Dear Clerks and Councillors It’s been a short week and good to have some sense of normality again. Business at BMKALC has been brisk and we have attempted to catch up with all delayed meetings and training events as quickly as we could. This has led to a longer working week for everyone in the …
Dear Clerks and Councillors It is with sadness that I draft a few short lines this week. Whilst the business of government must continue and that does include us, we find ourselves caught up in a set of protocols to follow and considering the question as to whether or not scheduled events need to happen …
Dear Clerks and Councillors Clerks – Please circulate to your Councillors We have been banging the drum off and on for a number of years now asking that councillors be allowed to use their allowances, if they have one, for the payment of carers which would allow the councillors to attend meetings. Thank you to …
Dear Clerks and Councillors CLERKS – PLEASE CIRCULATE TO YOUR COUNCILLORS August has finally quietened down a little on the contact front. I can tell from the out of office messages that several you have taken the opportunity to catch up on some well-earned respite from local government. We are currently all on duty and …
Dear Clerks and Councillors CLERKS PLEASE CIRCLATE TO YOUR COUNCILLORS The view is from multiple windows this week as your BMKALC team scattered to the coolest parts of their home offices in order to avoid the oven like temperatures at Judges Lodgings. The team have been pushing forward with our Conference 2022, booking is now …
Dear Clerks and Councillors Clerks – Please share with your Councillors. Writing in the relative cool today, it’s hard to believe how hot it was at the start of the week. This week we have once again fielded questions on remote meetings, no you can’t, decisions must be made in person at face to face …
Dear Clerks and Councillors Clerks, please share with your councillors. Prompted by meetings and your comments about how we secure representation from all areas of our geography, I thought I’d give you a taste of some of the queries we receive in to BMKALC each week. Of course we anticipate the usual queries on calling …
