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 |
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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