Tonight I attended the Annual Meeting of Sutton Parish Council (not to be confused with the Annual Meeting of the Electorate, which is on Thursday at 7:00pm at The Glebe), at which the Chair and Vice Chair were re-elected, and the membership of the parish council’s various committees and representatives to various bodies was confirmed.  A number of financial and planning issues were also discussed.  Monthly parish council updates are published here after each meeting.

The parish council agenda always includes a slot for a report from the local district councillors.  I reported on Cllr Read’s leave of absence from the district council, the reorganisation of the district council’s committees, the district council ruling group’s priorities for the year, the under-provision of affordable housing in the district, and the proposed dates for my Meet Your Councillor surgery events.  (More on these last two in due course).

There was also an interesting presentation about the Ely Food Bank, and whether and how the parish council could help facilitate this in Sutton.

The next meeting of the parish council is on 24 June.