The Council's main governance document is our Standing Orders. These set out the main rules and processes that govern how we work and how we make decisions.
Sitting alongside our Standing Orders are our Financial Regulations. These set out further detail about a range of financial processes at the Council including how we procure goods and services, budgets and reporting:
The Council delegates a wide range of day to day operational decision making to the Town Clerk and other officers. This is set out in our Scheme of Delegation
The Council has a complaints policy, and a policy for dealing with abusive, unreasonable or vexatious complaints: PTC Complaints Procedure May 2023
PTC Abusive Unreasonable or Vexatious Complaints Policy September 2021
The Council also has a whistle-blowing policy: PTC Whistle Blowing Policy - January 2018
In July 2021 the Council adopted a new Members Code of Conduct, based on the new code adopted by Durham County Council earlier that year: PTC Members Code of Conduct July 2021