Annual Council last night went smoothly.
Cllr Tony Elias was elected as Chairman for the year and Cllr Glynis Whittle as Vice-Chair.
Although the number of Committees remain unchanged, their size was reduced in order to see whether smaller committees make for better decision making. I remain on the Planning and Environment Committee but have left Housing and and instead will be sitting on the Resources Committee.
Gordon Keymer, in his annual policy statement, suggested that after 8 yeears of Conservative control we were now shifting our focus. We have achived a well run and efficient council that has managed to keep frontline services intact despite the Government's poor funding settlement. It is now necessary to build on that and deliver even better front line services. Given the renewed resident interest in these areas, Planning and Waste Management will be particularly important in the comming year.
