Full Council Meetings
Full Council meets monthly (apart from August) at Downham Market Town Hall, Bridge Street, Downham Market PE38 9DW unless otherwise indicated.
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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. Where documents are shown as Draft, they may be subject to change.
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Ordinary Full Council meetings are recorded and uploaded to YouTube.
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Minutes are shown here for the last 5 years. Copies of older meeting minutes are available on request from the Town Council. ​
27 May 2025
15 Jul 2025
22 Jul 2025
3 Sept 2025
23 Sept 2025
7 Oct 2025
4 Nov 2025
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.