About Us

Our Councillors

Mr Fred Keer

Chairman- Finance. – 01945 772544
cllr.f.keer@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Ms Donna Semmens

Vice chairperson – Finance, magazine and community garden 01945 774199
cllr.d.semmens@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Mr Dale Boyce

Allotments, Cemetery, Planning, Charities and Drainage- 01945-773897
cllr.d.boyce@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Mr John Watts

Planning – 01945 772652

cllr.j.watts@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Mrs Tara Rust

School Liaison Officer, Police, and Playing Fields – 01945 774265
cllr.t.rust@outwellparishcounil.gov.uk

Mrs Jane Sutton

Village/ Highways, Police, Community Garden, Cemetery and Charities
01945 772071
cllr.j.sutton@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Georgina Greenwood

School liaison officer and Playing- field – 07860771091
cllr.g.greenwood@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Ms Andrea Alexander

Cemetery, Community Garden-07725823794

cllr.a.alexander@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Mrs Joanne Seaton

Highways and Village Matters, Allotments- 07881432379
cllr.j.seaton@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Mrs Gillian Trickett

Health and Safeguarding, School governor liaison. 01945 772233
cllr.g.trickett@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Mrs Jill Gooch

Planning – 01945 773301
cllr.j.gooch@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

Becoming a Councillor

Are you interested in joining the Parish Council?

Becoming a parish councillor is a rewarding and valued form of public service. All councillors contribute to the work of the Parish Council by: –

Having a say about the things they care about
Putting forward ideas for better services
Responding to the needs and views of parishioners
Seeking the best outcome to local issues
Getting involved in decision making
Helping to make Outwell a better place to live!

We normally meet on the first Tuesday of every month except for January.

Meetings commence at 7pm lasting no more than 2 hours at the Upwell Village Hall,

Councillors are expected to attend meetings on a regular basis.

If this is something you would like to find out more about, then please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Parish Clerk

Mrs. Debbie Newton

109 Hollycroft Road

Emneth,

Wisbech

Cambs

PE14 8BD

TEL: 07926751180 clerk@outwellparishcouncil.gov.uk

The Clerk is the ‘Proper Officer’ of the Council who is responsible for the smooth running of the Council’s business.

She is the first point of contact for the Council and all correspondence comes to the Clerk. Responsibility for implementing the decisions of the Council rests with the Clerk along with giving professional guidance where necessary whilst remaining neutral and discrete.

The Clerk is also responsible for financial management. The Clerk prepares, circulates and displays agendas in public places. She signs notices and summonses with a list of business to be transacted but does not have the power to fix the meetings of the Council. The Clerk is required to attend meetings, take minutes, keep Council minutes in a book and hold other documents.

A member of the Council may be appointed as Clerk without remuneration but nowadays it is more usual to appoint someone who is not a councillor to be paid for the work they undertake.