Friday 3 October 2008

Resources Committee

A packed agenda last night, important issues, but not ones that necessarily excite: Pensions, the Council's Medium Term Financial Strategy and the distribution of papers to Councillors.

The most important issue on the agenda, although not the most controversial was the Council"s objectives for the comming municipal year. Rather than a whole list of deliverables I was pleased to see we were focussing on three big issues - Recycling, implementing our new Planning Core Strategy and meeting residents' housing needs.

A clear focus on key deliverables while running and efficent operation will ensure that we deliver our aims to provide high quality services while keeping council tax at the lowest level possible despite our very very low (and very unfair) government grant.