News from Devon County
Councillor
fixed IT for pre-school
7 December 2006
CHILDREN at a rural nursery will
soon be able to surf the net – thanks to the arrival of a new laptop from their
local county councillor.
The gift to Gulworthy Pre-school
was part of a new arrangement by Devon County Council’s County Committees, which
can now provide a number of donations for specific projects in each of the eight
areas.
Cllr Roy Connelly has donated
£400 to the pre-school to update its IT equipment, which had become defunct. The
new laptop will mean children can carry out many more of the activities in the
under 5s curriculum, as well as creating opportunities to interact with the
local community.
Cllr Connelly said: “I am
delighted to be able to make this donations, which will encourage the children
to develop their IT and social skills, and will also address one of the issues
raised in their Ofsted report.
“This pre-school is at the heart
of its local community and I am pleased to have been able to offer it my
support.”
For more from Cllr Roy
Connelly see www.royconnelly.co.uk
County Council Elections May 2005
Liberal Democrats take control
(See here
for picture and news item of successes in Torridge and West Devon.)
The following the County Council
elections on 5 May 2005 the present political composition of the
Council is: (pre-election composition in brackets)
-
Liberal Democrat
33 (22)
-
Conservative
23 (22)
-
Labour 4 (5)
-
Independent 2 (3)
Previously, as no party group had an overall majority, the Council agreed a
power-sharing arrangement.
- At its Annual Meeting on
22 May 2003, the Council appointed Councillor Brian Greenslade as Leader and
Councillor Mrs Christine Channon as Deputy Leader for the year 2003/04. This is in accordance with the Council's Constitution
which came into effect on 1 May 2002.
- Policies (including
setting the annual Council Tax level) are made by the full County Council.
- The Council has appointed a 10-member Executive
to put its policies into effect. The membership of the Executive reflects the
political balance of the Council: 4 Conservatives, 4 Liberal Democrats, 1
Labour and 1 Liberal.
For full information see
Devon County Council |
