Scrutineering once again
A new year it may well be, but the routine of being a Councillor doesn’t change with the date. Much as I love being a Councillor, and the fresh challenges it brings pretty much daily, there are certain things which come round with predictable regularity, and require attendance even if, like tonight, I’m not really in the mood.
It’s the first meeting of the Resource and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Commission tonight. I will let you know all about it tomorrow, because I don’t have the time to now. I am sat in the Lib Dem Group Room at the Town Hall typing this, and am due in the pre-meeting in thirty seconds.
Some may argue that the concept of a “pre-meeting” is symptomatic of everything that’s wrong with the over-bureaucratic world we live in. But it is actually pretty useful, and I get the impression is sometimes used by one or two members as the ideal opportunity to have a first glance at their papers.
I hope they allow eating in this pre-meeting though, or else I will pass out during the main meeting, and require some close scrutiny myself. Possibly with the inclusion of an intravenous drip.
Rick
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