From our local County Councillor
October started on County Council duty with a meeting of the Neigbourhood
Panel, held at Burwell Village College. Problems regarding parking outside
Bottisham Village College, and ASB associated with the Bottisham Village
College site out of hours. These issues will be taken up with the relevant
authorities. The Highways Policy Review Group met twice in October and looked
at the winter gritting arrangements and member comments on the policy in
general. This will result in a paper going to cabinet shortly.
Full County Council met on19 October. Various motions were debated including motions about:
- the County Council PR budget, which Council felt should be dealt with through the budgetary process;
- moves to GP consortia and the NHS white paper, where Council accepted the need for close scrutiny;
- schools moving to academy status, wher Council felt that following recent Government annoucements about the Pupil Premium, schools need good information to help them decide whether academy status is right for the individual school.
As reported last month I have been asked by the Leader of the Council to act as Cabinet Assistant to help and advise the cabinet members looking after issues surrounding children and young people. Much of that work surrounds budget discussions and I have attended two meetings in October to look at ideas for budget savings. There is still some way to go for that work.