Budget
The Parish Council sets an annual budget of income and expenditure. This is used to inform the precept demand and for monitoring financial performance during the year.
Annual Parish Meeting
All Town and Parish Councils throughout England are required by law to hold an Annual Parish Meeting, which must take place between 1 March and the 1 June (inclusive). Meetings should not commence before 6pm.
The purpose of the meeting is to give the Parish Council, and other local organisations an opportunity to let local residents know what they have been doing over the past year. The meeting is also an opportunity for electors to have a say on anything they consider valuable to the people of the Parish.
Policies
The Policies, Procedures and important management documents that have been adopted by Odcombe Parish Council are available here for you to download and read.
£100.00 Expenditure Details
As part of the Council’s transparency code details of all financial transactions of £100.00 or more can be found here, and the latest version is here.
Staffing Committee
The staffing committee meets to discuss various matters relating to employees of the council. Meetings are open to the general public excerpt when there is an ‘in-confidence’ item to be discussed. The relevant meetings can be found here.
As a smaller authority, Odcombe Parish Councils have a legal responsibility to submit, annually, its Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) to the Governments appointed auditor. In addition, the Council appoints an independent internal auditor to undertake an annual review of the effectiveness of processes and governance.
Audits
Documents that support both the internal audit and AGAR from 2020 can be found here as well as other documentation.
