Knighton Town Council

The November Full Council Meeting will not be on the third Wednesday (the 20th) but will be on Wednesday 27th November at 7PM. The agenda will be posted 3 clear days beforehand, as usual.

The deadline for nominations is 11/10/2024

Anyone that is interested in and requires nominations papers please email electoral.services@powys.gov.uk or call 01597 826202.

Notice Of Election Knighton West NOV 2024

Audit results have not yet been received, but they will be shared as soon as received by the Council.

Salary: £25,012 pro rata based on full time equivalent of 37 hours per week (£13.00 per hour) , pension and holiday entitlement.Hours: 26 hours a week, hybrid from home and office.

A vacancy has arisen as Clerk to Knighton Town Council. Applications are invited from proactive, experienced people with proven and demonstrable organisational and financial skills to partner our elected members.

The successful applicant will be the Clerk and RFO of the Council and have a statutory duty to carry out all the functions required by law.

You will be responsible for ensuring the Council receives the advice and information it requires to ensure good governance by your experience and/or research with available resources.

You will need to be enthusiastic, flexible and community-focussed with excellent administrative, interpersonal, accounting and IT skills in order to work successfully with employees (3), Councillors, external organisations, stakeholders and the community.

Excellent verbal and written skills are essential. You will hold, or be willing to work towards holding, relevant local government qualifications.

The post holder would be expected to work hybrid hours, from home or the Civic Centre, Knighton (Monday – Friday) with availability to attend evening Council meetings, usually once or twice a month on a Wednesday.

For a full job description or for more information, please contact knightontowncouncil@outlook.com.

To apply, please submit a full CV and covering letter to knightontowncouncil@outlook.com no later than midnight on Friday 28th June 2024.

We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marital status. Posted 11 June 2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

Interviews will take place in the  week commencing 08 July 2024.

Notice of a Casual Vacancy – West Ward 13052024 Welsh 

Notice of a Casual Vacancy – West Ward 13052024

Andrew Craggs was successful in his application to be co-opted onto Knighton Town Council.  

He was welcomed onto the Council at the full council meeting held on 17 April 2024.

Knighton Town Council is now taking applications to fill the vacant seat in Knighton Southeast Ward. 

If you wish to be considered for co-option for the vacant seat or want more information regarding the role of a Community Councillor please contact the Town Council on telephone number 01546 529660 or email knightontowncouncil@outlook.com. See below for a link to the application form or pick up a paper copy from the Civic Centre.

KTC CO OPTION APPLICATION FORM 2024

NOTICE OF CO-OPTION:

KNIGHTON TOWN COUNCIL

Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011, Section 116

Notice of Co-Option

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Knighton Town Council intends to Co-opt one member to fill the vacancy that exists in the office of Councillor for the Knighton Southeast Ward.

Expressions of interest are being sought from members of the public who meet the following qualifications and are interested in representing their community on the aforementioned Town Council.  You must be a British citizen, an eligible Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of any member state of the European Union citizen or a qualifying foreign citizen and not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom or have indefinite leave to remain.  You must be 18 years of age or over; and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• registered as a local government elector for the area named above; or
• during the whole of the last 12 months occupied as owner or tenant land or other premises in the community named above; or
• your principal or only place of work during the last 12 months has been in the community named above; or
• you have during the whole of the last 12 months resided in the Community or within 4.8 kilometres of it.[1]

If you wish to be considered for co-option for the vacant seat or want more information regarding the role of a Community Councillor please contact the Proper Officer, Clerk to the Council  on telephone number 01546 529660 or email knightontowncouncil@outlook.com.

Dated this day of 29 February 2024

[1] Certain people are disqualified from standing, and these include paid officers of the community council, anyone subject to bankruptcy restriction orders and those subject to recent sentences of imprisonment.

CYNGOR TREF-Y-CLAWDD

Mesur Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru) 2011, Adran  116 Hysbysiad o Gyfethol

RHODDIR HYSBYSIAD TRWY HYN fod Cyngor Tref-y-Clawdd yn bwriadu Cyfethol un aelod i lenwi’r lle(oedd) gwag sydd ar gael ar gyfer Cynghorydd dros y De-ddwyrain Ward.

Rydym yn gwahodd datganiadau o ddiddordeb gan aelodau’r cyhoedd sy’n diwallu’r cymwysterau canlynol ac â diddordeb mewn cynrychioli eu cymuned ar y Cyngor Cymuned uchod.  Rhaid i chi fod yn Ddinesydd Prydain, yn ddinesydd cymwys o’r Gymanwlad, yn ddinesydd unrhyw Aelod-wladwriaeth o’r Undeb Ewropeaidd, neu’n ddinesydd tramor cymwys heb fod angen caniatâd i gyrraedd neu aros yn y Deyrnas Unedig neu â chaniatâd amhenodol i aros.   Rhaid i chi fod yn 18 oed neu’n hŷn, ac yn ateb o leiaf un o’r meini prawf canlynol:

• wedi’ch cofrestru fel etholwr llywodraeth leol ar gyfer yr ardal a enwir uchod; neu
• yn ystod y cyfan o’r 12 mis diwethaf, wedi bod yn berchennog neu’n denant tir neu safle arall yn y gymuned a enwir uchod; neu
• wedi bod â’ch prif neu’ch unig weithle yn ystod y 12 mis diwethaf yn y gymuned a enwir uchod; neu
• rydych wedi byw yn y Gymuned, neu o fewn 4.8 cilometr ohoni yn ystod y cyfan o’r 12 mis diwethaf.[2]

Os ydych yn dymuno cael eich ystyried i gael eich cyfethol ar gyfer y sedd(au) gwag, neu’n dymuno cael rhagor o wybodaeth ynghylch rôl Cynghorwyr Cymuned, cysylltwch â’r Swyddog Priodol, Clerc y Cyngor Cymuned ar/yn ffôn 01546 529660 neu e-bostiwch knightontowncouncil@outlook.com

Dyddiedig y diwrnod hwn o  29 Chwefror 2024.

[2] Mae rhai pobl penodol wedi’u hanghymhwyso rhag ymgeisio, yn eu plith swyddogion cyflogedig y Cyngor, unrhyw un sy’n destun gorchmynion cyfyngu methdalwyr a’r rheiny sy’n destun dedfrydau o garchar yn ddiweddar.

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 7.00pm at The Civic Centre, Knighton, LD7 1EN

Full Council will meet to agree the budget for 2024/25.  The meeting will held at the Civic Centre and is open for press and public to attend.

To observe via video link, go to:  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/86284577256?pwd=Jv0udV1o88bU13vqXTXcfYVz8h7coj.1

A presentation to update on progress and advise of next steps, followed by Q&A session and refreshments.

on Tuesday 13^th February 2024, 7.00pm at The Civic Centre, Knighton, LD7 1EN.

An invitation to local businesses with shop frontages and local tradesmen and women to meet up and discuss the projects, quotes, and works. Knighton Town Council encourages the use of local contractors where possible.

A Powys County Council Built Heritage Officer (Conservation) will also be in attendance to take questions.

Deadlines have been set to apply for funding to improve Knighton’s shop fronts.The Council must make the application to Powys by Friday 01 March 2024. Over the next 3 weeks Knighton Town Council will work with businesses to complete expression of interest forms for all those yet to submit one.

All forms must be with the Town Clerk by end of FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2024.

You can download a form here or pick up a printed copy from the Civic Centre, any time between 10am and 3pm, Monday to Friday.

The Town Council has formed a working group to facilitate the application process, and the works if the application is successful. The working group membership so far is:

Councillors:  David Williams, Ben Butler, Tom Taylor, Bob Andrews, Rob Edwards, and Petra Ford. Contact details are available on the Town Council website.

Business Owners: Nick Rowlands and Serena Taylor (more required).

The group would welcome the addition of any professionals such as builders and architects.

To find out more call 01547 529660 or email knightontowncouncil@outlook.com

Notice of a Casual Vacancy December 2023

There is currently a vacant seat in South East Ward, see below for the Notice of a Casual Vacancy. If an election is not requested within 14 days, the Council will move to co-opt to fill the seat.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1972 (SEC. 87(2))

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a casual vacancy is deemed to have occurred in the office of Councillor for the South East Ward of the Community of Knighton, Powys on the resignation on 31 October 2023 of Councillor B Caine.

Rule 5 of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 2006, provides that on a casual vacancy occurring in the office of councillor of a community, an election to fill the vacancy shall be held if, within fourteen days (computed as stated below) after public notice of the vacancy has been given in accordance with Section 87(2) of the Local Government Act, 1972, notice in writing of a request for such an election has been given to the proper officer of the council of the county within which the community is situate signed by TEN electors for the electoral area.

The Proper Officer is the Deputy Returning Officer, Powys County Council, County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 5LG.

Dated this 12th day of December 2023.

Lisa James

Clerk to the Council

In computing any period of time for the purposes of this notice a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning, shall be disregarded.

DEDDF LLYWODRAETH LEOL, 1972 (ADRAN, 87(2))

RHODDIR RHYBUDD TRWY HYN bod swydd wag achlysurol wedi ymddangos fel Cynghorydd ar gyfer Ward De-ddwyrain o Gymuned Tref-y-Clawdd yn dilyn ymddiswyddiad y Cynghorydd B Caine ar 31/10/2023.

Mae Rheol 5 Rheolau Etholiadau Lleol (Plwyfi a Chymunedau) 2006, yn dweud pan fo swydd achlysurol yn dod yn wag fel cynghorydd cymuned, cynhelir etholiad i lenwi’r swydd os, o fewn pedwar diwrnod ar ddeg (a gyfrifwyd fel a nodwyd isod) wedi i rybudd cyhoeddus ynglyn â‘r swydd wag gael ei roi yn unol ag adran 87(2) Deddf Llywodraeth Leol, 1972, bydd rhybudd ysgrifenedig o gais am etholiad o’r fath wedi ei roi i swyddog priodol cyngor y sir y lleolir y gymuned o’i fewn gan DDEG o’r etholwyr ar gyfer yr ardal etholaethol.

Y swyddog priodol yw Dirprwy Swyddog Canlynol, Neuadd y Sir, Cyngor Sir Powys, LD1 5LG.

Dyddiedig y 12 dydd hwn o Rhagfyr

L James

Clerc y Cyngor

Wrth gyfrifo unrhyw gyfnod o amser i bwrpas y rhybudd hwn diystyrir dydd Sadwrn, dydd Sul, Noswyl Nadolig, Dydd Nadolig, Gwener y Groglith neu wyl banc neu dydd a benodwyd ar gyfer diolchgarwch neu alar cyhoeddus.