At the Occold Parish Council Meeting last night the Council approved and welcomed Cllr Andrew Duggett to fill the vacancy left after the last elections in 2019.
Andrew and his wife moved to Occold in 2013 after living in Ipswich since 2002 and Billericay before that since 1983 where they were both heavily involved in the Residents Association.
The main reason they decided to move house was a desire for a more rural way and pace of life as Ipswich was becoming very busy. After looking at properties in several villages across Suffolk they decided on Occold.
Whilst working there was little time to get involved in village matters but as he retired earlier this year, after 42 years with HM Revenue and Customs working in Enforcement and Intelligence, he decided it was time to become more involved in our village and meet some new people.
He found the pre-Covid council meetings he attended interesting, everyone involved in the council has been friendly and welcoming, and this convinced him to volunteer to look after the website and change the SID battery!!.
Andrew has a keen interest in our village environment and would welcome the opportunity to devote some of his time and effort in working to maintain and hopefully improve village life.
Andrew will be a huge asset and the Council look forward to working with him.
Council still has a vacancy left by the passing of Brian Hull so please do consider it to bring the numbers up to strength.
Further information -
Occoldparishcouncil@gmail.com