City Council Meetings 25 October 2010

Monday evening saw the October set of council meetings. The various agendas for the meetings can be found here. We got into the farcical situation where we were discussing consulting with council tenants on proposed rent rises and the Administration refused to allow my colleague George Regan proposal to consult on lower rises than the ones proposed especially a zero increase. Bear in mind we were not necessarily advocating a zero rise merely that tenants should be given the information to see what the implications would be. This was ruled out by a combination of officers and members of the administration with it being very unclear which of these two groups was taking the lead.

The Leisure, Arts and Communities Committee looked at proposals for new ways of organising Community Councils. At long last this report went through and elections will take place soon to Community Councils. I think those who serve on Community Councils deserve our thanks. I hope that there are many people willing to serve on Community Councils in the city, I especially look forward to continuing to work with the West End Community Council.