Councillors’ details

Open Councillor Position
Responsibilities:

  1. Ensure that all conditions required by any external funding gained
  2. Assist other village organisations gain external funds for their projects
  3. Liaise with the School and the perch & Pike, in order to gain their support for Parish Council initiatives and to understand where the Parish Council can assist them
  4. Manage the interface with the Village Hall & Recreation Ground Charity (Amenities Committee) and act as the Parish Council’s representative on the committee
  5. Produce an external funding strategy with the aim of significantly augmenting the precept as a source of investment funds

Open Clerk Position

E-mail:  clerk@southstoke.org.uk

Responsibilities:

  1. Make recommendations on annual external income budget
  2. Administration
  3. Finance
  4. Maintain Parish records

Roy McMillan, Chairman & Councillor

R McMillan
Tel:  01491 873202
E-mail:  roy@rmcmillan.com

Responsibilities:

  1. Liaise with local organisations and businesses including the Church, in order to gain their support for Parish Council initiatives and to understand where the Parish Council can assist them
  2. Review all planning applications affecting the parish and co-ordinate the Parish Council’s response to South Oxfordshire District Council
  3. Ensure appropriate response to request for consultation, action or support from external agencies and higher government
  4. Responsible for Parish Council action relating to:
     a) Bus service, bus shelters & bus-stops
    b)  Police, Crime prevention & Neighbourhood Watch
    c)  Litter and dog waste bins
  5. Highways, Pavements, Storm water drainage & Road safety
  6. Liaise with other local Parish Councils where a joint approach to common issues might be beneficial

Andrew Scrivener, Councillor

A Scrivener

Tel:  07775 565572
E-mail:  a.scrivener@aarrkk.co.uk

Responsibilities:

  1. Health matters
  2. Wildlife matters
  3. Manage the SS quarry site/plantation
  4. Manage relationship with Network Rail
  5. Liaise with land-owners and tenant farmers of open spaces and fields in the Parish
  6. Responsible for Parish Council action relating to:
    a) Countryside & Footpaths including Rights of Way
    b) Riverbank & slipway matters
    c) Ridgeway matters
    d) Tree conservation

Bryan Urbick, Vice Chairman & Councillor

B.Urbick

Tel:  01491 871 055
E-mail:  b.urbick@consumer-knowledge.com

Responsibilities:

  1. Manage the PC's finance (and finance systems), Assets and contracts
  2. Establish a maintenance strategy for the assets managed by the PC
  3. Make recommendations on the annual PC maintenance cost budget
  4. Manage contractors and volunteers to get best value in routine and exceptional maintenance duties in accordance with the maintenance strategy
  5. Edit the Parish Newsletter and maintain contact database of Parishioners
  6. Manage and maintain the Parish website

John Verrill, Councillor

J Verrill

Tel:  07881 820505
E-mail:  verrilljrv@aol.com

Responsibilities:

  1. Act as the PC’s point of contact on the various project committees appointed by the PC
  2. Assist the committees to resolve issues and make appropriate progress
  3. Ensure appropriate liaison with budget setting, risk management, external funding, and ongoing maintenance requirements
  4. Review and development of the village plan and drive this forward for the medium and long term benefit of parishioners
  5. Undertake a review of the title and use of land owned or used in common by the parish
  6. Manage the acquisition of new parcels of land or rights as proposed by the PC