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Thursday's Isleworth & Brentford Area Committee meeting

Isleworth & Brentford Area Committee meeting Thursday, 3 February 2005 7:00 pm, ***NOTE: 7PM START TIME***, Isleworth and Brentford Area Committee (Monitoring)at the Brentford Free Church Hall, Boston Manor Road.Any support for your local Committee?  Time to get involved?

Jim Lawes ● 7413d13 Comments

The minutes are still not available for this meeting, and the clerk to this committee doesn't appear to have an e-mail contact address.

Sarah Felstead ● 7371d

Sarah All those smiles - phew! Thanks.

Gareth Evans ● 7410d

See you there..unless I get waylaid.

Jim Lawes ● 7411d

Gareth, if you wander back to the pavement postings, tomorrow probably, I will try and summarise why I am referring to the Cllrs.  I would be happy to take your advice, or anyone else’s.

Sarah Felstead ● 7411d

Gareth - puh-leese!  would I shoot flames at you!  I normally send you smilies.  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  I absolutely love your detailed postings, and as far as this one goes, I have no idea how any of it works, old chap!

Sarah Felstead ● 7411d

Sarah Don't shoot me down in flames but I'd suggest that the councillors should be monitoring how effective the officers of the council are operating rather than the councillors being the judge and jury of council provided services. Then one has to wonder how many officers there are and how big an area they have to cover. It could be that there are a mere handful to cover the hundreds of miles of pavement within the borough. ......just a thought or two

Gareth Evans ● 7411d

See the other thread !SarahHave contacted Helen Kent again about the Pavements....my e-mails keep returning when I try to send to you!They definitely look worse than they did!Corinna

Corinna Smart ● 7412d

Hey Chaps - have fun.You may remember I took a CD with some photos on it into the Zecs office.  I asked that 'He' peruse it and then give it to the clerk-to-the-committee for the Monitoring group to check out.  Saves them all coming out for my 'grand trip' around - which no doubt could be just that, these days.I asked the man to write down what I wanted done with the CD.  I thought that if he wrote it down it might give him some ownership of what I was asking.  I was fretting that it might be frisbeed into the park after the Zec had finished.  Somebody on the inside of the Fortress let slip that the Zec is getting pretty adept at knocking out the pigeons with his other CD's.  Something to do with an affinity with Kens pigeon policy.Can I ask the question what-is-on-my-mind?What is the point of monitoring something which isn't being done in the first place?Would another form of monitoring be letting the Councillors play at 'customers' to see how the whole thing does(n't) work?  I run with the opinion that they probably have a good idea about this anyway.  Is the monitoring group responsible for the head banging holes the janitor was complaining about? They are thinking of employing an evening decorator to get the walls back in shape before the 8.45 start in the morning.I had a Zec once who appeared as a customer.  Poor thing was decked out in his finest clobber and a dusty wig.  Nothing leapt out at me during our chat (which was mostly on paper as he was so shy) for which I was very grateful.  I worried about the wig; galloping alopecia I understand.

Sarah Felstead ● 7412d

Splendid idea Paul.. I hope to make it!That's two of us..any more for the public gallery?Oh yes..Sally on the BC&I....Sarah with her pavement slab photos?any more?...plenty of room...and nice venue!in historic Boston Manor Road.

Jim Lawes ● 7412d

Could it be a bit of jazz in the Brewery Tap afterwards?

Paul Fisher ● 7412d

Sally, Isn't there a small self service corner..with tea and biscuits?

Jim Lawes ● 7412d

I'm going Jim. No stale sarny snaffling at this one if it's the same as CAC. Will have to bring our own!

Sally Henfield ● 7413d

Thanks for that Jim, beat me to it!19.00 The Leader of the Council Cllr. Colin Ellar will be consulting on the 2005-6 Council Budget (and the level of Council Tax!)You can have your say!For the regular attenders gentle reminder...Please make sure you are early, usually we start at 19.30!Cllr Corinna Smart (Chair)

Corinna Smart ● 7413d