At the Annual General Meeting of the Parish Council on May 14, Liz Holliday will be handing over its Chairmanship to a yet-to-be decided successor. She will then leave the Council having served as a Councillor for eight years, the last four as Chairman.
As will be recalled from her report in last month’s Chipperfield News, these four years have been significant ones for the Council. Amongst other things, they have seen a complete change of staff, a thorough overhaul of the Council’s Financial and Grant-giving Procedures, the inauguration of three new footpaths, improvements to the allotments and the Common and better liaison with the police.
These initiatives, together with an increasing burden of routine paperwork from Government and other organisations have been presided over by Liz with characteristic care, drive and efficiency. She has seen that Council affairs have been conducted with thoughtfulness and good humour. Hers truly will be a difficult act to follow and the village is indebted to her for the time and energy she has devoted to its welfare. We wish her well as she finds a little more time to devote to her many other interests.
Thank you, Liz, for a job well done.
David Nobbs