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Sandgate Parish Council Annual Return 2017-18

Sandgate Parish Council is defined as a “smaller authority” for the purposes of publication of its annual accounts and statements.

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 require that:

1. The accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested, during a period of 30 working days set by the smaller authority and including the first 10 working days of July.

2. The period referred to in paragraph (1) starts with the day on which the period for the exercise of public rights is treated as having been commenced i.e. the day following the day on which all of the obligations in paragraph (3) below have been fulfilled.

3. The responsible financial officer for a relevant authority must, on behalf of that authority, publish (which must include publication on the authority’s website):

(a) the Accounting Statements (i.e. Section 2 of the Annual Return), accompanied by:

(i) a declaration, signed by that officer to the effect that the status of the Accounting Statements are unaudited and that the Accounting Statements as published may be subject to change;

(ii) the Annual Governance Statement (i.e. Section 1 of the Annual Return); and

(b) a statement that sets out—

(i) the period for the exercise of public rights;

(ii) details of the manner in which notice should be given of an intention to inspect the accounting records and other documents;

(iii) the name and address of the local auditor;

(iv) the provisions contained in section 26 (inspection of documents etc.) and section 27 (right to make objections at audit) of the Act, as they have effect in relation to the authority in question.

All the required accounting statements, declarations, annual governance statement and additional statements are available in this 2018 Full Annual Return of Sandgate Parish Council. There is also a Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance & Accountability Return. The declared period for the exercise of Public Rights is 28 June – 16 August 2018, but in practice it was first published on the Sandgate Parish Council website on 27 June 2018.

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Posted by Tim Prater in Council, News

Sandgate Escarpment Referendum: Result

Election Result graphic from http://www.iconarchive.com/artist/iconarchive.htmlThe Sandgate Escarpment referendum took place on Wednesday 9th May 2018. Polling has now closed.

The question on the ballot paper was:

“Are you in FAVOUR of the Parish Council going ahead with the SANDGATE WOODS AND MARTELLO TOWERS PROJECT which will increase the precept (Parish Council element of the Council Tax) from April 2019 by £9.75 per annum or 19p per week for a Band D property (and other bands pro-rata) to pay off the PWLB loan?”

Result

Deputy Parish Clerk Peter Savage conducted the count immediately following the close of the ballot box at 9pm.

Votes cast: 419

Those voting YES: 359

Those voting NO: 60

THANK YOU to all that voted.

The announced result is subject to a formal report to the full Council on the whole consultation process on the 22nd May.

You can still send in comments on the scheme by email to the Parish Council at clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk.

Posted by Tim Prater in Council, News