Helmsley Town Council has 7 Councillors. They are usually elected for four years, 2022 was for a five-year term with the creation of the North Yorkshire Council - the unitary council.

Council Meetings are usually held on the third Monday of every month in the North York Moors National Park Committee Room at The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley. Link to Meetings Calendar. For meeting documents please see the Council Meetings box on the home page.

For further information relating to the services offered by the Town Council please contact the Clerk to Helmsley Town Council Victoria Ellis.

The Clerk is part-time, 24 hours Monday to Thursday. She works some of the time in the North Yorks Moors National Park offices, The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley YO62 5BP. She is available to meet by appointment.

Telephone 01439 772572 - please do leave a message Email helmsleytc@gmail.com Website www.helmsleytowncouncil.co.uk

Chairman Councillor Val Arnold 01439 770904
Vice Chairman Councillor Carol Swift 01439 771072
Councillor Steve Arnold 01439 770904
Councillor Jake Duncombe 01439 770213
Councillor Jonathan Fairburn 01439 771600
Councillor Ian Saggers 01439 771076
Councillor Tony Johnson - Email tonyjohnson44444@gmail.com

Council Roles - appointments are usually made each May at the Annual Meeting of the Town Council

• Staffing Committee. Councillors V Arnold, Swift and Duncombe.
• Staffing Working Group. Councillors V Arnold, Swift and Duncombe.
• S106 Field Working Group. Councillors Johnson and Fairburn.
• Yorkshire Local Council Associations– 2 voting reps. Councillor V Arnold & the clerk.
• Helmsley Town Hall Trustee to represent Helmsley Town Council. Councillor S Arnold.
• Planning Leads – 3 councillors to brief council on each planning application on agenda. Councillors Swift, Duncombe and Johnson.
• Planning Policy Leads. Councillors Swift, Johnson and Saggers.
• Helmsley Highways, Transport & Streetscene Leads. To liaise with North Yorkshire Council & NYMNPA (officers/NYC Cllr Jabbour). Councillors Saggers and Johnson.
• HTC Information Kiosk – Management- weekly checks and tidy up. Councillor Swift.
• HTC Cemetery Bin Management – fortnightly. Councillor Johnson.
• HTC Defibrillators – monthly inspections. Councillor Arnold.
• HTC Benches (those owned by HTC only) Inspection & Report. Councillor S Arnold.
• Ryedale Five Towns. Councillor V Arnold and the clerk.
• Vehicle Activated Signs. Councillor Fairburn.
• Christmas Lights. Councillors Swift and S Arnold.

Each councillor's Register of Interests is now shown under their name - please click on this link to the Helmsley Town Council page on the North Yorkshire Council website.

From the 3rd June 2024 the North Yorkshire Council Democratic Services contact email for any query concerning Register of Interests or other Parish/Town Council information on the North Yorkshire Council website will be: democraticservices.east@northyorks.gov.uk

The quickest and easiest way to find agendas and minutes for a particular meeting is to view our Council Meetings Calendar (the box on the left of the home page). You will find all the papers associated with each meeting linked to the calendar entry. Agendas are published 3 'clear' days before a meeting, usually on a Tuesday afternoon. Many of the meeting documents will be added before that, as they are completed.

All of our documents are stored in our document management system (DMS) where you can also view our agendas and minutes and other documents. You can set the filter to select documents of interest or choose by tag, date order etc.

Policies and procedures are in Documents, as are Standing Orders and Financial Regulations.

North Yorkshire Council
Councillor George Jabbour
Email cllr.george.jabbour@northyorks.gov.uk
Tel Mobile 07958 790722

Elected May 2022. Next election due May 2027.

Member of Parliament
Ryedale Constituency Kevin Hollinrake MP
Constituency Office
9 Hanover House
Market Place
York YO61 3AD
Tel 01347 666880

Email kevin.hollinrake.mp@parliament.uk

The next election for the whole council is in May 2027.

North Yorkshire Council Elections and Voting

NALC Make a Change Become a Councillor

See Documents on this website and the Yorkshire Local Councils Association website.