Full Council
Please note: Full Council, Committee and Strategy Groups will be meeting for the time being via the Zoom conference app. Details of how to join the meeting as a member of the public are on the relevant agendas.
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Where documents are shown as Draft, they may be subject to change.
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To view the Borough Councillors' reports to Full Council go to the Reports From Borough Councillors page.
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Minutes are shown here from 2019 onwards. Copies of older meeting minutes are available on request from the Town Council.
What Is Full Council?
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Full Council meetings are a forum where councillors can exercise their representative function and one which can underpin policy formulation and performance review.
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It deals with matters such as:​​
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approving the council’s policy framework.
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agreeing the council’s Budget and setting the Council Tax Precept.
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making decisions referred to it by sub-committees.
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adopting and changing Standing Orders.
In February each year it meets to approve the Council’s budget for the forthcoming financial year and sets the Council Tax Precept. Council elections are held every four years and the Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected at the Council's 'Mayor-Making' Meeting each year in May.
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All Councillors attend Full Council and meetings are chaired by the Mayor of the Council.
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What is Mayor Making?
*Each year, at a meeting in May, a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor for Downham Market are elected by the Councillors. The Mayor Making meeting is also known as the Annual Town Council meeting.
Meeting Calendar
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The calendar of planned meetings for Full Council in 2020/21 is as follows:
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2021
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12 January 2021
02 February 2021
02 March 2021
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Agendas are available here usually 3-4 days prior to a meeting. Minutes of the meeting are usually available once they have been ratified at the following meeting.