JUNE 2020 MEETING

Due to the current 'lockdown' conditions, until further notice meetings will take place online.

The June 2020 meeting will take place on 23rd June, starting at 6pm.

Log-in details will be posted on our Facebook page and here as soon as they are available.

Log-in details: (tbc)

As Local Councils can currently legally hold meetings online, the June 2020 meeting will take place on Tuesday 23rd June, at 6pm via this link: (tbc)

Links to papers for the meeting can be found below.

To attend the meeting, please click on the meeting link a few minutes before 6pm.

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For the June 2020 Town Council Meeting Agenda Notice click here. (This will be published 6 days prior to the meeting.)

For the June 2020 Clerk's Report to the Council and Part I Finance Items to be received/considered at the March meeting click here. (This will be published 6 days prior to the meeting.)

For the DRAFT May 2020 Council Meeting Minutes - click here. (This will be published 6 days prior to the meeting.)

For the DRAFT May 2020 Part I Finance Meeting Minutes - click here. (This will be published 6 days prior to the meeting.)

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

For Coronavirus (COVID-19) information/advice from Warrington Borough Council, please click on the links below:

https://www.warrington.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-warrington

https://www.warrington.gov.uk/shielding-vulnerable-people-coronavirus-update

BIRCHWOOD CLIMATE EMERGENCY PLAN

A climate emergency motion was presented to Birchwood Town Council and approved unanimously by Council in June 2019.

To view the Town Council's Climate Emergency Plan click here.

About Birchwood Town Council

Birchwood Town Council is the first tier of local government and is therefore the closest to the local community, followed by Warrington Borough Council.

Parish and Town Councils were created in law and they can only act within the law by exercising their powers and functions which have been conferred on them by Statutes (i.e. Acts of Parliament). Town Councils have a number of powers available to them, but the ability to exercise any such powers may sometimes depend upon a number of other other factors such as land ownership, financing or planning approval.

There is some confusion as to what the difference is between a Parish and Town Council. The answer is simple, nothing, they are exactly the same. However, a Town Council can elect a Mayor to be Head of Council instead of a Chairperson. Birchwood Town Council chooses to have a Chairperson, and in May of each year a Chair is elected by the Council to serve for a period of 12 months. The Chair for 2019-2020 is Cllr Nigel Reeves.

chair handover may 2019