Romaldkirk Parish Council
Welcome to our website
The Parish Council serves the village of Romaldkirk, in beautiful Teesdale, in south west County Durham.
The population of Romaldkirk, in 2011, was 169.
We hope you find what you're looking for on this website — whether that's information about the parish councillors, what they do, how they spend the money they raise, what projects they're working on etc.
You'll find details of all Parish Council meetings, which are open to the public, and can see the agenda for any forthcoming meeting and the minutes of previous meetings.
If there's something you'd like to know about the Council and can't find it here, then do please ask!
Telephone and email contact details for the Council appear at the bottom of the menu on every page of the website.
News
Annual Parish Meeting 2024
The Annual Parish Meeting - of electors - took place on 28 May 2024.
This is NOT a Parish Council meeting, but is an opportunity for electors to discuss 'parish affairs'.
Read of copy of the DRAFT minutes of the 2024 Annual Parish Meeting. These minutes will be considered for approval at the next Parish Meeting.
Code of Conduct Complaints
In late October 2023 Durham County Council's Monitoring Officer decided that no further action will be taken in respect of four complaints against Cllrs J Goodall, C Goodall and Sheeran.
In late October 2023 Durham County Council's Monitoring Officer decided that allegations contained in nine complaints against Cllrs Barningham, Carter, Cutting and Nixon will be referred for investigation.
On 14 November 2023, a letter was sent by the Monitoring Officer to Romaldkirk Parish Council. The letter was read out in full at the Parish Council meeting held on 14 November 2023.
Civility and Respect
In October 2022 the Parish Council agreed to sign up to the Civility and Respect Pledge.
The pledge means that Romaldkirk Parish Council will:
- Treat all councillors, clerk and all employees, members of the public, representatives of partner organisations and volunteers with civility and respect in their role.
- Put in place a training programme for councillors and staff.
- Sign up to Code of Conduct for councillors.
- Have in place good governance arrangements including staff contracts, and Dignity at Work policy.
- Commit to seek professional help at early stages should civility and respect issues arise.
- Commit to calling out bullying and harassment if and when it happens.
- Continue to learn from best practice in the sector and aspire to being a role model/champion council, for example via the Local Council Award Scheme.
- Support the continued lobby for the change in legislation to support the Civility and Respect Pledge including sanctions for elected members where appropriate.
To see a copy of the Civility & Respect Pledge certificate, click here.
Budget approved for 2024-2025
At its meeting on 9 January 2024 the Parish Council approved its budget for the financial year April 2024 to March 2025.
You can view and download the detail of the approved budget here.
The tax base for 2024/25 is 98.9, increased by 3.7 from 95.2 in 2023/24.
The Parish Council is to receive no grant from the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme allocation, whereas in 2023/24 it received £87.
The precept income required for 2024/25 is £12,159; the Band D annual charge being £122.94 (compared with income of £6,703 in 2023/24 with a Band D annual charge of £70.41, an increase of £52.53 per year, or 75%).
The parish precept for each Council Tax band is shown below.
