Town Council Budget approved
The main item on the agenda of last night’s meeting was the 2008/9 budget. This had already been discussed at the Budget sub committee last week and was now before the all councillors for approval. I was delighted to chair a meeting at which no serious objection was mounted to our proposals. We encountered the usual bluster from Cllr. Jones but he clearly hadn’t got his heart in it. He can be quite amusing but, sadly, very predictable!
And I was absolutely delighted that all councillors agreed with a request that I made for a grant to Andy Whitehall’s boxing venture, The Right Stuff. Technically, I should have waited for the next Management Sub Committee meeting and asked for the request to be placed on it’s agenda. Then the minutes would have been presented to the following Genaral Purposes Committee for approval and then the minutes of the GP committee would have been placed before the next meeting of the full Town Council for approval before a cheque could have been drawn! Life is too short! Thankfully, everyone agreed that it was a case that should be ’short circuited’ and we all agreed that the sum of £500 should be immediately handed over. A wonderful gesture that will be appreciated by the youngsters who are involved in the scheme.
Apart from a few minor skirmishes, everything went through according to plan.
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