The cat’s out of the bag!
The Tory controlled Borough Council is skint and are doing anything and everything to save money. I’ve already mentioned the fiasco of the appointment of the new Chief Executive and the increase in car parking charges in Stone. Add to the equation the increase in burial and cremation charges - and don’t forget that the new Blue Bin collection scheme was the cheapest option on offer. And just when you think you are coming to terms with all that, a Tory councillor ‘lets the cat out of the bag’ by admitting that the Tory group have already agreed to close the toilets in Station Road. Yes! Geof Collier probably spoke out of turn when he informed us of this fact at the last Estates Sub Committee!
Which all goes to explain why the Town Council had been approached by the Borough to see whether we would be interested in taking over the management of the toilets. The Sub Committeee was unanimous in agreeing that the Station Road toilets must be kept open. With the increase in visitors to the town resulting from our extra markets and events now taking place we were all agreed that closing the toilets would be a retrograde step.
However the financial implications need to be studied in some detail before any final decisions can me made. But everyone was agreed that if we do take over responsibility, the toilets will need to be refurbished and maintained to a much better standard than exists at present.
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