The last full council meeting on Wednesday 10th December was my first as a ward member for Exmouth Halsdon. Not my first council meeting! When I was East Devon News Editor for the Express & Echo between 2020 and 2015 I attended many, many council meetings, mainly at town and district level.
Key takeaways from the meeting were positive for residents:
Rural Broadband Survey 2025
Unsurprisingly, this survey conducted in February found that there is widespread dissatisfaction across East Devon about our Broadband service.
We unanimously voted in favour that we write to the Minister for Telecoms and East Devon’s MPs appealing for support on improving broadband in rural communities such as ours.
Let’s hope they listen and action is taken!
Motion for the Ocean
Another unanimous backing of Devon County Council’s decision to join the Ocean Conservation Trust’s ‘Ocean Recovery Declaration’ or ‘Motion for the Ocean’. The motion invites local authorities across the UK to pledge to protect our oceans and improve ocean health, recognising them as a fundamental component of climate change mitigation.
P.S.
I’m hoping to have my council email up and running soon,;I was met by a few IT problems when I went in to get set up today!
It’s, cllr.fran.mcelhone@eastdevon.gov.uk
Councillor Fran McElhone 
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