Also on Wednesday evening was a meeting that I caught the tail end of inHayfield, that had been set up by Tom Levitt MP, for constituents who hadcontacted him with regards to the MP's expenses. The meeting which was attended by just under 20 people had received apresentation from Tom around the set up and […]
Wednesday evening and instead of settling in for the match it was off to Chinley, for some training aimed at members of the audit and regulatory committee around scrutinizing the council's annual account's when they have been finished by the auditors later this year.As in previous years the training was done by the council's treasurer […]
Thursday evening saw a meeting in New Mills of people from across the High Peak who currently attend meetings of what used by the tenants panel but are now tenant action zone meetings. The meeting had been called due to concerns from a variety of people who attended the meetings that they weren't working as […]
In the post about last week's Mind Week, I mentioned the early day motion that was been put forward by MIND to highlight a number of the issues around mental health that the campaign was aiming to raise. Following use of the suggested letter, this early day motion has now been signed by local MP […]
Tonight (Tuesday) sees a meeting of the council's executive committee, which amongst other items will be considering reports on the allocation of executive portfolios along with allocating places to outside bodies. Thursday evening will see a meeting in New Mills looking at changes to the current structure of tenant forums, and whether to abandon the […]
Tuesday evening saw the first meeting in the new council year of the environment and social inclusion select committees. The main bulk of the business was electing the chairs / vice chairs for the year a process that we went through fairly quickly as opposed to the more lengthy process that had apparently been gone […]
A local resident has flagged the issue of whether in the current climate there are too many taxi (hackney carriage) licences been issued locally. Now whilst you may not think this is not too much of a problem, the issue raised with me ranged from a heightened crash risk as drivers rush to be able […]
Wednesday evening saw a meeting of the governors at St Margaret's School. The main topic under consideration was what the arrangements will be whenthe bishop of Nottingham visit's the school on the 24th June to helpcelebrate the 40th Anniversary of the school. The bulk of the visit will be taken up with a special assembly […]
It was great to see the large crowds in Glossop on Saturday for the homecoming parade which had been organised by the council to celebrate the success of Glossop North End in getting to Wembley. Even better (especially I expect for the team on the open top bus) was the weather that despite the prospect […]
Just a reminder that this coming Monday is the second of May's bank holiday's and buses will be running to more or less a Sunday service. To check times or get further details please ring travel line on 0871 200 2233 or goto www.Derbyshire.gov.Uk and click on public transport. Also please note that once again […]