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    I thought I would give a liittle insight into my visit to the town council's AGM tonight
    which I attended like quite a number of members of the public.

    Cllrs and others who also attended i'm sure can add there bit.

    (nice to say hello terry lol)


    Once the formalities were gone through
    it did go to question time from members of the public.



    I asked 2 questions;



    1; What was the update on the Dover summer bus, and was the time scale
    for tenders to short, and now the plan for a summer bus no longer going to
    happen

    THE REPLY;
    SUE JONES; The tender was the legal adequate time of 28 days as laid down
    only one bid came in that did not reach the criteria and therefore
    could not be accepted. this is not the end, and talks are still
    going on(didnt identify who with) taxi companies were also being
    consulted(about?)_
    CHRIS PRECIOUS;
    The bus was only one part of the scheme, the town council
    activiy also supported the move on the T.I.C. centre as well as
    financing the welcome hosts at the docks.




    SECOND QUESTION;
    How does the council encourage the town centre to be better with other agencies
    when it has announced it is to make cuts across all budgets.
    REPLY BY GORDON COWAN;
    He stated the council had a budget of approx £670,000 but in its budgets was to spend £800,000 so the town council had to look to reduce all budgets to the £670,000, with this gordon did say it was one of the few councils that consults,
    unlike the issue on the toilets closures.
    and that this is now down to the priorities of the general public, and the town council welcomes any views on what they feel should be a priority for Dover.

    So there you have it;


    there were a couple of other questions;


    WAS IT CORRECT £24,000 HAD BEEN SPENT ON A CAR FOR A STAFF MEMBER?
    This was totally denied by the officer.



    FUTURE OF XMAS LIGHTS
    There was concerns over the £15,000 a year not being enough or being in danger of being cut.
    gordon did reply that like all town council projects they like to give a kick start to projects and any community wanting to take on the running of the xmas lights with financial support would be advised and helped.
    a community group did come forward and talks will now take place.


    All in all the meeting was short, but hopefully iv covered most of what went on


    keith

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