A fairly average morning
I have been occupied with a variety of things this morning, none of which are hugely exciting, but all of which combine to fill up this blog. Which is handy.
Firstly, I have spent some time preparing for tomorrow’s meeting of the Resource and Performance Scrutiny commission. The most interesting part of the agenda relates to Local Area Partnerships, a review of which will be discussed tomorrow. The report is one of the most frustrating I’ve ever read (and that’s saying something, given that most Council reports make my eyes bleed). Its relentlessly cheery tone is at odds with some of the real and obvious problems that LAPs face such as very little real engagement with partners, and even less money. And the report is completely lacking in quite a lot of detail. So there’ll be some digging to do tomorrow night, and probably a moan about the results of that digging on here on Friday.
I have also heard some news this morning on the ongoing saga of the St Ann’s Road garden tenancies. This was already a decades old dispute when it reared its head least year, so unsurprisingly it’s not been resolved quickly. I heard today though that some new concessions from the council have been presented to the residents, so we’ll see what they think about that.
This evening I am meeting the Prestwich Area Manager to talk about the Local Community Plan. There have been some good achievements so far and it’s important to keep the pressure on and make sure that these aren’t isolated successes.
Rick
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