The first County Council meeting of this new council took place last Tuesday. As usual it was full of procedural stuff and coincidentally offered little opportunity for councillors to provide an input. Coincidentally because there were no Cabinet meetings between this meeting and the previous council meeting and there is no provision in the Constitution for motions or written or oral questions. That’s unfortunate because the meeting did take up the valuable time of Officers (senior and otherwise) and Members. Read the rest of this entry.
All councillors’ expenses now on-line
The County Council has now posted a spreadsheet of all councillors’ 2007/08 expenses. It shows their allowances and their expenses. Click here for access. For my 2008/09 expenses click on expenses in the What’s Inside box on the left.