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Please click on the
links below for agendas, minutes and further information on the following
meetings: General Terms of Reference (applicable to all Committees) Town Council's Standing Orders Town Council's Financial Regulations
The full Town Council of all 16 Councillors meets once a month on a Monday at 7.00 pm in the Community Room at the Town Clerk's Office in Church Lane, where access for the disabled is available (see Diary of Meetings for dates). The Press and Public are welcome to attend all Council meetings and the Public may put questions or make statements on any matter in the public session at the beginning of each meeting, which is restricted to 15 minutes. If, after discussion of an Agenda item, the Council decides that a Working Group should be formed to look at the matter in more detail then the membership and the remit of the Group will be agreed by the Council. The membership of the Group can also include people who are not Councillors, but who have knowledge or expertise relevant to the subject matter. Town Council Agendas are set by the Town Clerk in liaison with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Council. However any Councillor can request any item to be put on the Agenda. This can be done informally either through the Town Clerk or Chairman, or formally, by means of a motion, as per the Town Council's Standing Orders (the Council's operating rules and regulations). The Minutes of the Town Council meetings are usually available 4 working days following the meeting. They are not a verbatim account of the Meeting but detail decisions reached and record the voting. Minutes are available to the Public either via this website (see button below), or at the Town Clerk's office, or the Library. They are also circulated to the various local media organisations so that they can report on the issues via newspapers and radio. Once a decision has been passed by the Council and a course of action identified, the work is organised and/or carried out by the Town Council's Executive Officer, the Town Clerk, and his team of staff.
General Terms of Reference (applicable to all Committees)
Please note it is sometimes unavoidable that meeting dates need to be changed at short notice. Please check this web site or contact the Town Clerk's Office to confirm a meeting date.
FOR THE AGENDAS, MINUTES AND REMITS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL'S FOUR COMMITTEES PLEASE SEE BELOW:
The services that the Town Council provides are split into four committees each with a Chairman who has the responsibility of bringing the business from each of these areas to the full Council meetings. Click on the tabs to access detailed information about each committee. Recreation & Amenities Committee Town & General Purposes Committee
Chairman - Cllr Lynn Lindsay This area of the Council's work deals with the management of all Council properties and buildings (as listed below). It also deals with all matters relating to recreation and amenities as they affect the town and residents of Blandford, including hire charges for Council venues, terms and conditions for Sports Clubs, the Cemetery and the Allotments.
TOWN & GENERAL PURPOSES (T&GP) Chairman - Cllr Rosemary Holmes This area of the Council's work deals with the all matters relating to and touching upon the town of Blandford Forum, which do not fall under Recreation & Amenities or Finance.
Chairman - Cllr Es Butler This area covers all matters relating to Council's finances and the efficient and effective management of its resources. Staffing, as its name suggests, is responsible for all staff related matters and Health and Safety issues.
Chairman - Cllr Isabel Rose The full Council meets monthly to discuss essentially only planning applications and related subjects. It has authority to discuss/debate and record Town Council observations on planning applications and relay such observations direct to the appropriate Planning Authority in time for these to be taken into account by the Planning Authority in its decision making process.
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