This newsletter is provided to member councils through the clerk and should be circulated to all councillors.

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13^th Edition of Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration

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Training

We still have availability at the following sessions. Book now to avoid disappointment! (Please book via the new CRM).

***Training venues are booked once a number of bookings have been received. This allows LALC to book venues based on where the majority of delegates are travelling from. If there are less than 10 bookings on any course, the course will automatically be held at the LALC Office, 8 Market Rasen Road, Dunholme, Lincoln, LN2 3QR***

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If we are advertising your vacancy in the eNews and on our website, please let us know when the vacancy has been filled, so that we can remove it.

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Would you be interested in Memorials (Headstone) Testing training?

We are trying to ascertain whether there is sufficient interest from Lincolnshire councils in Memorials Testing training and if so, whether LALC are able to co-ordinate this via ICCM, hosted at a Lincolnshire council which has its own burial ground. ICCM run public Memorials Testing training but generally these are all over the country and therefore not necessarily easily accessible for our smaller councils.

If this is something which your council may be interested in, please let us know.

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Elections Briefings

NKDC are running a series of briefings for Town and Parish Councillor candidates and interested Clerks in NK. These are:

·       Wed 22 February at 6.30pm in North Hykeham Town Council offices

·       Thurs 23 February at 6.30pm online on Teams

·       Mon 27 February at 6.30pm in the Civic Suite at NKDC, Sleaford

To register, email nk-corporatecivicsupportteam@n-kesteven.gov.uk stating Election Briefing and Date and include number of attendees with contact details for each. (NKDC councils should have already received this information.

SHDC briefings for candidates and Clerks in SH are:

·       7^th February at 2pm at SHDC Offices, MR1

·       9^th February 5.30pm via teams

 SHDC councils should have already received this information, including details of how to book one of the sessions.  We will advertise details of other district council election briefings as soon as we have the details.

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Amberol Self-Watering Flower Baskets 

Lincoln City Council no longer require about 60 self-watering ‘up the pole’ flower baskets, manufactured by Amberol.  They are now asking if any parish council would be interested in making use of them (some or all).

 These are available on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested, please contact:

Steven Bird
Assistant Director Communities and Street Scene

City of Lincoln Council
T 01522 873421

E Steve.bird@lincoln.gov.uk

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Cost of Living updates

Useful Cost-of-Living Support information and links can be found on the new LALC website:  

https://lalc.jams.junari.com/cost-of-living-challenge  

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Congratulations! 

Congratulations to Market Rasen Town Council upon achieving the Local Council Award Scheme Foundation level.  

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Annual Parish Meeting versus the Annual Meeting of the Council

There still seems to be confusion amongst some councils regarding these two mandatory meetings.

The Annual Parish Meeting is not a meeting of the council but is a statutory meeting of the parish or town electors and must be held between 1^st March and 1^st June. Generally, these meetings are an opportunity to celebrate local activities in the past year and debate current issues in the community. There is no prescribed format to the meeting – you may want to invite local organisations and groups to come and report on the past year or arrange a ‘guest speaker’ on a topic of interest in the parish. Parishioners are encouraged to participate in the meeting. The Chairman of the council, any two councillors or any six electors can call the Annual Parish or Town meeting. 7 days’ notice is required, and the meeting cannot start before 6:00pm. The council Chairman, if present, must chair the meeting. Minutes should be taken, and these get approved at the next Annual Parish Meeting.

The Annual Meeting of the (Parish or Town) Council is a statutory meeting of the council and must be held in May. In an election year it must be held within 14 days of the new council taking office. New councillors normally take office 4 days after the elections are held, but due to the extra Bank Holiday this year for the King’s Coronation, the new councillors will take office on Tuesday 9^th May. So, this year, your Annual Meeting of the (Parish or Town) Council must be held within 14 days of 9^th May. (In a non-election year, this meeting can be held at any time in May).

This is the meeting which sets up the council for the new administrative year and the first agenda item must be election of a Chairman. Depending on what your council’s Standing Orders say, you would then also likely appoint Vice Chairman (if relevant), agree terms of reference for committees, appoint councillors to committees, agree schemes of delegation, agree membership of outside bodies, review Standing Orders and Financial Regulations and other specific documents, review direct debits, review risks etc.

To avoid confusion, it is best practice to hold the Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Meeting of the (Parish or Town) Council on separate occasions.

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Parish.UK Network

Most councils will have received an email from the Parish.UK Network, asking you to update your council’s details. We don’t currently know much about this site at the moment however NALC are doing further investigation.

We will issue a further update as soon as we receive it from NALC. Pending this, we would advise councils to treat this with caution as it is not a gov.uk initiative, which you may have assumed.

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LALC Annual Training Scheme 2023-24

The LALC Annual training Scheme form for 2023-24 is now available. If your council plans to renew its ATS membership for next year, Clerks can access this form via the Document Templates in the portal. The form includes the 2023-24 prices.

Please complete the form and return it to Lindsey.

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Local Council Elections 2023 Publicity

All parish and town council seats in Lincolnshire are up for election on 4^th May 2023.  The publication of election notices will be issued by the District Council election teams for display in all parishes by Monday 27^th March 2023 (at the latest) and nomination papers for all candidates will need to be submitted by 4^th April 2023.

LALC is offering materials for local councils to promote the upcoming election and to attract candidates who wish to be a councillor based on NALC’s ‘Make a Change’ materials.

 If you would like to purchase A4 posters or A5 flyers LALC will place a bulk order by the end of January 2023 for distribution in early February 2023.

In anyone wants to order these for their council, please complete the order form at: https://lalc.jams.junari.com/order-form

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Old LALC website switched off

Please note that the old LALC website has now been switched off and all training must now be booked via the new CRM.

For any clerks who haven’t received their access, or are having issues logging in, please contact us as soon as possible.

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