Councillor Responsibilities - Councillors are encouraged to have a number of additional responsibilities other than attending Full Town Council meetings. They can choose to be on one of the 4 standing committees which specialise in different areas of Town Council business.
Furthermore, there are a number of outside bodies that that ask for some form of Town Council representation and councillors are nominated to such bodies by the Council. Where councillors are nominated to outside bodies (e.g. community groups) it is their responsibility to represent the interests of the Council (even if from time to time that might differ from their own individual view).
Councillors can of course be in their own right as an individual citizen a member of any community group and on any of its committees. However, when this is the case they are not representatives of the Council.
The Town Council can and does co-opt non-councillors to some of its committees.
A list of formal responsibilities on committees or outside bodies can be found below:
(* Co-opted members)
Full Town Council Member - Cllr Borrett
Member - Cllr Carter
Member - Cllr Fowler
Member - Cllr Forrester | Member - Cllr Janke
Member - Cllr Nelson
Member - Cllr Norton
Member - Cllr Perry | Member - Cllr Eggerton
Member - Cllr King
Member - Cllr Foster
Member - Cllr Scott |
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Outside Bodies
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Newport Town Council
Representative
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Newport Regeneration Partnership
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Cllr Carter
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Newport Youth Café
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Cllr Fowler
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Newport Cottage Care Centre
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Cllr Forrester
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Chamber of Commerce
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Cllr Perry
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Town Team
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Cllr Perry
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Telford & Wrekin Parishes Forum
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Cllr Norton
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Telford & Wrekin Bicycle User Group
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Cllr Nelson
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| Telford & Wrekin Bus User Group |
Cllr Forrester |
| Cosy Hall Management Committee |
Cllr Forrester |
| Wrekin Area Committee (of SALC) | Cllr Carter, Cllr Nelson |
| Boughey Trust | Cllr Norton |
| Annabelle Lady Boughey Trust | Cllr Scott |