Warborough Parish Council aims to provide a high quality service and will be professional, accountable, proactive and responsive, inclusive and transparent at all times acting on behalf of the parishioners of Warborough and Shillingford.
Our aims are to:
- Engage in open dialogue with all residents to understand their needs and in turn explain how we address these needs with the powers and resources available to Warborough Parish Council
- Promote the best interest of the Parish
- Assist and encourage other bodies to provide amenities
- Protect and enhance the environment in which the residents of the Parish live and work;
- Help provide cost effective amenities of a high standard to help meet the needs and wishes of Warborough and Shillingford Parishioners
To help us achieve this, we will:
- Work in partnership with other statutory bodies, voluntary groups, agencies and individuals to ensure an improving standard of service to meet the needs of the Parish
- Protect and improve the character of the Parish and promote sustainable development for the Parish to meet the needs of present residents without jeopardising the needs of future generations
- Help residents to enjoy high quality social, recreational and sporting facilities within the Parish, and to seek the continuing improvement and development of these facilities in accordance with the desires expressed by the residents.
- Encourage and promote the economic and commercial viability of the Parish.
- Help create a socially inclusive caring community which embraces all parish residents, irrespective of age, gender, culture income, race or religion and seeks to develop their well-being.
- Promote local democracy by encouraging more residents to become involved in Parish matters and stand for election to the Parish Council
Councillor Responsibilities
| Title | Responsibilities | Lead Cllr | 2nd Cllr | 3rd Cllr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allotments | Liaison with Warborough & Shillingford Allotments Committee; Attendance at Warborough & Shillingford Allotments Association AGM; Oversight of fee collection, water usage, and general infrastructure; Oversight of plot allocation and unused plot control. | Nigel Meadows | Jonnie Bradshaw | |
| Capital Projects | Oversight of the Capital Projects allocation process; Oversight of receipt and scoring of new potential projects; Oversight of ongoing projects and spending plan. | Jonnie Bradshaw | Richard Pullen | |
| Communications | Update of website content especially relating to news etc (Clerk updates minutes and agendas, IT covers website structure); Distribution to community via community email/noticeboards of relevant items; posting of statutory notices on noticeboards (minutes/agendas etc); Provision of Parish Council new summary (not minutes) for each monthly village magazine. | Marina Hamilton | Amanda Cooper | |
| Environment (Trees) | Oversight of tree maintenance, including regular surveys and maintenance schedule. | Nigel Meadows | Richard Pullen | |
| Environment (Other) | Oversight of grass and verge cutting contractor and maintenance schedule; Oversight of invasive species issues; Oversight of drains and ditches (liaison with Infrastructure Other); Oversight of Amenity Open Space (6 Acre Meadow); Oversight of all other non-tree environmental issues. | Richard Pullen | Nigel Meadows | |
| Events | Oversight of large scale community events, including requests for holding them on Parish land; Oversight of any filming requests. | Marina Hamilton | Megan Hanson | |
| Finance | Liaison with Clerk to ensure Council aware of overall budget vs spend, allocation of spending to individual lines, 4-eye checks on submissions, assistance with budget and forecast. | Megan Hanson | Jonnie Bradshaw | |
| Greet Hall | Oversight of Greet Hall including usage and any required maintenance works; Liaison with Booking Clerk (and cleaner where required); Liaison with Occupational Licence holders (Jo Carter Flowers); Back-up for Booking Clerk (holiday/sickness cover) on online booking and payment system, Responsible for day-to-day decisions on runnig of the Greet Hall (in concert with Booking Clerk). | Jonnie Bradshaw | Emma Keene | |
| Infrastructure (Roads) | Oversight of highway-based infrastructure matters, including; Speeding and speeding countermeasures; Traffic surveys; SID data upload and analysis; Oversight of road surface and road paintwork; Oversight of road signage and furniture; Oversight of parking measures; Oversight of St Laurence School car park. | Emma Keene | Nigel Meadows | |
| Infrastructure (Other) | Liaison with Footpath Warden; Oversight of issues pertaining to footpaths, tracks, bridleways, resilience planning, non-road signage, salt bins, benches; Liaision with Environment (Other) in respect of drains and ditches. | Amanda Cooper | Richard Pullen | |
| IT | Liaison with IT contractor (DuoCall); Liaison with website IT contractor (JKE Design); Overall website structure maintenance; Oversight of online payment system; Oversight of Council Sharepoint site; Oversight of email system. | Jonnie Bradshaw | Emma Keene | |
| Legal & Governance | Oversight of legal proceedings or advice; Dealing with complaints; Oversight of Council governance practices and relevant key documents (Standing Orders etc); Oversight of contracts and employee assessment; Public body communications (OALC, OCC, SODC etc). | Amanda Cooper | Jonnie Bradshaw | |
| Planning | Production of MPC/NP Policy assessment documents for all planning applications; Liaison with NPSC (and membership of NPSC as PC members) including seeking NPSC view on each planning application and relevant legislation for discussion; Provision to Clerkof commentary for Council responses. | Megan Hanson | Richard Pullen | |
| Recreation & The Green | Oversight of usage of the Green including inbound requests; Oversight of relationship with cricket club as users and maintainers; Oversight of Sports Pavilion including usage and any required maintenance works; Oversight of playground, gym equipment and sports posts; Oversight of tennis courts; Liaison with Shillingford & Warborough Amateur Tennis Association; Oversight of table tennis table; Oversight of Dutch Barn. | Marina Hamilton | Emma Keene |
