HAMSTEAD MARSHALL parish council

members	Gordon Fisher (chair) 5 Ash Tree Grove, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury, Berks RG20 0HJ tel 01488 658702 John Handy 10 Salters, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury, Berks RG20 0HH john@jphandy-forestry.com tel 01635 254800 Peter Benest Little Farm, Holtwood, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury, Berks RG20 0JH peterbenest@newburyweb.net tel 01635 253627 Jon Phillips Whitehill Farm, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury, Berks RG20 0HP jon@whitehill-farm.co.uk tel 01488 658731
There is currently a vacancy on the council, for which local residents have been invited to put their names forward. Please contact the parish clerk Jo Wheeler if you would like to know more about what is involved.	The present council membership comes up for re-election in May 2010. In recent decades there has never been a surplus of nominations, so no election takes place. The council is therefore composed of those existing members who are willing to continue, supplemented by co-option to make up the necessary numbers. Anyone who is interested in joining the council should contact the parish clerk.
meetings	Mon 17th November 2008 Mon 19th January 2009 Mon 16th March 2009 Parish council meetings are usually held on the third Monday of every second month in the village hall starting at 20.00. All parishioners are entitled to attend the meetings and the annual parish assembly. Any parishioner who is concerned about a local issue may ask any councillor or the parish clerk for the matter to be raised at a council meeting.
parish clerk	Joanne Wheeler 1 Battens Farm Cottage,Ermin Street,Lambourn Woodlands,Hungerford RG17 7TN jowheeler43@aol.com 07766 692235
finances	The parish council administers a budget of around £1,750, which is the parish precept element of council tax. Most of the expenditure relates to the clerk's fees and hire of the village hall for meetings, but the council also votes occasional grants for local initiatives such as village hall refurbishment and the memorial stone in Hamstead Park.

The following information is posted by the parish council in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. The clerk to the parish council holds the following: Minutes of parish council meetings Records of income and expenditure Correspondence files regarding ongoing matters in the parish Planning applications Various reference documentation supplied by West Berkshire Council and other agencies Parishioners are welcome to access any of the above information by appointment with the clerk. Agendas are posted on the parish notices boards at Ash Tree Corner and Chapel Corner a few days before each meeting. Parish councillors and the clerk will respond to all requests for information within 20 days, although some matters will have to be discussed at a parish council meeting before a full answer can be given.

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