The Council meets usually six times a year. The AGM is a special meeting, usually held in May. At that meeting, in addition to normal business, the Chair and Vice-chair are elected, any newly-elected councillors are sworn in and the accounts for the previous financial year, which ends on 31 March, are approved.
Members of the public are entitled to attend any council meeting. They may not speak unless invited to do so by the Chair. There is an agenda item giving the opportunity at each meeting for residents to raise any issues on the agenda. No discussion on matters not covered by the agenda should take place and no decisions may be made on them. Residents should raise such matters with the Clerk at least seven days before the meeting so that an item can be considered for inclusion in the agenda.
For the date and details of the next Council meeting see here.
Agendas and minutes of recent meetings can be viewed by following these links:
Agendas and minutes of all meetings are archived. Those from 1989 to the present may be viewed here. The Kent Archives at Maidstone have the originals of meetings from 1894 to 1989. These have been scanned professionally and may be read on the Stanford and Westenhanger History Society Website.