may be filled by co-option at the Annual meeting of the Parish Council on 16 May 2024.
If you are interested in joining a very pro-active and forward thinking Parish Council please refer to these guidance notes and the publication 'Being a Good Councillor' before submitting your application form to parishclerk@tuddenham-pc.gov.uk no later than 13 May 2024.
Parish Councillor's come from various backgrounds and give their time freely to represent the views of all residents within the Parish; to listen to and understand the views and needs of different groups in the community.
Whilst elections are scheduled to take place every four years (next 2027) each year the Council elects a Chairman to oversee the conduct at meetings.
Councillors are accessible to residents to listen to their concerns and to deal with them or to pass them for action to the appropriate authorities directly, please use the contact details below:
Chairman:
Claire Unwin email: Chairman@tuddenham-pc.gov.uk
Vice Chairman:
Amanda Spence email: Amanda.Spence@tuddenham-pc.gov.uk
Councillors:
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Meet your Parish Clerk
The Clerk to the Council is the Proper Officer of the Council and as such is under a statutory duty to carry out all the functions incuding to serve or issue all the notifications required by law of a local Authority’s Proper Officer, to advise and assist the Council in the formation of policies to be followed in respect of the Parish Councils activities producing information required for making effective decisions and to implement constructively all decisions made. The Clerk is responsible for ensuring that the instructions of the Council in connection with its function as a Local Authority are carried out.The Clerk is also the Responsible Financial Officer for Tuddenham and therefore is responsible for all financial records of the Council and the careful administration of its finances.The Council is responsible for all decisions and must be confident the Clerk acts at all times in an independent, professional and objective matter.
The Clerk takes instructions from the Council as a body not from any individual Councillor.
Contact Details;
Tina Newell,
25 Shakespeare Road,
Stowmarket,
Suffolk. IP14 1TU.
Telephone: 07767 163706
parishclerk@tuddenham-pc.gov.uk