Minutes:
The Leader welcomed the new Head of HR, Performance & Communications, Sally Kipping, to her first Council meeting. He also extended a welcome to the Council’s new Climate Change, Economic Development, and Regeneration managers.
Members were informed that Surrey Heath Borough Commander Matt Walton would be leaving his role the following month; on behalf of the Council, the Leader thanked him for his diligent work and wished him well in his new senior police role in another borough. Inspector Sam Turner would be replacing him in the near future.
The Leader updated the Council on a number of other matters, including
(i) the Coronation Grant Scheme adopted by the Executive the previous week
(ii) the Council’s Voter ID communications strategy
(iii)Frimley NHS’s application to the Department of Health and Social Care for funding of £1.26bn to provide a new state of the art Frimley Park Hospital
(iv)discussions with the Leader of Surrey CC and other borough and district leaders on working more closely with the County Council
(v) national press coverage on Surrey Heath being the least stressed place to live in England.