WELCOME
Welcome to the ‘Home Page’ of Oakengates Town Council’s web-site, where you will find not only information about the Town Council – where we are, what our responsibilities are and how to contact us – but also a wealth of information about the Town.
We are proud of our Town and of our Town Council and we want you to make the most of our web site. Please enjoy your visit and let us know how we can make the site even better. We aim to develop and add to this site over time and so we welcome all comments and feedback. If you think there's anything missing from this site please contact us via the Contact Us page on the menu.
Oakengates has a wealth of history and tradition, it also combines a dynamic, lively and forward looking approach in its dealings in day to day administration. The truly 'local' nature of the Town Council means that Oakengates really does matter.
Oakengates Town Council wants to keep you informed and has a notice board listing information about the Council, including Councillors, Council Meetings Agendas together with the Minutes. The Council also produces an Audit and an Annual Report, together with a Newsletter, both of which are available from the Council Offices in The Place, Theatre Square, Oakengates.
Public Participation
Members of the public are encouraged to raise any issues of local concern with the Council, either via an approach to an individual councillor or The Clerk.
The public are welcome to attend meetings of the Council but should note that they cannot normally participate in the meeting itself. However, where a matter is clearly of great local concern, or perhaps in response to a specific request, it is our practice to temporarily suspend the formal meeting to allow members of the public to address councillors.
Councillors are always happy to hear from you – you can find Councillors’ contact details via the ‘Councillor Details’ on the left under Councillors, or use send an e-mail to The Clerk.
The Annual Parish Meeting, held in May every year, is used to provide a summary of Council activities. Members of the public with an interest in Council affairs are particularly encouraged to attend this meeting during which they can to raise any issue. These will be minuted as the meeting is specifically for the general public to raise any relevant matter they wish to discuss. Once the public have finished their contributions the normal Parish Council meeting commences.
The Annual Parish Council Meeting is when Councillors are re-elected and/or voted on to the various sub-committees.
All of our Councillors take a pride in the Parish, work hard to ensure the community is represented/supported and aim to provide good local amenities for the benefit of all.