Civic Leaders Meeting.

I was delighted to attend a Civic Leaders meeting at Surrey County Council’s offices at Woodhatch, Reigate.

Hosted by Tim Hall and Bernie Muir, the  Chair and Vice Chair of SCC, also in attendance were Mary Cresswell, the Vice Lord Lieutenant, myself as High Sheriff and the majority of the District, Borough and Town Mayors from across the County. Each of us in turn explained a little about our roles, our themes for the year and the various engagements we had in our diaries. It was a great opportunity to meet those in office that I had not yet come across on my engagements and to arrange to see them on their own patches later on in my Shrieval year.

There was obvious concern in the room about the effect the change in local government (the abolishing Boroughs and Districts), would have on local civic appointments and the desire for some local civic function to survive the changes to support future local community events; matters that would hopefully be discussed further when more is known of the proposed reforms.