Councillor Information
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WYRE FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 2009/10
COUNCILLOR: Dixon Sheppard
WARD: Lickhill
Section 1: Ward Activities (including Surgeries)
I am an active member of the Lickhill and Mitton Partners and Communities Together (PACT) Panel plus the Stourport High School PACT which deals with numerous queries/complaints from local residents. I also answer similar questions over the telephone dealing with anything from increases in Housing Association service charges to vandalism on local allotments. I take a keen interest and serve on the Committee of Campaign Action Newtown (CAN) providing youth services as well as being the Council's representative on Stourport Social Day Centre Management Committee. I continue to campaign for dedicated coach parking spaces on the car parks below the Stourport Civic Centre to aid trade and tourism to the town / historic canal basins. I am also an active member of Stourport Town Centre Forum.
Section 2: Council Meetings
Community & Regeneration Scrutiny Committee, Council, Kidderminster Educational Foundation, Licensing & Environmental Committee, Miscellaneous Functions and Parking Review Panel.
Section 3: Achievements
Lickhill Primary School
I actively campaigned for the retention of this valued community school, recognising that the town needed both Stourport and Lickhill Primary schools to meet future educational needs and avoid local children being unable to attend local schools in the future.
I have also been very honoured to have been elected Deputy Mayor of Stourport and having the opportunity of meeting many new people both living in the town and wider Worcestershire.
Section 4: Special Knowledge
My working lifetime experience of Financial Services and Insurance has been useful at times together with my knowledge of the Wyre Forest District Council rural areas and Worcestershire in general, gained through walking and my active membership of the Ramblers.
Section 5: Attendance Percentage for 2009/10
84%.
Annual Report as a Representative on an Outside Organisation – 2009/10
Name of Outside Body: Stourport Social Day Centre
Meeting Commitment/Attended: There has been a meeting of the Trustees i.e. the Management Committee approximately every 6 weeks, plus the AGM and Sub Committees dealing with the constitution and insurance of the day centre.
Details of any topics of particular relevance to Wyre Forest District Council:
Both Wyre Forest District Council and the Stourport Town Clerk were able to provide valued assistance in the drafting of the new constitution. Wyre Forest District Council has also given practical advice on the continuing update of the kitchen.
Details of any significant decisions made:
Establishing the new constitution which set up a more compact Trustee / Management Committee leaving a separate committee to organise social events.
To centralise and computerise the Social Day Centre Accounts.
Details of any matters in progress:
Continued improvements to the kitchen.
Information on any allowances received undertaking this role:
I have not received any remuneration nor claimed any expenses for my services to the Trustees.
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