Sedgefield Town Council has adopted the following procedures:

• Standing Orders –  Click here to view
• Financial Regulations – Click here to view
• Council Debt Policy – Click here to view
• Councillor Code of Conduct – Click Here to View
• Publication Scheme – Click Here to View
• Medium Term Financial Plan – Click Here to view
• Delegation Scheme – Click here to view
• Council Compliments, Comments and Complaints Policy – Click Here to View
• Sedgefield Town Council’s current insurance certificate – Click Here to View
• Corporate Risk Management Schedule – Click Here to View
• Gifts and Hospitality Policy – Click here to view
• Social Media Policy – Click Here to View
• Councillor and Staff Working Protocol – Click Here to View
• External Grant Funding Policy – Click Here to View
• Information Data Protection Policy – Click Here to View
• Retention and Disposal Policy – Click Here to View
• Mayor’s Handbook – Click Here to View

Members of the public are warmly welcomed to attend town council committee meetings. The agendas for such committee meetings provide the opportunity for members of the public to participate. Members of the public can observe all discussions except for those matters which are classed as exempt information. In non-pandemic times meetings are held in the Town Council Offices and arrangements for public participation and recording of meetings are detailed in the two documents below:

• Rules of Public Participation – Click here to view
• Protocol for Recording Council Meetings – Click here to view

While covid restrictions remain in place it is important that any member of the public wishing to attend or participate in a town council committee meeting familiarises themselves with the document below:

• Covid Secure Meetings Policy – Click here to view