Official Documents
The documents below include those policies and procedures that govern how we run as a council. The most important ones are:
Operations Committee Terms of Reference 2020-2021
Planning, Licencing & Development Committee Terms of Reference 2020-2021
Services & Communities Committee Terms of Reference 2020-2021
Role of the Ambassador. Leader of the Council and Chairs
Lead Member Roles 2020 to 2021
Guidelines for broadcasting or using Social Media at Council meetings
There are also other important documents around how we run our meetings, how our councillors are supported and how we ensure the highest standards:
Councillor Allowances and Expenses policy
Information Technology for Councillors Policy
We also have policies that support effective and safe management of the organisation, such as:
Driving at work policy – August 2020
Lone Working policy – August 2020
1to1 Supervision and Support policy – August 2020
Absence and leave policy – August 2020
Appraisal and Review Policy – August 2020
Capability and Sickness Management policy – August 2020
Employment Policy – August 2020
Equal Opportunities and diversity policy – August 2020
Maternity, Paternity, Parental and adoption policy – August 2020
Officers Allowances and Expenses policy – January 2020
Recruitment and Retention Policy- August 2020
Redundancy Policy – January 2020
Security IT Policy – August 2020
Volunteer Policy and Process – February 2019
Training and Development Policy – August 2020
We also have policies and procedures that make sure we spend your money wisely, have checks in place to make sure money is spent in line with our policies and to make sure we have sufficient insurances to cover any emergencies:
Financial Regulations 2019-2020
Procurement Policy – August 2020
Banking Procedures August 2020
And policies that support our service delivery:
Early Years and Children Provision in Woughton
FOI Publication Scheme 2019-2020
Comments, Compliments & Complaints Policy
Declaration of Gifts and Hospitality
We will update our policies and documents page as we review them. If there are other documents that you would like to see, please contact us.