About the Parish Council

The Parish Council operates as non-political body serving the community by dealing with local issues and working with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to represent the concerns of the parish.

The Councillors who make up the Parish Council, are elected every four years in local elections.  The Council employs a Clerk whose role is to ensure that the business of the Parish Council runs smoothly within the legal requirements as laid down by Central Government and to carry out the policy decisions of the council.  

Regular monthly meetings are held together with an Annual Parish meeting at which a resume of the previous year’s activities of the Parish Council is presented.

Meetings are at 7pm in the Church or in the JuliArnos meeting room(in winter months) and are usually held on the 3rd Monday of every month (except August and December). The meeting Agenda (which confirms the date and time) will be displayed here and on the Huggate Village Website www.huggatevillage.org

Any parishioner wishing to attend a meeting is entitled to do so. Anyone attending is reminded that participation in the discussion is only allowed by agreement of the Council. Please give advance notice to the Clerk or a Councillor if you might wish to be invited to speak.

Parishioners wishing to raise any matters with the Council should notify any Councillor or the Clerk using the contact details above or clerk-huggate@outlook.com

Meetings include discussions on matters of planning, finance and other relevant issues.   They may also include discussion of policy and documents produced by local and central government.  Members of the public may attend these meeting and may raise issues outside the designated meeting; but may only speak during the meeting by invitation.  They may also request that a matter be placed on the agenda for discussion at the next meeting.

Parish Councils are funded by what is known as a ‘precept’.   This is a sum of money which is calculated and applied for annually, and is collected by ERYC on behalf of the Parish Council with the  Council Tax. The leaflet distributed with the Council Tax demand shows the amount paid annually by an average household in each parish. Expenditure includes insurance of Parish Council assets, maintenance of village projects, Audit fees, the Clerk’s salary and other minor expenses.   A detailed annual return accounting for the use of finances must be produced and submitted to the Audit Commission each year.