Cllr Lloyd Harris

Highfield Cllrs Brenda Link and Lloyd Harris will hold an advice surgery on Sat 21st June at Highfield Community Centre, Bellgate, Fletcher Way from 10am-noon.

Tonight I attended a committee of the council and spoke out against the closure of Post Offices across Dacorum including the Heights in Highfield.
My fellow Councillor Brenda Link has an article on her site on the campaign to save the Heights. http://brendalink.mycouncillor.org.uk/
The whole committee agreed to get Dacorum Council to write in objection to the closure of all the five threatened Post Offices.

Last Night at Full Council I took the opportunity to condemn the Council’s plan to drastically cut bedding plants and hanging baskets. All hanging baskets will be removed from neighbourhood shopping centres including those in Highfield next year.

4/00978/08/FUL TWO DWELLINGS GARAGE COURT ADJ. 7, MALVERN WAY, HP2 5RB for HIGHTOWN PRAETORIAN & CHURCHES HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD (comments by 10th JUNE)
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=1497&ID=4/00978/08/FUL 

4/00794/08/FUL CONVERSION OF DWELLING TO FORM THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 9 SATURN WAY, HP2 5NY (comments now closed)
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=1497&ID=4/00794/08/FUL
4/00797/08/FUL CONVERSION OF DWELLING TO FORM THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 21 SATURN WAY, HP2 5NY (comments now closed)
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=1497&ID=4/00797/08/FUL

As borough councillors for Highfield between them Cllrs Lloyd Harris & Brenda Link get £4000 a year to spend for the benefit of Highfield ward during a council year (1st April to 31st March).

As a special one off unspent money form the last council year has been rolled over to this year (beginning on 1st April 2008) so between them they have £8000 to spend on good causes.

At a public meeting on 15th March, representatives from St Paul’s Church, Knee High Club, Indoor Bowls Club, Community Centre, SOCA (Carnival Club) and Thumpers Residents Assoc were received. Money is still available for other causes, so if you have any suggestions to how this money should be allocated, please email the councillors direct.

On 27th February, the Dacorum Council members debated the budget.   I voted for a 3.8% Council Tax increase but the Conservatives used their majority to impose a 4.5% increase.
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At the full council meeting the Conservative Administration denied that the budget process for the coming year was delayed but admitted that the first chance opposition members would have to see it will be in February.
Cllr Denise Rance, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group and Official Opposition, questioned the Leader of the Council who could not bring himself to admit that scrutiny of the budget had been removed from all committee meetings in the autumn, and often with little notice.
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