4th May 2007

TOWN CLERK:                         Elizabeth Durrant
ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK:    Kelaine Spurdens

TOWN COUNCILLORS:
B E Annis OBE
D Cousins, Town Mayor
RP Darnell
JE Lea, Deputy Town Mayor
IRV Mason
ED Nash
MG Norris
KMN Oakes
M Ost
PD Smith
LE Terry
AL Ward MBE
K Whitton
TJ Woolnough

Needham Market Town Council have a vacancy for a Councillor:

CasualVacancyNoticedisqualification.doc

COUNTY COUNCILLOR
J Truelove

DISTRICT COUNCILLORS
W Marchant
MG Norris


Town Council Opening Hours:

Monday and Thursday
10am to 12noon

Meetings

First and third Wednesdays of each month at Mid Suffolk District Council Lecture Theatre at 7:30 pm - open to the public. A copy of the Minutes of these meetings can be seen at the Town Council office or at the library in School Street.
Listed below are the meeting minutes from the previous month, these documents are available in pdf format by clicking on the dates. You will need Acrobat Reader loaded to be able to open these documents, if you do not have Acrobat Reader then you can install it by clicking on the image below.

Minutes2ndApril2008pdf.pdf

Minutes16thApril2008pdf.pdf

The Town Council is made up of fifteen members organized into six sections:

• Finance and General Purposes which is responsible for monitoring Council expenditure, annually analysing future funding requirements and recommends the precept to be raised.  The Section also reviews staff salary levels, terms of reference, insurance of town property, loans and donations and other associated activities requiring finance.  This Section is made up of the Town Mayor and Leaders of the other Council Sections.
• Recreation and Sport which is responsible to Council for Crowley Park and the Camping Land and for maintaining the play equipment.  This Section also monitors the condition of the public footpaths in the town and reports problems to the County Council.
• Newsletter which deals with all aspects of the Newsletter and is delivered free to every home and business in the town every month (omitting January, enabling us all to have a well earned break over the Christmas period)!  The publication contains articles about Needham Market together with reports and information about organizations in the town.  Anyone wishing to submit an article should send it directly to the Town Council Office by the 8th of the month prior to publication in the following month.  Anyone wishing to advertise in the Newsletter should contact Kelaine, Assistant Town Clerk at the Town Council Office.
• Planning which receives and considers consultation copies of all Planning Applications relating to the town.  Recommendations from this Section either in support of the application or as objections, are passed to Mid Suffolk District Council who, as Planning Authority, will make use of these comments in their determination of the application.
• Town Property & Services which provides and maintains Litter Bins, Bus Shelters, Notice Boards, Grit Bins and the Town Clock.  As of April 2006, Town Council took over the ownership and, therefore, maintenance of the Public Toilets in Barretts Lane.  This Section also arranges the flowering baskets in the summer and the Christmas trees and festivities at Christmas.
• Highways, Lighting & Footpaths which oversees highways matters such as the need for road repairs together with parking matters, waiting restrictions and signposting.  Two hundred of the three hundred & fifty street lights in the town are owned by the Town Council and the Section advises Council on the cost of repairs and maintenance.  The Section will also make recommendations for the need and location of new lights in the town.

On Town Council Meeting nights, Councillors are always on hand from 7pm to 7:30pm to discuss any matters or concerns you may have.