Phew! A busy two days.
Life is never boring as a councillor. And there are times when you wonder whether you have time to take breath!
Take the last two days for example. On Tuesday morning I was in Stafford to sit on the appointments panel tasked with the job of selecting the new Chief Executive for the Borough Council. The meeting had been underway about an hour and a half when the Chair, Cllr. Judith Dalgarno, announced that the process was to be suspended. The Borough Council was negotiating with Cannock Chase District Council about the possibility of sharing ‘back office’ facilities (a euphemism for job cuts?) and possibly sharing a Chief Executive. I’ll be writing again about this in a lot more detail when I have a few quiet moments.
Then in the evening it was down to the Town Council chamber for two sub committee meetings. We are fast approaching ‘Budget Day’ when the Town Council fixes it’s precept, so these meetings enable sub committees to put in a bid for budgets for next year’ projects.
Then on Wednesday meeting I was off up to the Potteries for a piece of private business and then straight back to Bromfield Court where Age Concern put on a New Year Thank You party for those of us who volunteer throughout the year. Then down to town for a meeting of the Anti-Social Behaviour Group - again I’ll try to post a more detailed item about this meeting later. Then straight down to Stafford for an adjourned hearing of a case before the Public Appeals Committee of the Borough Council.
Then it was up to Stone again for more two more evening sub committee meetings to deal with next year’s budget. There will be a meeting of Committee chairmen next week to finalise the whole budget and then it will be placed before the full council in a couple of weeks time.
No wonder I was ready for a pint in Granvilles afterwards! And no wonder I’ve overslept this morning!
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