Heath & Reach Parish Council is made up of nine elected councillors, a parish clerk, cemetery clerk. A Central Bedfordshire Councillor is usually in attendance at the monthly meetings. Councillors are elected to office every four years unless a vacancy arises and then the position is usually filled by co-option.

Heath & Reach Parish Council Members from 6th May 2011

Elected - Councillor Richard Beilby

Elected - Councillor Ian McCoulough

Elected - Councillor Richard Thyer

The following Councillors were co-opted to the Parish Council on Monday, 9th May 2011:

Councillor James Hoare

Councillor Anna Inns

Councillor John Oakley

Counicllor Mike Smith

The following Councillors were co-opted to the Parish Council on Monday, 7th November 2011

Cllr Terry Ellis

Cllr Dawn Fitzpatrick

Following the recent Central Bedfordshire elections the councillor elected to represent the village is Councillor Mark Versallion.

Administration Staff to the Council are:

Parish Clerk - Sara J Crann

Cemetery Clerk - Michele Redwood

Sports & Recreation Manager - John Gordon

Maintenance Contractors:

John Gordon & Martin Kirwin - Village Handymen

Mark Stasiuk - Groundsman

The Parish Council meets in the Village Barn on Eastern Way on the first Monday of the month with the exclusion of Bank Holidays when it is then held on the second Monday. The council do not meet in August. All meetings are open to the public and there is a Public Forum at the start of each meeting for members of the public to raise their questions to the council. All meetings start promptly at 7.30pm - so pop along and see what the council gets up to.