PART EIGHT

USEFUL SOURCE MATERIAL

Part Eight

Useful Source Material

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Essential Source Material for Town/Parish Council Clerks

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Local Council Administration by Charles Arnold-Baker ISBN: 0-406-952981 Price: 50.00 Published by: Butterworths Law (www.butterworths.co.uk) The Clerks Bible. If your Council only has one reference book, make sure its this one!

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A copy of your Councils Standing Orders. Your Job Description. Your Contract of Employment. Accounting, for the Large Local Council a Short Guide July 2004 (published by the National Association of Local Councils) The Good Councillors Guide (published by the National Association of Local Councils national training strategy for Town & Parish Councils). A copy of your Councils adopted Code of Conduct. Guidance for your Councillors on the Code of Conduct (contained in Toolkit) Guidance Notes on the Powers and Functions of Parish and Town Councils and a Rough Guide to Who Does What (contained in Toolkit). Guidance for consultees on planning applications What are material planning considerations? (contained in Toolkit). Guidance on the Freedom of Information Act (contained in Toolkit). A model FoI Publications Scheme (downloadable from the Information Commissioners website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk) Guidance on holding the Annual Parish Meeting (contained within the Toolkit) Your Councils Auditor find out who it is! Your Councils Monitoring Officer find out who it is! (Contact your District/Unitary Council). Useful contact numbers your District, Unitary and/or County Council may publish an A Z Guide. E-mail and Internet access. Useful websites: National Association of Local Councils (NALC) www.nalc.gov.uk Association of Larger Local Councils (ALLC) www.allc.gov.uk Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) www.slcc.co.uk

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The Standards Board for England (SBE) www.standardsboard.co.uk 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. The NALC Direct Information Service (contact NALC for details). A Guide to Becoming a Quality Parish Council ODPM/DEFRA joint publication. Danger Zones for Councillors and Officers LGC information. ISBN 1904009085 Local Council Finance Shaw & Sons ISBN 07219 1580 9 The Local Council Clerks Guide Paul Clayden Shaw & SonsISBN 07219 1601 5 The Parish Councillors Guide Paul Clayden Shaw & Sons ISBN 07219 0516 1 This Parish Council Toolkit.

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