Further to my post on 14 November last night Newport Parish Council, on my proposal, REVERSED its decision to take out a lease on a property in Quay Street.
I was against it last month and this time the vote was 10 votes to NIL, with 4 abstentions. On a named vote those councillors in favour of reversal were - the original 5 against taking the lease (me, Coburn, Craven, Hawkins and Smart) plus Flambard, Foster, Reid, Swan and Wilmott. The abstentions were all councillors in favour of the lease - Whittaker, Jones-Evans, Humber and Page. Ball and Downer sent apologies.
At last sense prevailed. We had spent the intervening month grounding the financial implications of a lease in reality and listening to our communities. Even then some seem very happy to spend public money on a building before this new parish council has actually done anything.
Now we can recommence trying to be meaningful............
2 comments:
Common sense indeed Geoff, very rare these days for politicians even at local level. This building was a real waste of money and wasn't compliant with the DDA. Please Please! Rent space at Riverside Centre, we taxpayers are already funding it and it's DDA compliant.
ryde will lead the way
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