Call for key ABC Council committees to meet during summer recess

Committees of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council should meet during summer recess to deal with issues linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, says Alliance.
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Committees of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council should meet during summer recess to deal with issues linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, says Alliance.

Cllr Eóin Tennyson has called for key committees and working groups to meet over July and August.

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He said: “This summer, our ratepayers, families and businesses will likely still be under huge pressure due to coronavirus.

“With key services stretched, and a pressing need for the implementation of a local recovery plan to support the community as we move toward the new normal, it is vital that key committees and working groups such as the Economic Development and Regeneration Committee continue to meet over the summer months.

“Council meetings have already been severely disrupted for two months during the initial response to the pandemic. To then pause key decisions and scrutiny again would be wrong.

“We have asked that key committees meet over July and August both at full council and at Party Group Leaders Forum and we hope other parties will support this course of action. It’s time we put our community first by continuing the full roles we were elected to do.”

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