Cllr. Gavin Ayling

At this evening’s Council meeting we confirmed the make-up of the Committees for this year.

This year will likely be one of major change with the results of a consultant’s report into the sharing of services (and the associated costs) with the neighbouring Borough of Worthing. If that was to go ahead it seems almost inevitable that we will change to a cabinet and leader system in place of our, much-loved, committee system.

This evening’s agreement has not yet been updated on the Adur site (well, let’s give them a chance!) but when it is will appear here: Councillor’s by Committee.

I am pleased that I am now going to be a member of the Policy and Strategy Committee (PSC) and will now be Vice-Chair of Housing and Central Services (HCSC). I have been a member of HCSC since the election last May so it will be fascinating to see how the chairmanship works and I am genuinely excited about this.

I have not attended a Policy and Strategy Committee meeting before, so that will be entirely uncharted territory. I hope you will join me as I learn about this and report what I learn here.

Of course, if you live in Adur (or even if you don’t, actually) it would be really great if you could come along to a meeting and see your local democracy in action. It is always depressing to hear “I voted for the Tories because I don’t like John Prescott” or similar. If you come along, you can see what your voting for and, at the same time, understand why decisions are made (hopefully).