The biggest winners at last night’s Surrey Heath Borough Council annual meeting were some proud families, sitting in a packed chamber.
Those proud and happy families were of our:
- New Alderman and past mayor, Derek Franklin
- Retiring mayor, Cllr Alan Whittart, and wife Jan, who were thanked for their service in a number of speeches
- New mayor, Cllr Craig Fennell, and partner Penny, with good wishes for his mayoral year
- New Deputy Mayor, Cllr John May
At the reception, after the mayor making ceremonials, our new Mayor announced his choice of charities for the year, choosing to support the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice and Macmillan Nurses, along with a number of smaller local charities.
In other business of the evening, appointments to the various council committees were confirmed.
Should you want to know of my roles for the next council year I’m delighted to report that I’ll be; vice chairman of the Leisure and Environment Scrutiny Committee, and a member of the Standards and Policy and Audit Committees. and, yet to be confirmed, the council representative on the Fairoaks Airport Consultative Committee and Lightwater Playing Field Management Committee.
Another exciting, stimulating, interesting, and enjoyable year ahead.
