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Notes:
Section 1: Ward Activities (including Surgeries)
I rejoined Wyre Forest District Council in December 2009, after a break of two years, seven months, as a result of victory in an Areley Kings Ward by-election. During my absence, I was able to retain a foothold in public life as a Stourport Town Councillor. This account includes activities undertaken in both roles in the municipal year 2009/10.
On February 24th 2010, at the first meeting of Full Council since my election, I was appointed to serve on the Community and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee and the Audit Committee. Also, I am a member of the Local Development Framework working party, on which I served as a Town Council co-optee until December.
During the municipal year, the major policy issues in which I have participated include the zoning of land for future development, waste disposal, the future of Environmental Health and Licensing service delivery, allotments legislation and matters relating to Stourport town centre.
In Areley Kings, a newsletter produced four times per year, (excluding elections), kept residents aware of my activities, opinions and contact details. Local issues successfully taken up included street lighting improvements, highways drainage repairs, graffiti removal and heating grants. Litter- clearance, grass-cutting and pothole-repair requests were made frequently.
During the year, I continued my involvement with a number of community activities in Areley Kings. I attended all Partner and Communities Together (PACT) meetings, including the three Junior PACT meetings in which pupils from St Bartholomew's CE Primary School took part. PACT tasks entrusted to me were as varied as researching EU legislation and gathering information on dangerous dogs. I joined the Governing Body of St Bartholomew's and now serve as Chairman of the Achievements and Standards Sub-Committee and on the Finance Sub-Committee. Much of my early efforts as a governor have been directed at improving the way governors conduct business; my experience as a Councillor has been helpful in this regard.
I continued to be a trustee of Areley Kings Village Hall, with management responsibility for administration. I attended every meeting of the Walshes Tenants Consultative Committee and look forward to working with members of the committee in the upcoming Area of Greatest Need initiative which will target the Walshes Estate.
Section 2: Council Meetings.
Council, Audit Committee and Community & Regeneration Committee.
Section 3: Achievements
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Section 4: Special Knowledge
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Section 5: Attendance Percentage for 2009/10
80%.
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