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WYRE FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 2008/09
COUNCILLOR: P B Harrison
WARD: Greenhill
Activities
As a Ward councillor, my main activities have been aimed at providing a service to the residents of Greenhill Ward by keeping them informed about local issues and responding to their complaints and enquiries. Much of this work is based around the delivery of the Greenhill Ward Councillors' ‘Focus' newsletter.
Ward councillors are invited by the Community Housing Group, the main social housing partner of the Council, to attend the meetings of the Tenant Consultative Committees which involve their wards, and I have attended meetings of the Greenhill Tenant Consultative Committee (TCC), and Aggborough and Spennells Tenant Consultative Committee (TCC).
West Mercia Police invite councillors to attend ‘Partners and Communities Together' and I have attended meetings of the Greenhill Ward ‘Partners and Communities Together' (PACT).
I am an LEA appointed member of, and have attended meetings of, the Offmore Primary School Governors.
As a Wyre Forest District Councillor representing a Kidderminster ward, I am a member of the Charter Trustees of the Town of Kidderminster. I have attended meetings of this body, including robed public meetings in support of the Town Mayor, such as:
• Mayor Making
• Mayor's Sunday
• Remembrance Sunday
• The Mercian Regiment Freedom Parade.
Council Activities
Audit Committee
Planning (Development Control) Committee
Licensing and Environmental Committee
Annual Report as a representative on an
Outside Organisation – 2008/09
Horsefair, Broadwaters and Greenhill Partnership
I have attended all four meetings of the Assembly and all four meetings of the Board.
The HBGP exists to improve the quality of life in the Broadwaters and Greenhill Wards, and its aims include supporting the Local Strategic Partnership in reducing crime and disorder throughout this area.
HBGP successes include the installation of a CCTV camera in the Horsefair, and the setting up of the Friends of St Georges Park. A second community fun day was organised in St Georges Park this year, and three Clean Up days, and the Greenhill clean up day found me picking up litter, with many other volunteers, from Anchorfields to Chester Road North, Kidderminster.
My £1,000 Community Leadership Fund was granted, in its entirety, to the Friends of St Georges Park towards their outdoor exercise equipment for adults.
Carpet Museum Trust
I have attended both meetings of the board of the Carpet Museum Trust.
The CMT exists to create a Carpet Museum in Kidderminster, and has gathered much information on the history of carpet manufacturing and with it working life in Kidderminster and the surrounding area. The project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Morrisons.
Kidderminster Town Centre Partnership
I have attended two of four meetings of the Town Centre Partnership, which is the interface between the Council and the retailers who trade there. It's in everyone's interest that the Town Centre thrives, and the Council works with the traders to promote the town.
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