Wednesday eve - We (Jim and Michelle) both sit on the Overview and Scrutiny commitee at Harrogate Borough Council. In order to make sure that this commitee is scrutinising matters that are relevant and important to Harrogate and its people, we attended a workshop with a number of representatives from various organisations in Harrogate (business, educational, charitable and voluntary) and undertook a mindmapping exercise to identify such issues. We really enjoyed meeting a wide range of people and listening to the issues that they're most concerned about such as, how the cuts in services are affecting vulnerable people, how to reinvigorate the high street and fill empty shops and setting up a community fund.
Thursday eve - We attended the July Harrogate Borough Council meeting. A hot topic up for debate tonight was onstreet parking charges and the changes to these proposed by North Yorkshire County Council. We also had a presentation on the council's plans to update waste collection and improve recycling - phase 1 will be rolled out in Summer 2012. Under the new scheme, it will cost the HBC approx £1.25 per week per household to collect waste and recycle paper, cardboard, glass, plastic bottles, cans and garden waste - in other words, good value for money for the whole service.
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