SUFFOLK LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATION PART 1: MAYOR The Government has decided that Suffolk and Norfolk will have 1 Mayor to represent us all. The Mayor will have some devolved powers, such as economic and transport strategy, strategic and health provision, police and fire services. We will elect a new Mayor in May 2026. PART 2: LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATON, UNITARY COUNCILS FOR ALL =n a second initiative the Government has decided that all councils will be unitary councils. For East Bergholt this means that instead of 2 separate councils we will be served by 1 unitary council which provides all of [...]

Council Meeting 10 July 2025 BUDGET MONITOR 202 4/25 Q1 1. All Committees The Council’s budget for 2025/26 is £207,383.50 of which £160,000 is funded by the Precept. The remainder will be taken from reserves. At the end of Q1 the Council had spent £37,964.09 (18.3%) of its budget for 2025//26. 2. Burial Grounds Q1 has seen expenditure of £1,279.79 (14%) of the Burial Grounds budget with cemetery fees income of £2,800 slightly more than the anticipated £2,500 per quarter. The fees for the new contractors have been well within budget. 3. EBNP (Review) The only expenditure this quarter has [...]

Schedule of Payments – June 2025 Ref Payee Purpose Amount Incl. VAT Amount Ex VAT 70 The Gattinetts Office rent - June 736.67 613.89 71 Dependable Dave Grass cutting East End 75.00 75.00 72 Honk Media Media consultancy - May 475.00 475.00 73 KMC Petrol - May 73.00 60.83 74 Amazon Summer Fair supplies 48.38 40.30 75 Octopus Energy Electricity Toilets 1-31 May 80.09 76.28 76 Parochial Church Council Hardship Fund grant 750.00 750.00 77 Bank Transfer Deposit to current 40000.00 40000.00 78 800 Ltd Tennis Club contractor – stage payment 23297.05 19414.21 79 BT Business bill part - June [...]

1 EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Thursday 12 June 2025 at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt Present – Parish Councillors Councillor J Miller (Chair of the Council) Councillor N Roberts (Vice-Chair of the Council) Councillor R Allen Councillor M Burns Councillor S Davies Councillor P Dent Councillor R Elmer Councillor M Hockley Councillor M Hurley Councillor L Matthews Councillor J Price In Attendance G White, Parish Clerk One member of the public OPEN PUBLIC SESSION Joyce Baker commented that the work which had been carried out on Flatford Road had made matters worse [...]

EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday 10 June 2025 at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt Present – Parish Councillors Councillor J Miller (Chair of the Council) Councillor N Roberts (Vice-Chair of the Council) Councillor R Allen Councillor M Burns Councillor P Dent Councillor M Hockley Councillor M Hurley Councillor J Price In Attendance L Smith, Assistant Parish Clerk OPEN PUBLIC SESSION No members of the public were present and the Chair closed the session. 21.25.26 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence received from Councillors Davies, Elmer, Matthews and Woodcock were NOTED. 22.25.26 [...]

1 EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL East Bergholt Parish Council Meeting Thursday 10 July 2025 at 7.30 pm at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt Dear Councillors Notice of meeting/Summons – You are summoned to the meeting of East Bergholt Parish Council which will take place on Thursday 10 July 2025 at 7.30 pm at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt. Yours sincerely Graham White Parish Clerk 3 July 2025 AGENDA OPEN PUBLIC SESSION Prior to commencement of the Council’s business, the opportunity will be given to members of the public to make representations to the Council or to [...]