People

Councillors

The members of the Council are:

Julie Bonner - Julie.Bonner@bacton-pc.gov.uk

Vanessa Kingsley (Chair) - Vanessa.Kingsley@bacton-pc.gov.uk

John Kingsley - John.Kingsley@bacton-pc.gov.uk

Graham Macausland - Graham.Macausland@bacton-pc.gov.uk

Paul Merry - Paul.Merry@bacton-pc.gov.uk

James Steed - James.Steed@bacton-pc.gov.uk

Gail Wigglesworth  - Gail.Wigglesworth@bacton-pc.gov.uk

Paul Wigglesworth - Paul.Wigglesworth@bacton-pc.gov.uk

Clerk to the Parish Council

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; for Bacton the Clerk is also the Responsible Financial Officer (RFO) 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.

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.

Tina Newell has been appointed as Clerk & RFO to Bacton Parish Council. Tina can be contacted:

by email to parishclerk@bacton-pc.gov.uk or by phoning/texting 07767 163 706

Village Warden 

The Village Warden :  Vacancy

The Warden carries out regular checks on Parish Council assets such as the play area and equipment, defibrillators and Greens, keeping things tidy and clean,  They undertake minor maintenance jobs and reports anything that needs specialist attention. Contractors undertake all major maintenance works.

District and County Councillors are: 

District Councilor Andy Mellen: Andrew.Mellen@midsuffolk.gov.uk

County Councillor Andrew Stringer: Andrew.stringer@suffolk.gov.uk

Register of Members' Interests

Members of the Council are required to act in an impartial and disinterested manner when dealing with council business and must register certain interests, such as jobs, businesses and property, that could create a conflict of interest. The register of members' interests is available by clicking on the following link -   https://baberghmidsuffolk.moderngov.co.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=408&LS=3