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| THURSTON PARISH COUNCIL Parish, town and community councils are the most direct form of democracy in England and Wales. Thurston Parish Council has been in existence since 1894 and is therefore one of the oldest parish councils and in 1994 celebrated its centenary with various activities to commemorate this. The Parish Council is an elected body comprising eleven Thurston residents and whose sole function is to ensure that your village is efficiently and economically run using a proportion of the annual Council Tax income. We meet each month, generally on the first Wednesday of the month at the Cavendish Hall to discuss current village issues. Members of the public are encouraged to attend these meetings and have the opportunity during the meeting to raise any topic relating to Thurston for consideration and comment by the Councillors or for referral to District or County Councillors or Council Officers. Meeting arrangements are displayed on the village notice boards. The Parish Clerk is responsible for advising parishioners of Council meetings as well as Parish, District Council and Parliamentary elections within the statutory time on these notice boards. We have the following groups Finance, Traffic, Street Lighting and Footways, Planning and Recreation Grounds and these groups advise the whole council on these matters. Councillors, and other residents, also represent the Parish Council on various organisations both within the village and outside. Briefly the range of Parish Council responsibilities are sports and recreation facilities and grounds, children’s play areas and equipment, sports pavilion, formulating byelaws, Street lighting and pavements, street cleaning and maintenance of public areas, public rights of way and the like. The Parish Council also comments on all planning applications and influence, through recommendations based on councillors’ local knowledge, the District Council’s decisions. Since a change in the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, parish councils in rural areas have been granted further powers to provide car-sharing schemes, make grants towards operating bus services and fund investigations into transport requirements. They can also contribute to traffic calming and safety measures by the Highways Authority and install crime prevention methods. THURSTON PARISH COUNCIL
Is
there something happening in the village you think we should be
addressing or are there facilities you would like to see in the village?
If so PLEASE let us know as we can’t deal with them if we are not aware
of public opinion. We now have a suggestion box for the Parish Council situated at the library we would welcome your input into the future of the village
Thurston
Emergency Responder Scheme Did you know that our team of first responders was first on the scene at three emergency calls in Thurston in December? If you need to dial 999 in the event of needing an ambulance there is a team of trained people, headed by Andy Sprake in Thurston who may be sent to you first and assist you until the ambulance arrives. This is a scheme which is working well and which our village should be proud of.
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New community police officers
PC
Graham Haygreen replaces PC Mark Green our PCSO is Simon Myall
Tel
: 01284 774100
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THE PARISH COUNCIL Meetings are on the first Wednesday in each month in the cricket pavilion at 7.30pm. The Agenda is put on the village notice board outside the post office a week in advance. Members of the public can attend all meetings but if an item on the agenda is not for public knowledge then they are asked to leave the room whilst this is being discussed. | ||||||||||||||||||
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