4 Chair’s Report Welcome to what is sadly our final issue of the magazine, having been agreed by most of our Councillors in a meeting in June that we should no longer publish our updates this way, after recommendations from our Mylander Working Group. We are still focused on letting you know what is going on locally and how we are dealing with the things that affect us in Myland and, as I mentioned in our 100th edition, as a first step our website will be updated to be easier to access what you are looking for. Looking at recent activities, we are continuing to actively support the construction of the two proposed new community centres at Kingswood Heath and Chesterwell. Plans are advancing with the necessary public consultations recently completed so that we can ensure that we get the facilities that are wanted. Thanks to those who have responded which will help shape the community centres and what they provide. In the next few months, we will start to look at our budget and plans for 24/25 and part of this, in the current climate of financial constraint within local authorities, may mean we continue to step up and provide services that other tiers of government are unable to provide outside of their statutory obligations. Our latest financial contributions have been to Colchester City Council Street Care and Safety team to support the purchase of an additional mobile CCTV unit. This is to be used in the Highwoods part of the Myland Parish, focusing on anti-social behaviour issues and littering/fly tipping on the walk from Mill Road to Via Urbis Romanae. This was deployed in early September and, although no fixed penalty notices or prosecutions have resulted to date, there has been a marked decrease in reported incidents. We have also continued to offer our financial support to the Myland Youth Club run by the YMCA, which now has an average of 30 attendees. We value the work they do to keep Myland a safe place to live. As I finish my last Chair’s report, I have to say a huge thank you to all those who have contributed regularly, to our advertisers for supporting us and to you the residents for contacting us and letting us know what you think. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those on our committees, both Councillors and residents, for their hard work, to Katie who has been much appreciated by me as Editor of this magazine and kept calm when I have regularly submitted reports at the last minute. Also thanks to Katherine, our Clerk, who provides necessary advice and support on the growing and diverse range of subjects we need to be aware of in order to operate and run a Parish, and to all Council members who continue to turn up every month and express their views and opinions on what matters to the them.
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