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CURRENT PARISH COUNCILLORS


The membership of Sproughton Parish Council as at August 2011 is:

Name  Telephone Position 
Brian Askew  462097
Alison Cronin  463281
Simon Curl  747114 Chairman 
Vic Durrant  232799
John Kitson  226790
Damian Lavington 809512
Gwen Moore 740629
John Pateman-Gee 464595
Simon Wood 464524
Sue Frankis  463852 Parish Clerk 

Click here to e-mail the Clerk


PARISH COUNCIL ADVISORY PANELS


Sproughton Parish Council also has a number of Advisory Panels, each with a mixed membership of Councillors and non-Councillors. Panels feed ideas to the Parish Council and undertake actions as decided by the Parish Council. The Panel mechanism allows knowledgeable residents to contribute their expertise to specific issues. The current Panels are as follows. After each is given its year of formation and its membership (number of Councillors plus number of non-Councillors).

Tithe Barn Panel (2003) 5 + 3
Transport Panel (2004) 3 + 12
Green Panel (2007) 4 + 8
Shop Panel (2007) 2 + 8
Housing Panel (2007) 5 + 0


If you are interested in contributing to a Panel, please let the Parish Clerk know.

In January 2008 the Parish Council appointed Ms Jane Draper as the Tithe Barn Warden.  The Warden's official mobile 'phone number is available to hirers of the barn.


PARISH COUNCIL ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES


As well as representing Sproughton on the Parish Council, Councillors (and other village residents) volunteer to undertake various key roles in the village.  A list of Council-appointed representatives, and of the responsibilities of individual Councillors as at August 2011, is as follows:

Age Concern Mr J Bates (Non Councillor)
Allotments Mr S Wood
Babergh Crime Reduction (TBD)
Cemetery Mr B Askew
Children's Play Area Mrs G Moore
Cooper Trust (Almshouses) Mr D Barnes
Footpath Path Warden Mrs A Cronin
Green Sproughton (cutting our carbon footprint)  Mrs G Moore
Handbell Ringers Mrs R Lavington (Non Councillor)
Housing Panel Chairman Mr S Curl
Internal Auditor Mr P Orriss (Non Councillor)
Local History Recorder Ms D Bradbury (Non Councillor)
Millennium Green Ms D Bradbury (Non Councillor)
Parish Plan co-ordinator Mr C Davis (Non Councillor)
Playing Field Management Cttee Trustees* Mr B Askew, Mr D lavington 
Reading Room and Caretakers House Charity Mr S Lavington & Mr M Earey
(both Non Councillors)
Responsible Financial Officer Mrs S Frankis
School Governors Mrs M Woolf (Non Councillor)
SnOasis Parish Group Mr S Curl
Suffolk ACRE Mrs G Moore
Suffolk Association of Local Councils Mr S Curl
Suffolk Preservation Society Mr D Cheeseman (Non Councillor)
Tithe Barn Panel Chair Mr J Kitson
Transport Panel Chairman Mr V Durrant
Tree Warden Mrs A Cronin
Web-site co-ordinator Mr D Lavington


* The Playing Field Management Committee is described here.

** Green Sproughton ('cutting our carbon footprint') was set up as a panel
of Sproughton Parish Council in May 2007.

A full list of Sproughton village organisations will be found here.



PARISH COUNCIL NEWS


News items

To add a news item please email the Web-site Coordinator   with your story.  If approved, your news items will be posted here.

September 2010 - Local Referendums to Veto Excessive Council Tax Increases: Sproughton Parish Council responds to a government consultation paper.



PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS


The time and place of the next Parish Council meeting is give under Events .
Members of the public are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings and we allocate time for the public to ask questions. The Parish Council also organises open Public Meetings from time to time on specific issues. For example, during 2004, three such meetings addressed:

More generally, the Parish Council's 'Statement of Intent as to Community Engagement' may be seen here.  Approximately 33 residents attended the Annual Parish Meeting in the Tithe Barn, held on 21st April 2010. The Annual Report for the year ending 31st March 2011 is given below.

Please use the links below to view the latest meeting minutes


Monthly Meetings

Parish Council Meeting Minutes for 8th June 2011

Parish Council Meeting Minutes for 13th April  2011

Parish Council Meeting Minutes for 9th March 2011

Parish Council Meeting Minutes for 9th February 2011

Parish Council Meeting Minutes for 19th January 2011


Annual Meetings

Annual Report of the Council for the Year Ending 31 March 2011

Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 11th May 2011

Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 21st April 2010

 



FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT


Please use this link to view the information available from Sproughton Parish Council under the Model Publication Scheme (as at 1st January 2009) of the Freedom of Information Act

Information can be obtained from:

Mrs S Frankis

Clerk to the Parish of Sproughton and Responsible Financial Officer

24 Church Crescent

Sproughton

Ipswich

Suffolk, IP8 3BJ

01473 463852


pc@sproughton.suffolk.gov.uk

www.onesuffolk.co.uk/SproughtonPC or www.sproughton.suffolk.gov.uk


The Model Publication Scheme, as prepared and approved by the Information Commissioner,
may be viewed at: The Information Commissioner website



 

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