Brentwood Lib Dems - action as part of The Brentwood Accord

• Started a plan of action on potholes that begins with meeting with the Tory leadership at Essex County Council.
• Started the process to give food waste bags to all residents for FREE and for a textile waste collection.
• Discovered that the Tory administration refurbished the Hutton Community Centre despite £100,000 worth of repair work is needed to the roof...and have now ordered an emergency safety investigation...
• Preserved heritage buildings such as Old House with the intention of refurbishing them
• Re-couped £16,000 of public money that the Conservatives failed to claim on billboard advertising revenue
• Made sensible decisions on managing public assets to put tax payers' money back in the bank
• Taken a fresh approach to the proposed William Hunter Way scheme with a full resident consultation leading the way, not a developer
• Opened up council workings in a properly transparent way removing the need for Freedom of Information requests
• Introduced a "complaints amnesty" for staff to present current complaints for proper investigation, allowing the council to learn from mistakes made without the fear of retribution for staff
• Restored democracy and focused decision making to the council chamber
• Advanced the Town Hall transformation project
• Identified multiple affordable and social housing schemes
• Introduced a new parking scheme that is better value for residents and shoppers
• Introduced a three month night time car parking charge to balance the night and day parking charges
• Launched investigations into monies that have been mis-spent by the previous administration
• Begun an entrepreneurial approach to council resources to provide much needed funds for front line services
• Informed all the staff to call Accord members by the first names rather than their official titles and opened up the door of the Leader & Deputy Leader's office for an open and transparent way of working
• Introduced a six-monthly staff satisfaction survey to inform the leadership of how the staff feel their contribution is recognised and how they are delivering for the people of Brentwood
• Introduced committees that are focused on specific areas of the council meaning you get the right people making the right decisions
• Appointed appropriate councillors (usually ward councillors) to working groups on William Hunter Way, Crossrail, Member/Officer Communications/ Members Casework, the Local Council Tax Support Scheme, IT Resilience and Business Continuity, Budget Scrutiny and the Community Safety Partnership Annual Review
• Re-structured the senior management team to provide Brentwood with a Chief Executive once again
• Introduced a cross-party front bench of councillors, giving you the best of everyone and the worst of no one.

...and that is just five weeks work!

You can read more on www.brentwoodaccord.co.uk.