The County Council have put out a public consultation on the County Budget for 2013-14 with options for Council savings and with a potential increase of 2% or a zero rate increase if we take the Governments offer of help.
The County Council will be setting the budget and precept in February and the Conservative Group on the Council will be supporting a ZERO rate rise. We feel in these severe economic times we should not be imposing any more expenses on already very stretched family budgets
Hopefully the building of the Medical Centre will be starting shortly now that all the legal and financial problems have been resolved.
Updates from our recent County Council Neighbourhood Forum Meeting
Broadband
The County Council’s super fast broadband delivery project is likely to start rolling out in Spring 2013.
GRANT APPLICATIONS
Applications for grant funding were heard from the following groups and were supported by the Forum:
Cartmel Valley Baseball Club: Awarded £260
Grange Youth Club: Awarded £543
All the funding has now been secured for a new outdoor gym/exercise area to be built on the Promenade at Grange and work will start shortly.
The Next Meeting… will be held in late February/early March 2013. Details of the venue and the agenda will be circulated nearer the time. If you need to get in touch before then or would like to suggest an agenda item, please contact Kelly Alty
via [email protected] or 01539
2012 has been a very hard year for us all both weather wise and economically
Let us hope in 2013 we will see some improvements
All the best for 2013
Regards,
Bill Wearing Conservative County Councillor Grange Division
015395 32482