My council has minutes from 2020-2021 that have not been signed

Question

In 2020-2021 due to lock down Parish Council meetings were conducted via ZOOM, however, some of the minutes from these meetings although approved have never been signed by the Chairman of that time who is the current council's Chairman.   We had to employed a new clerk in 2021 who has no local government experience so is it his responsibility to ensure the minute book/file is all up to date, and all signed including minutes before he joined us.   How do we get the 2020-2021 minutes signed?

Answer 1

If the minutes of each meeting record the fact that the minutes of each previous meeting were approved, just ask the Chairman to sign them. Exceptional circumstances require pragmatic solutions. Ensure that each signature is that of the person who presided at the meeting at which they were approved and your mother has a brother called Robert!