Documents

This guidance is for any person that presides over full council and committee meetings. It explains the skills needed to be a competent Chair.

• YLCA Advice Note 33: Chairing Skills (PDF, 230 Kb)

Advice Note 36: Selecting, Appointing and Instructing an Internal Auditor

• YLCA Advice Note 36: Selecting, Appointing and Instructing an Internal Auditor (PDF, 153 Kb)

YLCA Advice Note 35: Timing of the Annual Meeting of the Council and Annual Parish Meeting

• YLCA Advice Note 35: Timing of the Annual Meeting of the Council and Annual Parish Meeting (PDF, 93 Kb)

YLCA Advice Note 30: Apologies for Absence and Reasons for Absence (Jan 2023)

• YLCA Advice Note 30: Apologies for Absence and Reasons for Absence (Jan 2023) (PDF, 120 Kb)

YLCA Advice Note 04: Procedural Motions at Meetings

• YLCA Advice Note 04: Procedural Motions at Meetings (PDF, 90 Kb)

YLCA Advice Note 10: Casual Vacancies updated December 2022

• YLCA Advice Note 10: Casual Vacancies updated December 2022 (PDF, 92 Kb)

Co-option following a casual vacancy.

• YLCA Advice Note 27: Co-option following a casual vacancy (PDF, 109 Kb)

This YLCA Advice Note covers the legislation which allows the payment of a chairman's allowance, what the allowance may be used for and arrangements for the payment of the allowance.

• YLCA Advice Note 09: Chairman's Allowance May 2019 (PDF, 114 Kb)

This Advice Note explains the behaviours that can be described as bullying or harassment, what a local council as an employer can do to prevent these behaviours and how councillors should be expected to behave towards council staff. It is best practice for local councils to adopt a bullying and harassment policy to protect its employees.

• YLCA Advice Note 28: Bullying and Harassment of Council Employees revised November 2019 (PDF, 154 Kb)

This Advice Note explains the requirements of the transparency code for smaller councils ( all local councils with a turnover not exceeding £25,000). It gives links to the legislation and includes a list of the information which is required to be published on a publicly accessible website.

• YLCA Advice Note 26: Transparency Code for Smaller Councils revised June 2019 (PDF, 135 Kb)

This Advice note sets out the legal and policy position in relation to Travellers and some of the key powers available, including to local councils, to address illegal and unauthorised encampments.

• YLCA Advice Note 21: Travellers Briefing Note revised September 2014 (PDF, 148 Kb)

This Advice Note explains the requirement under Freedom of Information legislation for all local councils and parish meetings to adopt a Publication Scheme which gives details of information held by the council or parish meeting which is unreservedly available to the public.

• YLCA Advice Note 16: The Mandatory Publications Scheme revised April 2019 (PDF, 146 Kb)

This Advice Note explains parish polls at a parish meeting.

• YLCA Advice Note 15: The use of Parish Polls revised April 2019 (PDF, 124 Kb)

This Advice Note explains how the number of councillors on a local council can be calculated based on the number of electors in the parish and states how a review of the number of councillors can be instigated.

• YLCA Advice Note 14: Number of Councillors revised April 2019 (PDF, 48 Kb)