Sorry for the lack of posts over the past 11 days- I have been away. A much needed post election break.
Still catching up with whats gone on locally, but Oxted and Hurst Green seems very much unchanged!
We have Annual Council on Thursday, which is mostly a formality involving the election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman for the year. However it also involves the adoption of a committee structure and the election of committee members for the forthcoming year and the appointment of Councillors to outside bodies on which the Council is represented - I for instance currently sit on the Executive Committee of the Hurst Green Community Association in addition to TDC's Housing and Planning and Environment Committees.
Most importantly, it includes the Annual Policy Statement - a sort of State of the Union Address by the Leader - and the Liberal Democrat leader's response. These speeches can set the tone for the forthcoming year.
