| Detail : | The Town Council consists of sixteen Councillors elected for a four-year term to represent constituents in the town’s three wards of Huntingdon North, East and West. Due to boundary changes in April 2010, when parts of Hinchingbrooke were transferred from Stukeley Parish Council to Huntingdon Town Council, the number of seats for election in the west ward in May 2011 will increase by three increasing the Council size to nineteen.
Town Council meetings take place every six-eight weeks and are presided over by the Mayor, who is elected from among fellow Councillors each year at the Annual Mayor Making ceremony. Consisting of all Councillors, the Town Council’s main committees – those of Planning, Finance and Leisure & Community Services – also meet every six-eight weeks to discuss and decide issues relating to the Council’s business.
The Council’s decisions are carried out by the Town Clerk, Ms Karen Cameron, who is assisted by a Deputy and three other administrative staff at the Council’s Offices at 1 Trinity Place, together with a team of six groundstaff and staff at the Commemoration Hall and Medway Centre.
Huntingdon Town Council produces an annual Performance Plan which sets out its aims for the year. In addition, services provided by the Council are regularly reviewed to ensure that their delivery is being achieved using public monies in the most efficient way possible. Huntingdon Town Council was the first Council in Cambridgeshire to be granted Quality Council Status in 2003 and retains its status today.
Huntingdon Town Council maintains a traditional approach to local government. Town Council meetings and important Civic Events see the Mayor, Town Clerk and Councillors fully robed. |
