…I currently have about five to six thousand left to spend and would like it to go on things that will have some lasting concrete benefit to the town, just in case there is little forthcoming next year. [...]
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Recent applications for my locality budget funding has included:walking maps of Woodbridge, Bicycles for Town Pastors; Grit bins to help residents in the next cold spell; A Town Crier (- yes really!) so keep these requests coming – I still have some funds left for the year and I like to spread them across the needs of the whole [...] Locally, I was re-elected as your County Councillor in June. This year I have been interested in Woodbridge transport in the widest sense: roads, buses, trains, parking, cycling, [...] The Conservative-run Suffolk County Council Cabinet wanted to request “the exemption to Suffolk County Council’s standing orders for the procurement of organisational development resources to reshape the organisation” – in other words pay up to £122,000 to three companies (DNA, Scintillate and Fields of Learning) in order for them to provide unspecified ‘organisational development services’ without public tender (!). However, although this extraordinary decision – particularly extraordinary considering we are supposed to be scrutinising every expenditure and accounting for every penny to prevent waste and ensure good value – was passed by the Cabinet, it was then ‘called in’ by Lib Dem leaders Kathy Pollard and David [...] March Cabinet Due to the timing of Easter, there are two Suffolk County Council cabinet meetings in March, one on the 2nd of March, and the other, later in the month on the 30th. The most interesting item in the first meeting was the County Council’s endorsement of the Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan, drafted between Suffolk [...] The latest use for my Locality budget has been to provide an awning for the Woodbridge Bowls club to provide additional space for when visiting clubs were playing and at the same time provide shelter for its members in the event of inclement [...] |
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