Agenda items include:
Devon Local Flood Risk Management Strategy – Delivery Update to East Devon District Council Overview Committee – March 2016
Coastal Protection
Boundary Committee Review (which includes an interesting survey, completed by EDDC councillors on what they do, how long they spend doing it and how satisfied they are with what they are doing). With one (anonymous, of course) councillor commenting:
“The public get good value from EDDC compared to the BBC licence fee! ”
(Anyone else fancy opting out of council tax at this rather stupid remark?)
and another saying
“The public prefer to lobby councillors than talk to officers”
(er, no, councillors, most of the time officers refuse to talk to us and YOU therefore are our only conduit to officers).
and an agenda item on “business engagement” which always brings Owl out in spots recalling the last business engagement scenario – the East Devon Business Forum!
Some interesting remarks in the report”
“In helping to meet the identified need for business growth in East Devon, an even more pressing requirement emerged. It became apparent that the number of Devon businesses registered on the Hinkley Point C Supply Chain portal – a requirement of contracting to Europe’s biggest engineering project – were critically low compared to Somerset. ”
Er, not really surprising when you factor in geographical location and transport costs!
and
“East Devon is a low wage and low productivity area with a high proportion of residents retired or in seasonal and part-time work. The West End of the district is experiencing new jobs growth as the Growth Point sites gradually start to build out, but elsewhere in the district the job situation is less certain. Business Parks such as Greendale and Hill Barton are nearing capacity and house prices make change of use from employment to residential an incentive for landowners and developers. This does not make for sustainable or balanced economic growth for much of the district.”
East Devon Watch 