First Annual Parish Meeting.

Last night I went to Great Waldingfield’s Annual Meeting, which was held in the School, rather than the village hall due to ongoing repair work. This was my first Annual Meeting as a District Councillor, and I had to give my first annual report!

Unfortunately due to persistent computer glitches, (which, cross-fingers, have now been resolved after lengthy discussions with charming computer people in Madras) I have been unable to access Babergh’s server. This meant that I was not in a position to regale the assembled company with a recitation of Babergh’s achievements over the past year (to help Councillors out on occasions such as this the Officers kindly provide us with a list.)

Instead I gave a more personal view of the year, tailor made for Great Waldingfield. I hope that this was interesting for those present. It is an approach which I think I will continue to adopt in future as far as possible. Most of the topics I talked about have already appeared on the blog. However, when thinking about the report, I was struck by the thought, how unique Waldingfield Ward is, due to the fact that the area is so close to the edge of a town. Still essentially rural, the area suffers disproportionately from the threat of over-development, traffic and other pollution, rubbish and fly-tipping.

This is not exactly an earth shattering conclusion, but nevertheless, as the new Council year starts in April, I should make a new year’s resolution to try to resolve rather than exacerbate these problems!