Standing Committees

All Councillors should attend Full Council Meetings, every month in
the evening except for August and December, and at least two Standing Committee meetings. These are usually no more than two hours long, beginning at 7.00pm and ending at about 9.00pm. Both Full Council meetings and Standing Committee meetings have agendas and minutes and are open to the public.

 

Standing Committees

Downham Market Town Council has five Standing Committees:

• Community Development
• Finance
• Planning
• Property
• Town Hall

Only Town Councillors elected to be on the Standing Committee can take part in the decision making. A Standing Committee has delegated power, that is, they do not usually need to refer their decisions back to the Full Council.

 

Each Standing Committee may have SUB COMMITTEES and WORKING PARTIES 

 

 

SUB COMMITTEES

 

The Sub Committees are appointed as required to carry forward various projects and business of the Council. They can include members of other Standing Committees as well as non Councillors. These Sub Committees are in place for the complete Council year and report to the Standing Committee from which they were formed. The meetings are structured in the same way as Standing Committees with a set agenda and notes of meeting are produced and circulated to all Councillors.

 

WORKING PARTIES

 

Working Parties are generally appointed to investigate and recommend to the Standing Committee or Full Council which appointed them the best way forward for a particular project. They can meet at any time and be made up of both Councillors and non Councillors. They are flexible and informal, have no minutes or agendas and can be any size. Once this investigation is complete and a report delivered to the Committee which formed the Working Party that Working Party is disbanded.

The Mayor & Deputy Mayor sit as ordinary members on two Standing Committees but may have voting rites on all Standing Committees 

Community Development Committee 
 

Cllr J Groom (Chairman)
Cllr R L Judge (Vice Chairman)
Cllr P W Neate
Cllr Mrs S M Nunn
Cllr R A Pegg

Cllr Marion Ross
Cllr Mrs P B Sharp
Cllr V F Starling

Finance Committee

Cllr M P Ford

Cllr Mrs K A Mellish

Cllr P W Neate

Cllr Mrs S M Nunn

Cllr R A Pegg (Vice Chairman)

Cllr C Pyatt (Chairman)

Cllr A D Stacey

Cllr V F Starling

Cllr S C Teverson

 

 Planning & Environmental Committee

Cllr F E Daymond (Chairman)

Cllr M P Ford

Cllr J Groom

Cllr J J Reed

Cllr Marion Ross

Cllr D J Sharman

Cllr Mrs P B Sharp

Cllr M D Starreveld (Vice Chairman ) 

 Property Committee

Cllr Mrs V I Botham

Cllr F E Daymond
Cllr J W Doyle (Chairman)
Cllr J K Fox
Cllr R A Pegg
Cllr C Pyatt
Cllr J J Reed (Vice Chairman)
Cllr M D Starreveld

 

 Town Hall Committee

Cllr Mrs V I Botham
Cllr J W Doyle
Cllr J K Fox (Chairman)
Cllr R L Judge
Cllr Mrs K A Mellish

Cllr David Sharman
Cllr A D Stacey (Vice Chairman)
Cllr S C Teverson

Committee of the Full Council

 Human Resources Committee

Cllr J W Doyle (Chairman)
Cllr Mrs S M Nunn
Cllr J J Reed

Cllr D J Sharman
Cllr P B Sharp (Vice Chairman)

 Sub Committees 2011/12

Audit 
(reports to the Full Council)

Cllr Daymond
Cllr Pegg
Cllr Pyatt
Cllr Starling (Chairman)
Town Clerk
Deputy Clerk

Environmental

(reports to the Planning & Environmental Standing Committee)

Cllr J Groom

Cllr Mrs P B Sharp (Chairman)

Cllr M D Starreveld

 

Events 

(reports to the Community Development Standing Committee)

 

Cllr Mrs Botham

Cllr Daymond

Cllr Doyle (Chairman)

Cllr Mrs Nunn

 

 

Markets 

(reports to the Finance Standing Committee)

Cllr Daymond

Cllr Doyle (Chairman)

Cllr Mrs Nunn

Cllr Reed

 

 

Local Development Framework /Spatial Strategy

(reports to the Planning & Environmental Standing Committee)

Cllr Ford

Cllr Sharman

Cllr Starreveld (Chairman)

Working Parties

Working Parties are a sub group to the Standing Committees or Full Council who work on a specific project. They can meet at any time and be made up of both Councillors and non Councillors. They are flexible and informal, have no minutes or agendas and can be any size. Working Parties are appointed as and when required to investigate particular projects and once this investigation is complete and a report delivered to the Committee which formed the Working Party that working party is disbanded.