The Role of the Parish Council

Queen Camel Parish Council is a corporate body with various roles, responsibilities and duties:

Roles:

To represent the views of the community
To support activity in the community
To provide relevant services to the community where it has a legal power or duty to do so

To hold at least four meetings a year
To appoint a Clerk to carry out the Council’s functions
To manage the Council’s finances in line with accounts and audit regulations and appoint a responsible financial officer (RFO). For Queen Camel, the Clerk is also the RFO.
To maintain a Freedom of Information Act publication scheme
To consider the impact of their decisions on Crime and Disorder
To follow the requirements of the Equalities Act 2010
To consider biodiversity
To consider the health and safety of the public and council employees