At a recent meeting the councillors co-opted Mrs Jenny Leishman as the new councillor for Swineshead, and elected Mr Michael Whitlock as the new chairman.
To contact the council through the clerk click here:gtelling@gefh.ndo.co.uk
Hugh Bartos, the Scrutiny and Overview Support Officer from Bedford Borough Council, has recently sent to the parish council a letter stating that they "are keen to know what Pertenhall and Swineshead residents would like them to investigate in the next municipal year."
Please click here to read his letter and then let the clerk know what response you feel should be made by the parish councillors.
The
Parish is the oldest form of local government in England,
with origins in the 16th century. Today’s system is founded on
legislation that came into force in 1974.
The
Parish Council is the first tier of local government, elected by,
and answerable to, a relatively
small, immediate community, which
means that it can be in close and regular contact with all the issues
which affect local people.
Our Quality Parish Council represents the two villages with a minimum
of six meetings per year. Extraordinary meetings are held as necessary.
Meetings
for the electors are held every year in March, alternating
between the two villages, and the AGM is held in May.
The meetings are always open to the public and press with public
participation appreciated at appropriate times.
On this web site you can find :
1.
Parish Plan 2007 Swineshead | Parish Plan 2007 Pertenhall
[This will take a couple of minutes to download]
2.
Minutes and Agenda of meetings - click on "meetings" on topframe
3.
For Bulky Waste dates / Dates of Parish Council meetings/ Financial Standing Orders/ Information about "Which council does what" and the telephone numbers to ring - click on "feedback" on topframe.
5. Photographs: some old, some new. These will be frequently changed.
- photograph of Pertenhall from the air , taken around 1933
-Wood End House, Pertenhall, 1931
- reply to telegram sent at the time of the Silver Jubilee
- Pertenhall Village Hall - 1930?
- Chapel Hill, Pertenhall, 1850 sketch
- Swineshead High Street, May 2007
-Swineshead High Street, 2007 [2]
Swineshead Police Open day in Village Hall - June 2008 -
Your Parish Council at work. November 2008