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.

Lloyd Harris and I together with our Liberal Democrat colleagues voted to support an amendment that would have reversed the cuts to charities and in fact increased the amount they currently receive, increased bus subsidy, remove the petty cut to stop providing bags for the Council’s dog waste bins and delivered a 3.8% Council Tax increase. Read the rest of this entry »