The six remaining formal meetings of the overview and scrutiny committee will no longer be held in the town hall but tour the borough, with different themed meetings to talk directly to people using services.
He is also writing another film script whose theme he declines to talk about.
Differences aside, these ideas share a common theme: we need to talk about dads.
There is no big theme to the talking points this week, just odds and ends.
"It's really irritating that the big themes I want to talk about get hijacked," he says, "but it's par for the course.
That is one of the themes I want to talk about with Orhan Pamuk, the winner of the Nobel prize for literature.
My plan for this instalment of the Alan Garner-themed Reading Group was to talk about the enduring legacy of The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and Moon of Gomrath – and to canvas final opinions now we've read through them together.
A lot of the really good films this year have been on dark and difficult themes (We Need To Talk About Kevin, Wuthering Heights, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and sombre topics will attract the most talented, thoughtful film-makers.
At the beginning patients are asked about relevant themes they want to talk about.
