Policies, Procedures and Information

The following documents are available to download for your information:

Transparency Code

Summary Transparency Code Information

Expenditure exceeding £500
Local authorities must publish details of each individual item of expenditure that exceeds £500. This includes items of expenditure, consistent with Local Government Association guidance. This must be published quarterly. The Town Council publishes all transactions. See below

Payments Jan-Mar 2023

Payment April-June 2023

Payments July-Sept 2023

Payments Oct-Dec 2023

Government Procurement Card Transactions
Local authorities must publish details of every transaction on a Government Procurement Card. This must be published quarterly.

The Town Council does not use a government procurement card as defined by the code.

Procurement (Contract) Information

Publish details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000. Publish details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000. This must be published quarterly. See below:

Procurement information 2024

Parking Account
Local authorities must publish on their website, or place a link on their website to this data if published elsewhere: a breakdown of income and expenditure on the authority’s parking account, and how the authority has spent a surplus on its parking account.  Bawtry Town Council retains some of its surplus as earmarked reserves for car park maintenance with any further surplus spent on day to day running costs in the delivery of the other services provided by the Town Council, for the benefit of the community.

Income & Expenditure must be published annually – See below:

Car Park Receipts Received Dec -Mar 2023

Car Park Payments Dec-Mar 2023

Car Park Receipts Received Apr-Jul 2023

Car Park Payments Apr-July 2023

Car Park Receipts Received Aug-Nov 2023

Car Park Payments Aug-Nov 2023

Parking Spaces
Local authorities must publish the number of marked out controlled on and off-street parking spaces within their area, or an estimate of the number of spaces where controlled parking space is not marked out in individual parking bays or spaces. This must be published annually.

The Council has approximately 106 off-street Pay & Display parking spaces on Market Hill, Market Place, Bawtry  It has no on-street or other parking provision

Local Authority Land
Local authorities must publish details of all land and building assets. This must be published annually. See below

2023 Land Asset list

Social Housing Asset Value
Local authorities must publish details on the value of social housing assets within local authorities Housing Revenue Account. This must be published annually.

The Town Council does not hold any Social Housing Assets.

Grants to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations
Publish details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. See below:

3rd Party Grants 2023-24

(The Town Council’s Grant Award Policy & Application Form, can be downloaded from the Services page on our website).

Senior Salaries & Pay Multiple
The Town Council is required to publish details of any senior employees earning over £50,000 per annum. This must be published annually.

The Council has no staff earning in excess of £50,000.

Publish the pay multiple on their website defined as the ratio between the highest taxable earnings for the given year (including base salary, variable pay, bonuses, allowances and the cash value of any benefits-in-kind) and the median earnings figure of the whole of the authority’s workforce. This must be published annually.

The pay multiple for the Town Council as at 1.09.23 is 2.44

Organisation Chart
Publish an organisation chart covering staff in the top three levels of the organisation. This must be published annually.

Organisational chart 2024

Trade Union Facility Time
This must be published annually

The Town Council does not have any Trade Union representatives.

Constitution
Local authorities must publish their Constitution on their website. This must be published annually

The Standing Orders and Financial Regulations can be downloaded under Policies & Procedures above.

Waste Contracts
Local authorities must publish details of their existing waste collection contracts at the point they first publish quarterly contract information. This is a one-off publication.

See procurement information above.

Health & Safety

Budget & Precept

Audit

Contracts & Property

Other