Parish Council Representatives / Councillors

OLD NEWTON with DAGWORTH & GIPPING PARISH COUNCIL

Know Our Parish Councillors - 2023

All Parish Councils have to discharge their duties and powers within the law and according to their governance policies on the conduct of meetings and financial matters. These policies, procedures and charges are reviewed regularly and updated when appropriate.

Parish Councillor's are required to observe the Code of Conduct which sets out the standards of behaviour that Councillors are expected to adhere to. The register of interest is available on the Babergh District Council site.

Under the Freedom of Information Act it is the duty of every Parish Council to adopt and maintain a publication scheme.The Scheme provides a list of all the information the parish council makes routinely available, explains how it can be accessed and whether or not a charge is made for it. It is important that all sections of the community can access the council’s information, and systems are in place to make the listed information available to the public as easily as possible.  Where possible, information will be placed on the Parish Council web-site and where this is not possible the information needed to be made available and / or sent to the person requesting it.

The Policies & Procedures, Protocols and Terms of Reference that have been adopted by Old Newton with Dagworth & Gipping Parish Council are available for you to download and read: Committee Terms of Reference

The following link will provide you with information about our Cllrs and contact details:

Know Your Cllrs - 2023

Chairman - Cllr Jonathan Miller

Vice Chairman - Cllr Nicola Hardman

Clerk - Mrs Karen Hall-Price - 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, and in particular to serve or issue all the notifications required by law of a local Authority’s Proper Officer.  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 the Responsible Financial Officer and responsible for all financial records of the Council and the careful administration of its finances.

The Clerk is expected to advise the Council on, and assist in the formation of, overall policies to be followed in respect of the Authority’s activities and in particular to produce all the information required for making effective decisions and to implement constructively all decisions.  The Clerk must recognise that the Council is responsible for all decisions and that she takes instructions from the Council as a body. The Clerk is not answerable to any individual Councillor – not even the Chairman.

The Council must be confident that the Clerk is, at all times, independent, objective and professional.  Proper Officer is a title used in statute. It refers to the appropriate officer for the relevant function. In town and parish councils, the Proper Officer is normally the Clerk. In financial matters, the Proper Officer is known as the Responsible Financial Officer.

Parish Council Representatives to outside bodies 2023 - 2024

Committees, sub-committees and/or working groups.  Committee Terms of Reference

Councillors Emails:

jonathan.miller@oldnewtonpc.co.uk

mark.clements@oldnewtonpc.co.uk

ken.goudy@oldnewtonpc.co.uk 

kerry.baker@oldnewtonpc.co.uk                                               

michael.helliwell@oldnewtonpc.co.uk  

nicola.hardman@oldnewtonpc.co.uk

andrew.tween@oldnewtonpc.co.uk

simonne.graells@oldnewtonpc.co.uk

laura.griffiths@oldnewtonpc.co.uk