MONDAY 26^th MAY 2008

It continues to be extremely hectic so I am only just bringing the website up-to-date as I planned. In Morpeth Town Council I have posted two articles - one about the Town Council AGM on 21 May, the other is an update on the Emily Wilding Davison grave restoration.

On 20th May in Council Activities I posted brief details of the Castle Morpeth Borough Council AGM just held, together with a brief report on the Executive Committee held on 8^th May.

One particular item of interest from that meeting is a report on the very effective Schools Scrutiny event, which I attended, held at King Edward VI School in March. I would urge website viewers to look at the report in full on the Council’s Minutes & Agendas website link – item 5.2 of the Executive on 8^th May 2008.

Northumberland County Council: The AGM was on May 21^st and as expected a minority Liberal Democrat Administration was elected. I have been elected as the Portfolio Holder for Corporate Services, which deals with Finance, Human Resources, Legal, IT, Assets & Communications.   

I will update with further information as soon as possible 

How To Use my Website:

I have a variety of pages, which relate to different aspects of the work I undertake as a councillor.  Each page heading has the number of Items and a "latest date update". Just read through this page & you should know exactly where to go to.

MY NEWS (10 Items) (13/1/08) carries the issues originally posted on my website before restructuring + brief update detail of issues covered in more depth elsewhere.

COUNCIL ACTIVITIES has a main section (5 items) (28/02/08) & 3 sub pages

• CURRENT COUNCIL ISSUES (2 items) (20/05/08)
• KIRKHILL WARD INFORMATION (6 items) (2/03/08)
• FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES/EVENTS. (0 items)

In ANDREW’S PROFILE (November 2007 - updated Dec 07) you will find detail of all the things I am involved in whilst the sub pages refer to

• GROUNDWORK NORTHUMBERLAND (3 items) (12/2/08)(where I am a Trustee) &
• ABBEYFIELDS 1^st SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY (2 Items 12/2/08) (where I am a Governor).
• MORPETH TOWN COUNCIL (3 items) (26/05/08) (I represent Kirkhill Ward on Morpeth Town Council as well)

MY POLITICS: You can now see the main website linksthat give you more political information.

The CONSULTATION DOCUMENTS/QUESTIONNAIRES is currently empty.

I will use this section as and when the Council issues Consultation Documents which require a response from the public. Each page or sub page has a “latest date” update so you can see immediately when the latest article has been posted.     

I hope you find the information useful & interesting. Let me know if you would like to see specific things posted.  My Kirkhill Councillor colleague David Moore has also launched his website - he will carry different nformation to me so I urge you to visit his site as well - www.councillor.info/castlemorpeth/dmoore

I freely admit that my first duty as a councillor is to attend to the many issues residents raise with me, so forgive me if this website isn't always as up to date as I would wish. Secondly as you will see from Andrew's Profile I have a very busy schedule of committees and working groups.  

Most importantly if you want to contact me I can always be contacted by phone or by email on andrew.tebbutt@castlemorpeth.gov.uk. In addition the councillors representing Kirkhill & South Wards hold monthly surgeries at Storey Park on the last Saturday of each month (except December) from 11.00am to 12.00 noon.    

I want to hear your views, so please use any of the contact facilities. 

Latest NEWS UPDATE (20/5/08): 

New Liberal Democrat NCC Administration to scrap Post-16 School Transport charges from Sep 08 (details to follow)

NEWS UPDATE; Castle Morpeth Borough Council sets nil Council Tax rise - see Current Council Issues

NEWS UPDATE: Morpeth Golf Club - CMBC Exec looking to sell Common Land to Golf Club - see my report in Council Current Issues

NEWS UPDATE; Morpeth Town Council sets 3% budget - just £2.50 per year on a Band D property Council Tax bill - 16th Jan 08 - see Morpeth Town Council page

NEW FEATURE: From time to time I will post articles about the political scene - not "party politics" but information about the Northumberland political scene. I have posted an article in My News about Local Government Review as it affects Northumberland - dated 8th November 2007 & a second dated 13th January 2008

Emily Wilding Davison - see my latest article posted 26th May in Morpeth Town Council page about the restoration of her grave in St Mary's Churchyard.

Please visit my website again soon.

In addition to contacting me by email through this website, I can be contacted my home address, 15 The Kylins, Morpeth, NE61 2 DJ - tel: 01670 511631 or by mobile 07767 338509