4th Agenda

and 4th Minutes

see blog
February

ExM 4th Agenda

8th Agenda 

and

8th Minutes

also see blog

8th Agenda

and

8th Minutes

   
March

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

also see blog

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

  
April 

11th Agenda

and

Minutes

11th Agenda

and

Minutes

 

11th APM Agenda

and

11th APM Minutes

May

9th AMPC Agenda

and

9th AMPC Minutes

and

ExM 25th Agenda

and

ExM 25th Minutes

    
June

6th Agenda

and

6th Minutes

  

13th Agenda

and

Minutes

 
July

4th Agenda 

and

4th Minutes

    
August 

1st Agenda

and

1st Minutes

1st Agenda

and

1st Minutes

1st Agenda

and

1st Minutes

 
September

12th Agenda 

and

12th Minutes

5th Agenda

and

5th Minutes

   
October

10th Agenda

and

10th Minutes

10th Agenda

3rd Agenda

and

3rd Minutes

  
November

14th Agenda 

and

14th Minutes

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

14th Agenda

and

14th Minutes

  
December

12th Agenda

and

12th Minutes

12th Agenda

and 

12th Minutes

   

 

 

SEE CURRENT YEAR

2015 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)
MonthFull CouncilPlanningFinance and PersonnelOpen Spaces

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

January12th12th12th and 26th  
February9th9th 12th 
March9th9th9th9th and Agenda 
April 13th  

13th (APM)

and Agenda

May11th (AMPC)11th   
June

8th

8th   
July13th13th   
August 10th10th10th 
September14th and Agenda 14th   
October12th and Agenda12th 12th  
November9th and Agenda9th9th 15/16 budget statement  
December14th and Agenda14th14th 14th  

 

 

SEE CURRENT YEAR

2014 Parish Council Meetings (click where highlighted for agenda/minutes)
MonthFull CouncilPlanningFinance & PersonnelOpen Spaces

BPC

Public

Meeting/Info

January13th13th and 29th13th and 27th  
February10th10th and 26th 12th 
March10th10th and 26th10th27th 
April 14th and 30thPrecept presentation and Audit notice 

14th (APM)

and Annual Report

May12th (AMPC)12th 19th and 28thnb:19th is Quarry Application  
June

9th

9th and 25th   
July14th14th and 30th   
August 6th ,11th and 27th11th11th 
September8th 8th and 24th   
October13th13th and 29th Ranger Schedule13th  
November10th10th and 26th26th  
December8th8th and 17th8th  or 1st?  

 

 SEE CURRENT YEAR

Previous Years Parish Council Meeting Minutes

(click where highlighted for agenda/minutes/reports)

Month/Year2013201220112010200920082007200620052004
January14th9th 10th 11th 12th14th 8th 9th 10th12th
February11th13th 14th 8th9th 11th12th 13th 14th9th
March

11th 

and

FIN

12th 14th8th  9th10th12th13th 14th 8th

April

Annual Parish Meeting & Report

8th 

and

AR

? and

AR

 ? and

?

? and

AR

? and

AR

14th 

and

AR

2nd 

and

?

10th 

and

AR

11th 

and

AR

5th 

and

?

May

Annual Meeting of Parish Council

13th14th 23rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 8th 9th10th
June

10th and

PL and

OS 19th

11th

13th 14th  1st 9th11th 12th 13th 14th
July

8th 

and

PL

9th11th 12th  13th 14th 9th

 10th and

FIN

 11th 12th

August

No full meeting is normally held

PL 28th and 

OS12th

 

23rd

Finance

 

18th

Finance

   8th 
September

9th and

 

PL and PL

FIN and

OS and OS

10th12th 13th 

 14th 

and

Balance

Sheet

 8th10th 11th 13th
October

14th 

and

PL

8th 10th 11th  12th 13th8th 9th10th 11th 
November

11th and

PL and PL

FIN and FIN

OS

12th 14th 8th  9th 10th12th 13th 14th 8th
December

9th 

and

PL

10th 12th 

13th 

and

FIN

 14th 8th10th 11th 12th 13th

 

 

 SEE CURRENT YEAR

For further information see Parish Council website and/or Email Parish Clerk

and for copies of the BPC Newsletter or information on Precept and Parish Plan

 

The historic minutes have been converted to PDF from the original Word documents to aid access. In due course we hope also to add the 'missing' historical minutes and indeed the final versions rather than drafts if produced by BPC (although content is likely to be identical, technically some may still be drafts unless they are the officially adopted by committee).

 

HISTORIC WEBSITE INFORMATION

 

As previousy stated, following discussion with the Parish Clerk in May 2013 and pending maintenance to the Parish Council website, We created this page to show all Parish Council meetings and latest minutes, including Open Spaces, Planning and Finance and Personnel committee meetings. It remains now a excellent reference source of Parish Council information. However.........

 

See also PC minutes and Beinvolved blogs:

After some silence after May 2013 and as at September 2013, Bleadon Parish Council website was being maintained and updated by a Cllr. However, by mid 2014 maintenance seemed to have ceased citing difficulties. In late 2014 (after queries by BOB over 20 months continued expenditure on the 'old' (2nd) PC website) BPC decided to commission another (3rd) website development, expending even more public finance and ignoring the potential FREE professional consultancy from BOB via a meeting offered in May 2013 and again in subsequent emails, but never actioned. Thus potentially negating instead the FREE and continued offer of permanant use of these website pages for BPC (and saving £££s of Bleadon Public Finance too)! Why, we know not and have not been given a reason or even a reply despite asking the Clerk (resigned September 2015) and councillors on many occassions........It seems content 'control' was/is a major concern to certain past councillors as well as of course BOB's awkward questions.

 

So, as of January 2016 after paying WebGLU another payment in November 2015 for development completion (£650+ so far and yet £29.99 monthly hosting fees continued to be paid to prior hosting company InTouchCRM during this time) the 'new' BPC website was finally made live! It should be noted that the decision to develop the new (3rd) website was made without any apparent (public released) designstandards or specification by the 2014/15 term councillors and clerk, 5 of whom did not then stand for re-election in May 2015. In April/May 2016 the new novice clerk and a new councillor resigned leaving only 4 councillors, but since then another 4 more were co-opted leaving 1 vacancy. Unsurprising the new website looks very like the old one but during this period it has also only been receiving sporadic maintenance via additional payment to their new contractor. (Still no public design specification published). Then as of June/July 2016, another more experienced clerk was appointed after a short period as locum clerk and resumed sending BOB copies of new agenda and minutes for this page which is most welcome. Hopes were raised as apparently, despite continued limited financial resource, the intention is for the clerk to maintain the BPC website in future. Although in 2017 it was still unclear despite BOB asking, exactly what content will be provided, the clerk stating whatever information he should decide! (yet here is the governments Information Commissioners Office Model Publication Scheme guidance and code of practice info from DCLG, that BOB shared with BPC).

 

In Spring 2017 the qualified clerk and councillors resign then several months later also the unqualified replacement also with councillors! The new year of 2018 saw an interim clerk appointed, pending permanent advertisements and (after many years, many clerks and 3 websites) it was hoped that the BPC website would soon be maintained to the required standard, without any unecessary costly and confusing duplication of information that is already freely available elsewhere in Bleadon.

 

BPC Cllrs.again met and agreed with BOB to ask their web contractors WebGlu assist in redesigning the BPC site to reflect ICO Model Publication Scheme. Some information was removed, and although the Clerk started to populate new design with policy documents and other BPC relevant information.... a select few documents have disappeared? When will BPC fulfil its legal commitment to the ICO Model Publication Scheme?

 

Further information from Wikipedia on Parish Councils in England

 

Bleadon Parish Council Precept Information