East Devon District Council – Residents’ Update
Here is the latest EDDC Residents Update.
Author: Webmaster
Update to 10th September Parish Council Meeting Start Time
Meeting start time now 7.15pm on 10th September
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the start time for the next Parish Council meeting is now 7.15pm. This is 15 minutes later than originally scheduled.
Full details and agenda are on the Meetings page.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.
EDDC Community Engagement
A newsletter from East Devon District Council
Here’s a newsletter from EDDC about community engagement. Whilst some of the topics are “out of parish”, we still thought it worthy of a mention here. The Tree, Hedge and Woodland strategy survey look particularly interesting.
If you like the newsletter, you sign up directly using the links included within.
N-E-W-S
N-E-W-S All points of the compass.
At the All Saints Parish Council meeting on the 9th of July 2024, the chair of the council, Steve Holt, gave an interesting presentation about a new set of guiding principles that the Parish Council has now formally adopted.
This set of principles will be known as the Communication Programme for All Saints or COMPAS for short. COMPAS has an overarching purpose to
“Create a Parish where the community feels as one”.
This website has now had some subtle updates that are signposts to COMPAS. One of the most obvious is a new About Us menu item. Another is an update to the Councillors page. This now has a new link for every councillor’s role within the council. Click the link to understand the role.
And finally, the presentation that Steve gave is available from the top of the Policies menu.
So please take a look. We really DO welcome questions and feedback, good or bad – either through the clerk or to individual councillors.
New Co-opted Member
New member, John Adams, joins the council.
We welcome Councillor John Adams who was co-opted to the council at the meeting on 9th July, 2024. The council is now at full strength.
Civic Voice Press Release
Civic Voice response to Labour’s housing and planning reform announcements
Civic Voice is the national charity for the civic movement in England. They work to make places more attractive, enjoyable, and distinctive, and to promote civic pride. Their network of member societies includes 75,000 individuals who care about the quality of where they live.
Click here for their Press Release responding to Labour’s housing and planning reform announcements.
Casual Vacancy – Applications now Closed
Casual Vacancy – A message from the Parish Clerk
Here is a message from the Parish Clerk.
Please note that applications have now closed for the Casual Vacancy on All Saints Parish Council. The vacancy will be filled at the Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council on 9th July 2024.
Important Update from EDDC about missing Polling Cards
Here is an important update about residents not receiving their polling cards in time for Thursday.
Remember – You DO NOT need your polling card to vote, but you DO need your voter photo Id.
Update on the Restructured Financials Menu
Following on from our announcement in May, the restructured Financials menu is now available.
We said a while ago that we were restructuring the Financials menu to make it easier to navigate, together with simplifying some of our internal reports.
The restructure is now complete for the years 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. We’re still working hard behind the scenes to bring you prior years.
This restructure coincides with us completing the annual audit of accounts and filing the AGAR documents.
The reports that are available are as follows…
- Receipts & Payments including Bank Reconciliation
- Budget Monitor report
- Budget Forecast
- Budget & Precept for next year
- Year End Cashbook and Bank Reconciliation
- Fixed Assets Schedule
- AGAR – Accounting Statement
- AGAR – Annual Governance Statement
- AGAR – Internal Audit Report
- AGAR – External Audit or Exemption Certificate
- AGAR – Notice of Public Rights and Publication of the AGAR reports
There are still a couple of missing reports that we are working on in the 23/24 years, and it’s still early days for 24/25 , so there’s obviously some reports not available yet.
Any feedback or questions – please contact the Parish Clerk.
Casual Vacancy on the Parish Council
Casual Vacancy – CVP4 received from EDDC
Regarding the Casual Vacancy on the All Saints Parish Council. The period for the receipt of notice requiring an election to fill the vacancy has now expired.
As no petition has been received, the Council can now fill the vacancy by co-option. See the CVP4 form below for the official response by Returning Officer at EDDC.
View the CVP4 form by clicking here.
Please take time to look at the form.