A view from our window

This is the last Friday edition of the View, in future we shall forward it on a Monday in order to start the week.  Judging by how many out of office responses I receive on a Friday, this shouldn’t adversely affect most of you. I hope you all had an opportunity to remember and celebrate […]

Dear Members This week Helen led some of our clerks through making the most of Agenda and Minutes with an in-person training course at Judges Lodgings.  The most experienced clerks will tell you that there is a real skill in consistently producing a quality agenda which feeds into the minutes, and we never stop refining

Dear Colleagues What a week!  Without a key member of our team, and when there are only three of you, you really miss the contributions from the one enjoying a holiday week!  Added to that I was away in Newport Pagnell visiting the Town Council for two days and learning huge amounts about Community Assets

Dear Colleagues This week we had a lunch time date with Financial Regulations, flew high with a meeting on the London Luton Expansion Plans, rejigged our major event calendar, visited MK Parish Liaison,  enjoyed a one to one orientation session with a new deputy clerk and ignited the fuse towards getting more councils onto the

Dear Colleagues This week is was a great pleasure to visit Chalfont St Giles Parish Council and present their Local Council Award Scheme – Foundation Level Certificate.  A sterling job in demonstrating adherence to governance and good practice in all areas of the Council’s business.  Officers are key at Foundation level in bringing together the

Dear Colleagues CLERKS PLEASE CIRCULATE TO COUNCILLORS So that’s it folks, back to full weeks from  now until August, where has the year gone!  This week BMKALC were finally able to confirm the venue for this year’s conference (17 October 2023) and I’m delighted to say that we are back at the Oculus in Aylesbury. 

Dear Colleagues CLERKS PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR COUNCILLORS Finally we end the week in sunshine with the promise of a bright bank holiday and start to half term, the posh patio at chez Woof is fully operational and barbecues, or braais where I come from, are in place and fully deployed!  I hope you are

CLERKS PLEASE CIRCULATE TO YOUR COUNCILLORS In conversation with councillors this week I was struck by how many still haven’t a clue about the operational tasks required to keep even the smallest councils running.  So my suggestion this week is that when you circulate our View to your councillor team, you preface it with a

Dear Colleagues From a sparkling start of the week to a rather damp end.  I trust that your parishes haven’t endured lasting damage from the flash floods that peppered the area and that you have all remained relatively dry.  Our week has been subdued, possibly as everyone is going through their Annual Meetings and probably

Dear Colleagues For those working hard yesterday to aid their councils and residents where elections were held, it’s time to put your feet up and grab a short break before reaching for bunting and the baking trays!  Oh.. and possibly the umbrellas.  Still the British spirit is to dress according to the weather and carry