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Notes:
ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 2010/11
Ward Activities this year, including outside bodies:
I have only missed one PACT (Partners and Communities Together) meeting due to a Mayoral appointment. Problems from ward members for example, parking, speeding, dog fouling are discussed and acted upon. Police, politicians and members of the public take part. There are six meetings per year.
I am one of the Council's representatives on the Carpet Museum Trust. All our meetings are geared towards building and opening a Carpet Museum around 2013 or so.
I am a member of the Kidderminster Educational Foundation which distribute grants to organisations with an education background. Many local schools, sports groups, religious groups and recreation groups have benefitted from this fund. Due to the present financial climate, our funds only allow requests up to £1,000.
I am at this time Chairman of the Sports and Leisure Centre Review Panel looking into the future of our leisure centres. This scrutiny panel is in its early days and as yet no recommendations have been made.
I am a member of the Community and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee. Due to a Mayoral appointment I have missed a meeting but in the meetings I have attended, I have made an active contribution,
I am Chairman of the Licensing and Environmental Committee. Any public house premises that need an extension of hours or a change in their operation of how they run their premises need to put their new application to the Licensing Committee. If someone wishes to become a taxi driver and has a conviction , he/she has to appear before the Committee to see if he/she is a fit and proper person to drive a taxi. The activities of this Committee are many and varied and they now come under the auspices of the Worcestershire Regulatory Services.
I do not do surgeries, I do home visits. I find this a far better way to find out what assistance ward members require from me.
I am a member of the Conservative Group on Wyre Forest District Council which is the current administration under the Leadership of John-Paul Campion. I am the Leader of the Conservative Group on the Charter Trustees and also Chairman of Franche Ward Conservative Committee which meets monthly. We produce six leaflets per year which we distribute around our ward. This is our way of keeping ward members fully informed of our activities and to also get them involved.
Highlights:
Franche has had some pavements re-tarmaced in Marlpool Lane and Anne Hingley, Daniel McCann and myself spent many hours lobbying the Highways Department to undertake this work.
We now have a Lengthsman working hard in the ward and the fruits of his labour are already showing. I think he will improve things a great deal around the ward
Some new street lighting has also been installed around the ward. This has proved to be very popular with the residents and has enhanced the ward's facilities.
Special Knowledge:
I am now in my seventh year as a councillor and I have collected a lot of experience and knowledge along the way. My seventeen years as a Magistrate; twelve of those years as a Licensing Magistrate have given me a great deal of knowledge in my time as a member of the Licensing Committee.
I think I am a good communicator and my time with many local organisations has given me an insight into the workings and ways of Kidderminster and the Wyre Forest.
I was a Director of Kidderminster Harriers FC for 21 years and I am the club's senior life member. This association has been very good for me as I have been at the centre of the way the club has been run over the years – the ups and downs, the successes and the failures.
I believe this has made me the right type of person to be a good Ward Councillor.
My attendance at meetings is 96%. It would hopefully have been 100% if my Mayoral duties had not clashed with meeting dates.
Attendance Percentage for 2010/11
94% (subject to the Sports & Leisure Centre Review Panel meeting to be held on 17th May 2011).
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