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 Susan Bailey Member - Cllr Lyn Fowler Member - Cllr Jeremy Good Member - Cllr Bill Harper | Member - Cllr Tom Janke Member - Cllr Tom King Member - Cllr Alan Lloyd Member - Cllr Tim Nelson | Member - Cllr Ian Perry Member - Cllr Peter Scott Member - Cllr Sarah Sydra Member - Cllr Nick Garvey | |
Newport Town Council became Sole Trustees of Newport Youth Café Project "The Hub" Charity No: 1076691 on 3rd January 2019 | Newport Youth Café Project Committee Cllr Fowler Cllr Janke Cllr King Cllr Nelson Cllr Perry Cllr Syrda Cllr Good *Mrs Liz Bickford-Smith |
Outside Bodies
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Newport Town Council
Representative
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Newport Regeneration Partnership | Cllr Scott |
Newport Youth Café | |
Newport Cottage Care Centre
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Cllr Fowler |
Newport Dementia Action Alliance | Cllrs; King, Scott & Syrda |
Newport Town's Alms Houses | Cllr King |
Chamber of Commerce
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Cllr Perry
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Town Team | Cllr King |
Telford & Wrekin Parishes Forum
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Cllr Bailey |
Telford & Wrekin Bicycle User Group
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Cllr Nelson |
Telford & Wrekin Bus User Group |
Cllr Sydra |
Cosy Hall Management Committee |
Mr Tony Forester |
Wrekin Area Committee (of SALC) | Cllrs: Nelson & Janke |
Boughey Trust | Cllr Syrda |
Annabelle Lady Boughey Trust | Cllrs; Good, Harper & Janke |
Sustainable Newport | Cllr King & Nelson |