06/07/2006 - Summer Public Meetings

What do you want your Council Tax spent on in the next year?

What’s important to you in your neighbourhood? Local residents and partners are invited to join Welwyn Hatfield Council’s councillors and officers at a series of public meetings this summer. These meetings will give residents the opportunity to set what local issues need to be addressed in the borough in the next year.

Councillor John Dean, Council Leader, said: “We are very keen for the public to get involved. I cannot emphasise enough how important it is for us to get feedback – we only know what you want if you tell us! So how are we doing? What do you want us to make a priority next year?

“We’ll listen carefully to what you say, and use this to help shape how we provide our services in the future. Welwyn Hatfield is your borough, your community – please come and be a part of it.”

Each meeting will focus on one or two of the council’s five promises from the Corporate Plan, providing the opportunity to discuss service quality and how Council Tax should be spent.

The meetings will take place on:

Monday 17 July, Jim McDonald Centre, Hatfield, 7pm

This meeting will focus on Crime & Anti-Social Behaviour and Environment

Tuesday 15 August, Welwyn Civic Centre, Welwyn, 7pm

This meeting will focus on Accountability

Wednesday 6 September, Woodhall Community Centre, WGC, 7pm

This meeting will focus on Housing and Community

To attend and ask questions, local residents just need to turn up. So if you want the chance to tell the council face-to-face what you think of their service, this is an opportunity not to be missed!

For residents who wish to learn more about the Corporate Plan they can obtain a copy by calling 01707 357000, by picking one up from any council reception or view it online at (www.welhat.gov.uk).

After these public meetings, there will also be a State of Borough Debate on Thursday 21 September at 6.30pm at the Council Chamber in Campus West. This Debate will pull together the results from the meetings but also allow for additional debate on all issues. All residents are invited to attend this meeting as well – more details will be circulated nearer the time.