- Location
- Northumberland
When I was chairman, before the meeting I went through all the paperwork the clerk had received & decided what was worthy of attention & what should be binned.But yes, serving on the PC is an excellent way of seeing that farming is understood in the community. You need to have the right attributes to be a committee person though; I wouldn't last a meeting .
Usually got the meeting done by 9pm
My successor, a civil servant, brought everything to the meeting & chewed through it in detail regardless of relevance. Sometimes lasted till 10.30.
Probaly lost 3 good councillers because of that. inc me