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 Mrs V Botham
Cllr J Groom (Chair)
Cllr M Howland
Cllr R Leach
Cllr Mrs S Nunn (Vice Chair)
Cllr R Pegg
Cllr V Starling
Cllr S Teverson

  Events Sub Committee

Cllr Mrs V Botham
Cllr J Doyle
Cllr R J Leach (Chair)
Cllr Mrs S Nunn
Cllr R Pegg

 

Finance Committee

Cllr M Howland
Cllr Mrs K Mellish (Vice Chair)
Cllr Mrs S Nunn
Cllr C Pyatt
Cllr C Sampson
Cllr A Stacey
Cllr V Starling
Cllr S Teverson (Chair)

 

 Human Resources Sub Committee

Cllr H Cross
Cllr Mrs K Mellish
Cllr Mrs S Nunn
Cllr J Reed
Cllr D Sharman (Chair)

 Markets Sub Committee

Cllr H Cross
Cllr F Daymond
Cllr J Doyle (Chair)
Cllr R J Leach
Cllr J Reed

 

 Planning Committee

Cllr F Daymond (Vice Chair)
Cllr J Fox
Cllr J Groom
Cllr R Pegg
Cllr J Reed (Chair)
Cllr C Sampson
Cllr Mrs Y Thompson
Cllr W Wallace

 Local Development Framework Sub Committee

Cllr F Daymond
Cllr J Groom (Chair)
Cllr J Reed

 Property Committee

Cllr H Cross (Vice Chair)
Cllr F Daymond
Cllr J Doyle
Cllr Mrs K Mellish
Cllr C Pyatt
Cllr J Reed
Cllr D Sharman (Chair)
Cllr W Wallace

 

 Environmental Sub Committee

Cllr H Cross
Cllr F Daymond
Cllr Doyle (Chair)

 Town Hall Committee

Cllr Mrs V Botham
Cllr H Cross
Cllr J Doyle (Vice Chair)
Cllr J Fox
Cllr R Leach (Chair)
Cllr D Sharman
Cllr A Stacey
Cllr Mrs Y Thompson

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.