Great Baddow Parish Council has 13 councillors representing Great Baddow.
A new council was elected in May 2007.
See the news page for the election results.
Cllr Mrs Christine Shaw
Chairman of Council, Chairman of Finance & General Purposes Committee and Chairman of Organisation, Methods & Personnel Committee
Cllr Andrew Sosin
Vice Chairman of Council and of Finance & General Purposes Committee, Chairman of Highways & Amenities Committee
Cllr Mrs Jannetta Sosin
Cllr Stephen Martin
Chairman of Grounds & Allotments Committees
Cllr Mrs Diana Ronaldson
Chairman of Parish Hall & Bell Centre Committees, Chairman of Planning Committee
Cllr Mrs Angela Martin
Cllr Mrs Maureen Miller
Vice Chairman of Organisation, Methods & Personnel Committee
Cllr Trevor Miller
Vice Chairman of Grounds & Allotments Committees
Cllr Stephen Russell
Cllr Veronica Sadowsky
Vice Chairman of Parish Hall & Bell Centre Committees
Cllr Bryan Heelis
Cllr Keith Ronaldson
Vice Chairman of Highways & Amenities Committee
Cllr Gordon Jarvis
Administration
Budgeted expenditure for 2009/10 is £499,819. This will be supported by a precept of £305,509 and budgeted income of £127,610, with the remainder coming from money received as part of Section 106 planning agreements to support local facilities. In the past we have received a revenue support grant from Chelmsford Borough Council, but this was withdrawn this year. Therefore although this year's precept is the same total amount as received via Chelmsford Borough Cpuncil in 2008/09, the parish precept on your council tax bill appears to have increased by 10%, reflecting the loss of the grant.
The monthly meeting of the Council is held on the second Monday of the month at 7.30pm in Committee Room 1 of the Parish Hall, Maldon Road, Great Baddow. Any parishioner is welcome to attend Council meetings and the Council has always encouraged parishioners present to address meetings if they wish. There is time allocated at the beginning of meetings to enable parishioners to address councillors.
Other committee meetings also take place on Monday evenings and agendas are displayed on Parish Council noticeboards. A timetable of meetings for the next quarter is printed in each issue of the Great Baddow Times. Click here to see meetings scheduled for the current quarter, and recent minutes.
The office in the Parish Hall is open from 10 am to 1.00 pm each weekday and one Saturday morning a month, immediately prior to the monthly Council meeting day. The Clerk will be pleased to talk to parishioners about parish matters during these times. We have three members of staff in the office – Miss Ann Wood, the Clerk, plus an Assistant Clerk, Mrs Elaine Bryan, and a Clerical Assistant, Mrs Cheryl Cook.
Our minutes and many other documents are available on this website, but the Freedom of Information Act applies to other documents as well. Click here to see our Publication Scheme under the Act.