Questions and answers

Members of the public are always welcome at Parish Council meetings but are reminded that after the public question time at the beginning of the meeting, there follows a formal meeting of the Council when members of the public can only speak at the invitation of the Chairman.

Council meetings are usually held monthly and unless otherwise stated, take place in the Mission Room, Vicarage Causway, starting at 7.30pm. Dates can be found in the diary.

Yes, you can download a range of documents from the DOWNLOADS LIBRARY

The Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities (December 2014) outlined a range of changes to small parish councils in relation to published information and the audit procedure. Although Hertford Heath Parish Council do not have to adhere to these changes, due to the Council's level of turnover, it made changes in line with the Code accordingly.

As a result, Hertford Heath Parish Council will:

• Publish all draft minutes from all formal meetings, not later than one month after each meeting – on this website

• Publish meeting agendas not later than three clear days (not including weekends, bank holidays, the day of publishing and the day of the meeting) before the meeting takes place – on noticeboards and this website

• Publish all items of expenditure (date incurred, summary of purpose, amount and VAT) – these will be embedded in the minutes from each meeting, on this website. Hertford Heath Parish Council will publish ALL expenditure and income, not just items of expenditure over £100 as detailed in the Code.

• At the end of June each year, an annual set of data will be published including:

Accounting Statement for the previous financial

Annual Governance Statement

List of Councillor responsibilities

Asset Register

There are several ways in which you can do this:

Social Media

• The Council is active on Social Media abd can be followed on TWITTER or FACEBOOK .
  
• There are many other Social Media pages managed by residents that contain information about local events.  The easiest way to find these is by entering 'hertford heath' into the seach facility on any platform.

Newsletters

• The Council produces a monthly newsletter which is distributed to virtually all homes in the village.
• Past copies of the newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from the DOWNLOADS LIBRARY.
• An article is also included in the Parish News published and distributed by Holy Trinity Church.
• You can signup to receive reagular updates of Parish Council events by email.  Just enter you name and email address in the form at the foot of this page and you will be added automatically to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe from this at any time.

Other places to find information

• Many events are publicised on the village notice boards.  These are located outside the Village Hall and on the small green next to the College Arms.
• All three pubs in the village and the village store, frequently display posters about local events.
• The Village Hall has its own website and details of events in the hall can be found HERE

Directory

• In order to remain impartial, but provide an opportunity for local organisations and businesses to promote their activities, the Parish Council is working with a group of local residents to develop a directory-based website at https://hertfordheath.life As it develops, the site will hold details of local events.

If your issue is concerning something that is managed by the Parish Council, please contact the Parish Clerk - clerk@hertfordheath.org.uk

For issues dealt with by East Herts Council, please visit the REPORT AN ISSUE section of this website.

The Neighbourhood Plan Team are working towards having a plan for Hertford Heath adopted by Autumn 2019. Visit www.hhnp.co.uk for all information and updates and to see how you can get involved.