Governance and Resources Committee
Governance and Resources Committee Meeting – 12 November 2026
Notice of a Mudford Parish Council’s
Governance and Resources Committee meeting
Dear members,
You are hereby summoned to attend the following:
Meeting of: Governance and Resources Committee
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Date: Thursday 12th November 2026
Venue: Mudford Village Hall, BA21 5TE (Committee Room)
Petra Galloway
Parish Clerk
4th November 2026
The following members are summoned to attend:
D. Brown (Chairman), J. Dalton-Leggett, P. Blackwood and K. Mackenzie.
Equality Act 2010
Members are reminded that the Council has a general duty to consider the following matters in the exercise of any of its functions: Equal Opportunities (race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, and any disability), Gender Equality, Crime & Disorder, Biodiversity, Health & Safety and Human Rights.
Recording of Council Meetings
The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 allows both the public and press to take photographs, film and audio record the proceedings and report on all public meetings (including on social media).
Any member of the public wishing to record or film proceedings must let the Chairman of the meeting know prior to, or at the start of, the meeting and the recording must be overt (i.e., clearly visible to anyone at the meeting), but non-disruptive. This permission does not extend to private meetings or parts of meetings which are not open to the public.
Members of the Public and Press are invited to attend all Council Meetings (Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960).
Governance and Resources Committee will be discussing all the items listed below:
The agenda specifies the business that it is proposed to transact (Local Government Act 1972 Sch 12, para 10 (2)(b)) and the committee cannot lawfully decide any matter which is not specified in the agenda (Longfield Parish Council v Wright (1918) 88 LJ Ch 119).
AGENDA
GR26/14 To receive and consider apologies for absence and approve the reasons (LGA 1972 s 85(1)).
GR26/15 To receive Declarations of Interests. Members to declare any interests, including any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, they may have in agenda items that accord with the requirements of the Parish Council’s Code of Conduct, and to consider any prior requests from members for Dispensations that accord with Localism Act 2011 s 33 (b-e). (NB this does not preclude any later declarations).
GR26/16 To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes and confidential report of the meeting held on 14th May 2026 (LGA 1972 Sch 12, para 41(1)).
GR26/17 To receive Public Comments.
This section is at the Chairman’s discretion and may last up to 15 minutes.
GR26/18 To review the current Cemetery Fees and Regulations, together with any associated cemetery management documents, including proposed amendments to the Cemetery Regulations relating to grave excavation and minimum grave depths, and to agree recommendations for submission to the council.
GR26/19 To review the Community Grant Funding Policy and associated Grant Application Forms, and to agree any recommended amendments for submission to the council.
GR26/20 To review the Communications Policy and to agree any recommended amendments for the submission to the council.
GR26/21 To review the Scheme of Delegation and to agree any recommended amendments for the submission to the council.
GR26/22 To consider and agree the new Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy and Statement, and to agree a recommendation for adoption by the council.
GR26/23 To review councillor’s training needs.
GR26/24 To agree items for the next agenda.
GR26/25 Exempt Session – Exclusion of the Press & Public.
The committee is recommended to resolve that under section 1, paragraph 2 of The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business because publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted.
GR26/26 To receive and consider an update on progress against the clerk’s SMART Goals agreed in May 2026.
End of Agenda