Following the advice of HM Government, the Desborough Town Council office will be closed for the foreseeable future.
You can still get in touch with the Council using the contact details above or by using the contact page on the website www.desboroughtowncouncil.gov.uk
Please help keep yourself and our community safe by following the Government’s advice on hand washing, self-isolation, and social distancing.
The meeting of the Town Council scheduled for Thursday 19 March 2020 did not take place.
In acknowledgement of the Government’s advice about social distancing and isolation, all Councillors tendered their apologies. The was therefore no quorum at the appointed time for the meeting and the meeting could not proceed.
The Government has announced that the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 will be postponed for a year as a result of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
Desborough Town Council has fixed its budget for 2020/21 and determined the Council Tax Precept amounts for 2020/21. Details of the amounts being charged by Kettering Borough Council; Northamptonshire County Council; and the Office of Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner; will be published when they are confirmed.
The Town Council’s amount for the whole year ranges from £13.19 at Band A to £39.56 at Band H. The figure quoted for comparison purposes is usually Band D (Desborough’s Band D figure will be £19.78 for the 2020/21 financial year).
The Council will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday 23 January 2020 to determine the Council’s budget for the coming financial year, and then to determine the level of the Council Tax precept (if any).
The Council will be holding its annual budget meeting on 16 January 2020. The Council needs to decide its priorities for the coming year and is asking you to help decide where efforts should be concentrated.
How do I contribute to the discussion?
A drop-in consultation session with Councillors will be held on Saturday 4 January 2020 from 10 o’clock to noon in the library building.
The Council will hold a special drop-in consultation on the Council’s budget for 2020/21 and plans for the future.
This will be in the library building and you can drop-in from ten in the morning until noon on Saturday 4 January 2020.
You can contribute to the discussion in other ways too. For further details look here.
The date of the General Election coincides with the date of the December meeting of the Town Council (12 December 2019). Consequently the Town Council meeting has been cancelled.
A special consultation meeting on the budget for 2020/21, and on future plans will be held on the morning of Saturday 4 January 2020 at 10 o’clock. Further details of the consultation meeting will be published in due course.
An election is to be held for a Councillor for Desborough Town Council Loatland Ward.
Nomination papers for the election may be obtained from the Clerk to the Town Council or from the office of the Returning Officer, Kettering Borough Council, Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering NN15 7QX.
Nomination papers must be delivered by hand to the Returning Officer at Kettering Borough Council, Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering, NN15 7QX on any working day from the date of publication of this notice (excluding bank holidays) but no later than 4pm on Friday 27th September 2019.
If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 24th October 2019.
Pursuant to Section 87(f) of the Local Government Act 1972, a vacancy now exists in the office of Councillor for the Loatland Ward of the Town Council.
If, within fourteen working days* of the date of this notice, a request for an election to fill the vacancy is made in writing to either:
– the Returning Officer at Kettering Borough Council or
– the Town Clerk at Desborough Town Council
by TEN electors for the Ward, an election will be held to fill the vacancy. If no such request is received the Town Council may fill the vacancy by co-option.
A copy of the formal notice is here.
*30/08/2019
