Bungay Town Council Minutes of meetings 2010
Bungay Town Council
The Town Council is Bungay's local level of government. The Council was created in succession to the Urban District Council in 1974. Elections take place every four years to fill the 15 seats on the Council.
The Mayor of Bungay wears a chain of office consisting of a medallion and engraved silver plates with the names of previous holders of the office, and is elected annually by vote of the Council. The Mayor is Civic Head of Bungay.
The town hosts an annual Civic Evening where hospitality is extended to civic leaders from Beccles, Halesworth and Southwold and to the Chairman of the District Council. The full Council meets monthly in the finely appointed Council Chamber in Broad Street.
Intermediate committee meetings dealing with planning, environmental and other matters are also held. The Council are consulted on all planning applications relating to the town area. In addition they initiate cultural, leisure and environmental projects and monitor the standard of public services provided for the town by Waveney District Council and Suffolk County Council, the two higher levels of local government.
Bungay has two separately elected representatives on the former body and Bungay area has one on the latter. These authorities and other statutory bodies consult extensively with the Council about matters of mutual interest or concern.
The Town Council appoints representatives to many local bodies including the Town Trust. Castle Trust and boards of school governors. The Council's principle source of income is from a locally raised precept or rate.
Bungay Town Council - Who's Who
Town Mayor 2010/2011
S E Woods, 6 Pilgrims Way, Bungay, NR35 1HL; 001986 896040
Deputy Town Mayor 2010/2011
A Brook, 26 Earsham Street, Bungay, NR35 1AQ; 01986 893455
Members
M. Bedingfield, 14 Fairfield Rd, Bungay, NR35 1RY; 01986 893249
J Blowers O’Neill, 19 Trinity St, Bungay, NR35 1EH; 01986 893292
A Brook, 26 Earsham Street, Bungay, NR35 1AQ; 01986 893455
J Cloke, 2 Waveney Road, Bungay NR35 1LH; 01986 894653
M Evans, 7 Outney Rd, Bungay, NR35 1DZ; 01986 893563
A W Fisher, 1, Solace Close, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1LF; 01986 892005
J W Groom, 28 Wingfield St, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1EZ; 01986 895105
J H Jervis, 2 Anchor Cottages, Wainford Rd Bungay; NR35 1TA; 01986 892905
D O’Neill, 19 Trinity St, Bungay, NR35 1EH; 01986 893292
J V Palin, 38 Fairfield Rd, Bungay NR35 1RY; 01986 894806
D J Shepherd, The Smokehouse, 48 Bridge St, Bungay NR35 1HD; 01986 893638
S Thompson, 57 Southend Rd, Bungay NR35 1DN; 01986 895801
D Ward, 19 Flixton Rd, Bungay NR35 1HQ; 01986 893824
J Warnes, The Barn, 47 Beccles Rd, Bungay, NR35 1HT; 01986 892855
S E Woods, 6 Pilgrims Way, Bungay, NR35 1HL; 001986 896040
Clerk of the Council : P Morrow
Address for Council Correspondence: Wharton House, 11 Wharton St, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1EL; 01986 893148
Committee Membership 2009/2010
Planning Committee: Clls Warnes, Woods, Bedingfield, Brook, Cloke, Evans, Fisher, Palin and Ward
Finance & General Purposes Committee: Clls Warnes, Woods, Blowers O'Neil, Groom, Jervis, O’Neil, Shepherd and Thompson
Traffic Committee: Clls Groom, Warnes, Brook, Evans, Jervis, O'Neill, Palin, Shepherd, Thompson, Woods.
Environment Committee: Clls Warnes, Woods, Bedingfield, Cloke, Evans, O'Neill, Shepherd, Thompson, Ward
Annual Appointments:
Crime Prevention Panel & Safe Neighbourhood Team, Cll Evans;
Emergency Planning, Clls Fisher, Groom, O’Neill, Shepherd;
Bungay Honeypot Centre, Cll Evans;
CAB, Cll Bedingfield;
Joint Tourist Committee, Cll Cloke, Evans, Fisher, Jervis, Palin, Shepherd and Ward;
Bungay in Bloom, Clls Fisher, Groom, Jervis, Palin;
Outney Common Owners, Cll Jervis;
Bungay Christmas Lights Committee, Cll Fisher, O’Neill and Warnes;
Community Education Support Group, Cll Thompson;
Bungay Youth Association; Cll Bedingfield, Cloke, Thompson;
WDC Liaison Group, Cll Evans, O’Neill;
Riverside Centre Supervisory Group, Clls Bedingfield, Groom, Palin and Shepherd.