My first month as a Councillor

I am gradually getting used to my new role as a District Councillor. I have been appointed to three Council Committees - resources, audit and economy - and have attended one meeting of each. I have also attended one Council meeting, and there is another special council meeting in July to discuss the plans for new development in Aylesbury.
There is some concern about the limited time and opportunity for response to the development plans, but in this the Council is obliged to follow the Government's timetable, or run the risk of losing its planning powers altogether.
More locally, I have been following up some of the concerns which Steeple Claydon residents have been contacting me about since my election. These include:
- orange cones at three different locations in and around the village. Bucks County Council have told me that they will carry out the necessary repairs at two of these locations (West St. and North End Road) and the third location is the site of a badget sett ! It's good to know our County Council is concerned about the local wildlife.
- one resident is concerned about the pumping station below West St which has an outlet pipe going into Padbury Brook. We went to visit the location last weekend - a good place to walk the dog. I have contacted Anglian Water who are responsible for the pumping station to see if they can check the quality of the water going into the brook.
- there is concern about youths misbehaving in the recreation ground, with broken bottles on the skateboard park.
- I have raised concerns about the condition of the roads in three places: the bottom of Addison Road, the road going out of the villiage towards Charndon (which I go down every day on my way to work) and the junction of this road with the road to Twyford which is very bad. The
County Council have said that none of these roads is in a 'dangerous condition'.