Welcome to the Town Council's website.
The Council hope that the website will improve communication with the parishioners and enable the community to keep up to date with what the Council is currently involved with.
You can now easily access the Agenda for forthcoming Council Meetings and download the Minutes too. Take a look at the CALENDAR which gives details of forthcoming Council and Committee Meetings and any major events that are coming up in the town.
Keep an eye on the LATEST ITEMS section which indicates when any new information has been put on the site. This could be Minutes of Meetings or any important information received from the other local authorities like the Cotswold District Council or Gloucestershire County Council, indeed any organisation that has information or news which the Council think would be of interest to the community.
The Council hope that you will find the website useful. If you have any suggestions for additional information that could be included on this site please do get in touch.
CHANGE OF DATE
The next Full Council meeting will be on Thursday 13th July 2017 at 7pm
Vacancies for Town Councillors x 1
If you are interested in serving the town as a councillor, or just wish to find out what is involved please contact the Town Clerk.
Road Works - by Tesco's Stow on the Wold
3rd July to 16th July there will be 4 way lights by Tescos 7am - 7pm
Moreton In Marsh Drainage Scheme
Link to a video of the scheme https://youtu.be/0_8RcHIQd9I
Town Council Budget/Precept Statement
This year the Council’s Finance Committee has put a lot of hard work into setting out our budget proposals.
The Council will seek a precept of £144,118, which is approximately a £48,000 increase on previous years. This equates to an increase of approximately 50p per week on a Band D household, we would like to explain the reasons for this larger than usual request.
The increase can be broken down to two basic elements.
1. Operational costs that include:
- Increased spending on staff costs bringing our employees remuneration in line with the Government’s Workplace Pension Laws.
- Our grass cutting outlay has increased as we have added 3 extra cuts to the scheme to keep the town looking good.
- Provision has been made for street furniture and fencing upkeep and improvements including a comprehensive program of painting.
- An increase in professional costs, which includes legal advice and payroll and accounts management.
2. Structural alterations:
We have altered the make up of the budget by transferring investment income into reserves. This will enable greaterfinancial resilience for the future and help your Council fund anumber of special projects including but not limited to:
- - Consultation, design and legal requirements to improve the town centre parking arrangements.
- - A contribution to Cotswold District Council of £10,000 for continuing flood defence works.
- - The refurbishment of the Horse Pool.
- - Cleaning and repairing the town’s War Memorial.
- - Progressing and developing the Neighbourhood Plan
- - Part funding with the GCC of a new pavement to improve safety and access to the Queen Victoria Gardens.
- - In future all activities sponsored by the Council such as music events, anniversaries and other special events will be funded from reserves and not through the public precept.
Your Council has agreed that this is the best way forward for the Town and we look forward to delivering these improvements on your behalf.
Tom Lewis (Chairman) 12/01/2017
Allotments
We have allotments available in Old Town (University Allotnments) and off Evenlode Road (Croft Allotments). Please contact the office if you would like to rent a plot. £20 per year.
Report or view local problems on your street like graffitti, broken paving slabs, potholes or lighting.
Flooding - some useful contact numbers and information
Please follow the link: http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/residents/environment/flooding/
Parking Consultation
Thank you to all the Moreton residents who attended the parking consultationn event held on 17th September. 138 forms were submitted with the followng results (allocated numbers reflect the total responses weighted by preference);
1. High Street Car Park - 627
2. Old British Legion site - 510
3. 'Bund' site on the A44 north - 348
4. Redesdale Place - 294
5. University Allotments - 259
6. Swan Close - 206
The Town Council will immediately commence the legal process to have the High Street Car Park correctly designated and signed so that time limits on free parking can be enforced; this will take a number of months. Parking for business users will also be addressed.
In the next few weeks a meeting will be held with Gloucestershire County Council's parking team to review options for on-street parking which falls under their jurisdiction.
Subsequently, the Council will explore the possibility of acquiring the British Legion site for use in due course as a further car park.
Facebook and Twitter
The Town Council are on Facebook and Twitter. 'Follow' us on Twitter or 'Like' our page on Facebook to keep up to date with news and events in the area and to see what the Council are currently working on.
https://www.facebook.com/moretoninmarshtowncouncil/