Council Committees

The Finance & General Purposes Committee is responsible for the detailed oversight of the Town Council’s financial affairs and will make recommendations to the Town Council on charges applied by the Town Council and also with regard to general budgetary matters. The Finance & General Purposes Committee will give consideration to the fixing of the Town Council’s precept and make a recommendation to the Town Council. The Committee will normally meet four times each year.

This Committee will have responsibility for detailed matters relating to Highways & Environment. It will enjoy delegated authority from the Town Council to deal with matters relating to consultations but will reserve the right to make a recommendation to the Town Council on any particular application if the circumstances merit. The Committee will meet as and when required.

The Allotments Committee will have general oversight of the Town Council’s allotments and will liaise with Site Secretaries regarding the management of the allotments. The Committee will enjoy delegated powers from the Town Council to incur expenditure up to its budgetary limits. The Committee will also include a number of co-opted members. These co-opted members are the Site Secretaries of the various allotment sites managed by the Town Council but the Site Secretaries may appoint substitutes if they are unable to attend in person. The Committee will normally meet two to four times per year. The Allotment Committee will deal with issues relating to the management of the allotments which may include complaints, requests from tenants or on-site committees, inspections, warnings and evictions. It will also consider issues relating to applications and allocations of allotments where required.

This Committee will oversee arrangements for all the Town Council’s special events. The Committee will have the benefit of delegated authority from the Town Council with regard to the organisation of special events and be authorised to spend up to the budget limit fixed by the Town Council in respect of the organisation of such events. The Committee may appoint sub-Committees to make detailed arrangements for specific events if required. The Committee will normally meet monthly.

The Staffing Sub-Committee reports to the Finance & General Purposes Committee and oversees general staffing issues within the office such an annual leave, sickness absence, flexi-time, appraisals and staff training. The Committee meetings are normally held in private due to the confidential nature of the items for discussion. The Committee meets four times per year.

This Committee is no longer part of the Town Council’s Committee structure. All PR issues will be referred to the Finance Committee.

The Property Management Committee considers issues relating to property under the Town Councils control including the Town Hall, Allotments (Land issues only), Woodhouse Community Centre. The Committee will meet as required.

The Consultative Group will meet as and when required and will consider matters that are relevant to the role and responsibilities of the Town Council. The Consultative Group will be made up of all members of the Town Council and will be generally a forum for discussion and information. Reports of the Consultative Group will be submitted to the Town Council and the Town Council will have responsibility for dealing with any matters arising from the work of the Consultative Group.

The Leaders Group meets to discuss issues of Policy and any other emergency issues in the absence of a full council meeting. It is usual practice for the Council to delegate a particular item to the Leaders Group to expedite matters which are time sensitive. All decisions are reported back to the Town Council at the next available meeting.

The Local Business Forum meets to discuss issues relevant to local business and is an opportunity to engage with the business community and to encourage networking.

This working group is no longer part of the Town Council’s Committee structure. All Income and Sponsorship issues will be referred to the Finance Committee.

This Sub-Committee considers all issues relating to the transfer of Normanton Town Hall from Wakefield MDC.

This working group is no longer part of the Town Council’s Committee structure. Should the Town Council pursue the Town Guide again in the future then the group will be reconstituted.

This working group will give consideration to the need for additional public toilets in Normanton and aims to work in partnership with outside agencies and businesses to establish what can be done to deliver additional public toilets.