Public Open Forum - Yes, No, Maybe?

With one exception, every Parish Council I have checked provides a Public Open Forum, which is an opportunity for members of the public to address the Council on any subject, for up to five minutes, usually before the meeting starts. That exception is Over. I have today delivered the following letter to the Parish Council Clerk:

'Dear Ms Poulter
It is more than six months since I approached you asking to address the Parish Council during Public Open Forum. You said you were unaware of this procedure and would ask advice from CPALC [Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Association of Local Councils]. I gave you written information provided by other Parish Councils in various areas.

At my request this matter was included on the Parish Council meeting agenda on 17 June. As confirmed in the Minutes, this matter was held over ‘until next meeting’ as you had still not received any information from CPALC regarding their apparent new guidelines.

Has this information now been received? Will you be providing an opportunity for members of the public to address your meetings during Public Open Forum? This facility is provided by every Parish Council I have contacted or checked on the Internet, including Swavesey, Willingham and Longstanton, who are all presumably working to the same CPALC guidelines as Over.

Otherwise have you contacted CPALC to find out why you have still not received information expected from them six months ago?
Yours sincerely'

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