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COUNCIL MEMBERS

The current Parish Council members are:

Nigel Northcott	Chairman   (773569)
Mike Norton	Vice-Chariman
Hazel Hutton
Mike Inston
Pat Tuson
Mick Hills
Irene Reveco
Liz Shatford	Parish Clerk   (772598)

COUNCIL MEETINGS

The official date of the next meeting is always displayed, along with the minutes of the last meeting, on the village notice boards. One of which is located on the old wharf site (opposite River View), another is in the corner of the recreation ground at the top of Church Road (by the phone box).

Parish Council meetings have been recorded in The Link since 1981, a full list of reports can be found in The Link Subject Index.

Parish Council meetings
The Council works on behalf of the Parish to maintain and improve various aspects of the village that come within their control. As such, members of the public are always welcome to attend and observe the workings of the Council at any of the public meetings.
In order to run the meetings in a timely and efficient manner, the Council Chairman follows the published agenda, which is usually displayed on the village noticeboards a week before before the meeting.
The public may only raise matters by prior notification to the Chairman or the clerk. The Chairman may invite members of the public to speak, to provide specific information to the Council, or to inform the Council of matters of immediate concern.
The local representatives from the South Oxfordshire District Council and the Oxfordshire County Council (see below) often attend meetings to report on matters affecting the Parish from the wider local government perspective.

Every year, in May, there are two special meetings:

The Annual General Meeting of the Parish Council.
Which, as always, is open to the public. Along with normal business, the Council members at the AGM elect a Chairman and vice-Chaiman, who act for the following twelve months.

This meeting is directly followed by:

The Annual Parish Meeting.
This is where the Chairman presents his annual report giving a summary of Council activities in the village during the previous year. A statement of the previous years accounts is also produced by the Parish Clerk.
Members of the public are particularly welcome at this meeting, where they will be able to ask any questions and raise matters of concern, via the Chairman, directly to the Parish Council.

THE PARISH CLERK

The Parish Clerk is chosen by the Council, whenever a vacancy arises, by a formal process of interview and appointment. The position of Parish Clerk, has certain legal obligations attached to it, and acts as a focal point for all official correspondence. There are responsibilities for recording the minutes and the keeping of the Council financial records. Also the Clerk assists the Council on matters of protocol and provides procedural information, advising the Council discussions on what can be done within the areas of Parish control. The clerk has no vote on the Council, the role is purely administrative.

COUNCIL DUTIES

( The NALC web site has a full list at )

ELECTIONS

( The Quorn Parish Council web site has a full description of Elections )

BRIEF HISTORY

April 1946 was the date of the very first Parish Council meeting, with Mr.N.Challenor as Chairman, along with Mr.Clapperton, Mr.Cooper, Mr.Clarke, Mrs.Hurst and Mrs.Mumford as Clerk.
It would seem some things haven't changed much over the years. Among the subjects under discussion then, were a 30 mph speed limit, the state of the footpath opposite the Catherine Wheel and the main drainage. Other topics of interest at the time were the ongoing events involving the new Recreation Ground and a long episode involving a new bus shelter.

In 1955 Mr.Clapperton was elected Chairman, other councillors were, Mr.Gunn, Mrs.Stone, Mr.Clarke, Mr.Naish, Mrs.Hurst and the Clerk, Mrs.Rolston
The Council was trying to get street lighting installed, and there was attempts to have a weekly refuse collection. Also on the agenda was the smoke from the Mill chimney, the old Reading Room, caravans at Temple Farm, Bullingdon Refuse Dump... and still, the new bus shelter.

More recent history.

Over the last few years there haven't been many changes in the Parish Council and members continue to take an interest in the Parish affairs, some have been doing so for many years.

The Link Parish Council report for May 1998 (see Link70) recorded that:

Janet Shepherd, who had been a Parish Council member since about 1988, retired (see Link14) and Michael Inston (Church Road) was elected as the new Chairman, he originally joined the Council in 1997 (see Link68).
Carol Leary also retired from the Parish Council (see Link70) in May 1998 and Liz Shatford, who was a member of the Parish Council in the mid 1970's, returned as the new Parish Clerk.

The remaining existing members were:
Hazel Hutton, (Main Avenue) a long serving Council member, who first joined the Council in April 1970
Michael Norton, (Henley Road) another long time member, since May 1983 (see Ar18)
Jacqueline Smithson, a member from Summer 1997 (see Link66)
Michael D'arcy, (Heyford Hill Lane) a member since Spring 1998 (see Link69)
they were all joined by a new member, Ray James, (see Link70).

Nigel Northcott (Church Road) joined the Council in September 1998 (see Link71) and made up the full total of seven members. In the Autumn of 1999 Ray James, resigned (see Link75), then in May 2001 Nigel Northcott took over from Mike Inston as Chairman (see Link82). In August 2002 Pat Tuson joined the council (see Link87), then lately in January 2003 Jacqueline Smithson stood down and Mick Hills (Rock Farm Lane) was co-opted in her place.
In May 2003, Michael D'arcy decided not to stand for re-election, the vacancy was filled in July 2003 by Irene Reveco.
This is how the Parish Council stands today.

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