Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

You may ‘think’ our small(ish) town has no rough sleepers – well sorry at the last count we had at least 4. They have previously been contacted by FDC, however my understnading is that they are rather reluctant to ‘move’ to Wisbech?

Year on Year we can ‘expect’ our ‘tax’ on the Police Precept to increase.

The policing element of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough council tax bills will rise in April.
The increase of £12.96 per year, proposed by police and crime commissioner Darryl Preston, means that households in band D properties will pay £285.48, up from £272.52.

The new precept was accepted by the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel, populated by councillors from across the region, at a meeting yesterday (Wednesday).
Amazingly a very poor turnout by Councillors who could ‘question’ this increase.

It was accepted effectively by default as the panel was told there weren’t enough members in the room to exercise their collective veto powers.

Darryl Preston the PCC – about the only time you’ll see him smile -?

I was at a meeting last year when he had great difficulty in ‘engaging’ with the normal public.

Councillors Surgeries on Saturday 3rd February 2024 between 09:30am-10:30am

At Peel House, Queen Street, Whittlesey. Present will be Fenland District Councillor Dr Haq Nawaz and Whittlesey Town Councillor Simon Black: Details on Notice Board at offices or via the Town clerk – Sue Piergianni on 01733 351296 or via
Website   http://www.whittleseytowncouncil.gov.uk

Subject: Cambridgeshire County Council Budget Seminar for Town and Parish Councils 11th January – meeting recording

Thank you to those who were able to attend Cambridgeshire County Council Business and Financial Engagement session held with Town and Parish Councils on 11 January.
For those that couldn’t attend I am pleased to say that we recorded the session. We ran through the draft proposals being considered by the County Council to balance its 2024/25 budget in the delivery of its Business Plan and Strategic Framework priorities. You can access and watch the session back through the following link:
https://sway.cloud.microsoft/faYuuDYg5nJElYvR?ref=Link.

The feedback from that session and other engagements were considered by the Strategy, Resources and Performance Committee at its meeting on 30 January and you can find a link to those papers at the following link :
Council and committee meetings – Cambridgeshire County Council > Meetings (cmis.uk.com).

The next step is for Full Council to debate and vote on the proposals when it meets 13 February 2024.
You will be able to follow that meeting for anyone interested at the following link:
Council and committee meetings – Cambridgeshire County Council > Meetings (cmis.uk.com)
Thank you.
Michael
Michael Hudson, Executive Director Finance & Resources.