Town Councillors are always willing to meet residents in person to discuss local issues and will be pleased to arrange appointments at mutually convenient dates and times. Get in touch with the Town Clerk if you want to arrange a meeting.
Anyone who lives in the Clare area or who runs a business or local organisation in the town can raise a question in the public forum at the start of any formal council meeting. This can be done in person or you can submit the question in writing/ by email to clerk@clare-suffolk.co.uk (or use the form below) at least seven days before the meeting.
Where a question has been raised at any meeting the Chairman or appropriate Committee Chair will reply. Where an immediate response is not possible, the council will provide a written reply as soon as reasonably possible after the question has been raised.
Town Council Meetings normally start at 7pm. At the meeting you or your representative will read out your question and the Chairman or appropriate Committee Chair will reply. You are also able to ask one further question relating to the original question/answer.
If you (or your representative) cannot come to the meeting, a reply to your question will be given and a copy of the reply sent to you soon after the meeting. A list of questions to be answered at a Town Council meeting will be circulated to all councillors and copies will be available at the meeting.
WRITTEN REPLIES TO QUESTIONS
When it is not possible to answer all the questions placed in front of the Town Council, you will receive a written answer to your question shortly after the meeting. We do not pretend to have all the answers on all local issues, but we are always willing to listen and learn.