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Bury Council
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Meeting Reports, Bury Council
Full Council 25 June 2008
Last night was the Full Council meeting of Bury Council, this is one of the six meetings in the year where all 51 councillors meet to consider important business.
Two issues dominated the meeting:
Questions at Council Meetings
The Conservative Group took control of Bury Council at the elections in May. They proposed a number of changes […] -
Meeting Reports, Bury Council, Education
Executive Committee 11 June 2008
Last night was the regular meeting of the Council’s Executive Committee. This is made up of nine members of the majority Conservative Group on the Council, myself and the Leader of the Labour Group attend as non-voting members.
The decisions reached were as follows:
Local Area Agreement
The final submission to Government on the targets for Bury’s […] -
Meeting Reports, Bury Council
Democratic Arrangements Forum
Monday night was a meeting of the Democratic Arrangements Forum, this is the group that brings together representatives of the three parties on the Council, together with the independent Chair of the Standards Committee. As the majority ruling group on the Council, the Conservatives have a majority on this (and all other) Committees.
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Bury Council, Local Services
Prestwich Cash Office
A number of local people will have noticed the signs that have been put up at the “Cash Office” at the Library announcing its closure. We have been assured that these have been put up in error (!) and the office is not closing at the present time.
Prestwich Councillors all met with Mike Owen, […] -
Meeting Reports, Bury Council
Annual Council and Mayor Making
Yesterday was the “Annual Council” meeting of Bury MBC attended by all 51 councillors - including the 17 that were elected or re-elected on 1st May 2008.
Annual Council is in two parts - a civic “Mayor Making” and the Annual Meeting itself. At Mayor Making councillors elected Cllr Peter Ashworth to serve as the […] -
Meeting Reports, Bury Council, Lib Dems
Bury Lib Dems AGM
Last night was the Annual General Meeting of the Liberal Democrat Group on Bury Council. As we’re now up to 9 councillors, it was the largest AGM ever! The Councillors agreed a range of appointments and nominations to committees, working groups and outside bodies which will be proposed to the Annual Meeting of the Council […]
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Bury Council
New Councillors Induction
Last night I had the honour of accompanying the newest member of the Liberal Democrat Group Councillor Mary D’Albert to the new Councillor’s induction at Bury Town Hall.
Mary will make an excellent Councillor for the St Mary’s ward of Prestwich, joining our existing team there of Donal O’Hanlon and Richard Baum. Mary is the […] -
Bury Council, Lib Dems, News
Lib Dems Move Forward in Prestwich
Liberal Democrats now hold all 9 council seats in Prestwich!
Here’s our new team of Councillors in St Mary’s Ward - Donal O’Hanlon, Mary D’Albert and Richard Baum…… Labour MP Ivan Lewis sneaks past behind.Lib Dem Councillors elected last night Mary D’Albert, Vic D’Albert and Ann Garner with some of their group colleagues Steve Wright, Wilf […]
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Meeting Reports, Bury Council
Special Council Meeting
Last night I attended a special meeting of Bury Council. The meeting was to agree the “question” to be put to voters in the Mayoral Referendum on 3 July 2008.
Unlike normal meetings of the full Council, which tend to go on till 10pm, the meeting was very short with only one agenda item. Councillors […] -
Meeting Reports, Bury Council
Joint Consultative Committee
Last night was a meeting of Bury Council’s Joint Consultative Committee with its staff trades unions. This is an important meeting that brings together representatives of the various Trade Unions which Bury’s employees are members of, with elected Councillors.
There were a number of issues to report.
Equality and Diversity
The Council is doing well having achieved […]
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