Quite simply a ‘good council’ is a council that makes a difference.
At the end of a year a good town or parish council will be able to look back and see what it has achieved for the people it serves. It will have been active in dealing with problems and grasping opportunities in the parish, it will have found out about the aspirations and needs of people living in the parish and it will have taken some action to get them satisfied.
So a good council, whether it is large or small, will be an active council – active at a level appropriate to the circumstances and needs of the parish. But being active does require proper organisation and good working practices. A good council will have efficient day-to-day business procedures, it will have ways of communicating regularly with its electorate, the council and its clerk will work as a harmonious team and the council will systematically plan, budget and review its activities. This ‘Good Council Guide’ aims to help in all these matters.
The Good Councillors Guide 2018 Accessed at https://www.yorkshirelca.gov.uk/uploads/the-good-councillors-guide-2018″
