I am so pleased that we are able to make real progress at Town Council meetings these days. Last night we dealt with quite a lot of business and did so without any bickering or point scoring that had been a trade mark of the old council.
Two of the positives to come out of the meeting were moves to encourage the formation of a Youth Council and to set up an independent group to organise a Music Festival next year. Our Town Council budget is tight but I do hope that when the time arrives we may be able to make some financial contribution to both.
On more mundane matters we also agreed to try and get the 'finger post' direction signs sorted out - at the moment they point all over the place - and to try and persuade the County Council to improve the signs to our car parks. We also agreed to try and get the Joules clock moved so that we could get it working again. It's the only public clock in town and hasn't worked for years.
We had support on every item from the Conservative group and finished all business by 9.10 p.m. We are definitely into new territory!
