District Council Committees

When you become an elected member of the council, your party is allocated a number of seats on different committees. I've been 'lucky' enough to have been asked which committees I had a preference to. I've chosen development, licensing and investment.  Why did I chose these particular committees? Firstly, there's development. Everyone, residents and councillors, have a keen interest in this one. There's certainly a lot of changes in our district in terms of development and I felt I wanted to be in a position to keep a close eye on things coming before committee. Some hard decisions will be made but I'm hoping I can keep my ward members updated quickly on anything that 'stands out' Next the is licensing. This is anything from taxi licensing, kennels and pubs/clubs. There may be others but as yet I'm not sure of all the details. As Rayleigh seems to be drawing a crowd on the weekends, both taxi and pubs need to be watched. Watch this space... Investment - this is were the council makes investments for its portfolio. Not really sure what will come up in this one but I'm hoping with my business experience that I can make a valuable contribution.