Wilmslow Town Council has new noticeboards to keep residents informed about what's going on in the town.
To date the Council has purchased 3 noticeboards at a total cost of £4,580 plus £195.00 for delivery.
Two of the new noticeboards have been installed, one on Barlow Road in Lacey Green and the second at South Drive Car Park near the Library. The Council is currently in discussions with Emersons to have the third noticeboard installed at the Summerfields shopping area.
They are also waiting for permission from Cheshire East Council to install a noticeboard on Alderley Road (near Multi-York) and a further one on Chapel Lane.
Helen Richards, Assistant Town Clerk, explained "The noticeboards will help the Town Council to keep residents across Wilmslow informed of Town Council meetings and news along with other community information. Community groups have already been in contact with us wishing to utilise this facility."
What do you think about the new noticeboards? Share your views via the comment box below.
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I can also confirm that the decision to purchase noticeboards was taken at a meeting of the full town council on 20th August 2012. The following is an extract from the minutes of the meeting.
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2012/0078 COMMUNITY AND ORDER EXPENDITURE
Cllr Milnes as Chair of the Community and Order Committee advised of the recommendation from the Committee to purchase five noticeboards at an approximate cost of £10,200 including installation. The Town Clerk advised that these costings were based on the receipt of three quotations and estimates relating to installation costs.
Resolved that noticeboards be purchased and installed in line with the recommendation.
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So competitive quotes were received and WTC have so far managed to get three boards installed for less than half of the anticipated total cost of all five.
I suggest that WTC should be congratulated on this rather than criticised.
Surely it is far better to take an interest in local issues, however much that interest could be misinterpreted, than the 78% of the electorate in Dean Row Ward who did not vote in the recent by election.
Surely, WTC should be congralutaed and not critiqued for spending an unbelievable amount of money on just 30 notice boards. Oh I am sorry it's actually just 3 notice boards. My mistake
They cannot be 'vandal proof', as notices will need to be changed regularly ,and this info needs to be visible to the general public, inc those without internet access.
Certainly all expenditure needs to be scrutinised by WTC and residents, for value to the community and not self-aggrandisement.
I'm all in favour of meaningful social art and approve of regent Wilmslow sign-age. Although I haven't enquired how much that actually cost .... but common sense please re ....... cost !! Its our money after-all.
A wooden pear at £900 seems a relative bargain compared to this.......??
( yeah right !! )
Its bad enough getting tradesmen to quote sensible prices without adding the Wilmslow rip-off multiple factor X3 X2 whatever...
Fair tendering process is one thing.. and maybe that needs to be constrained with some common sense.....
Austerity? Hard times?
Seeking out local trades could probably have been more cost effectively im sure, and if it isnt then who wil just say no ?
.... and were back to the issues of that damned chain again
Whats the next WTC rip-off expenditure to be ?
Independants to the front please !!
I have done some quick internet searches for external notice boards and found the following website http://bit.ly/14scwgT
The cheapest external notice board can be purchased and shipped to anywhere in mainland UK for a cost of £67.19
The dearest external notice board can be purchased and shipped to anywhere in mainland UK for a cost of £3247.20
And these costs doe not include installation. All comments welcomed.
WTC may have viewed 'competitive quotes' but I fear they were asking the wrong businesses!
Recently I was in the library, which needs the heating system modernising.
I was told they have to use a Cheshire East supplier, who would be more expensive than a local firm in the area.
This is a typical example, of what we were told. The new Council for Cheshire would save a lot of money. Sic!
spend public money with the care they would exercise if the cost were to be taken
from their personal finances. If this is what is currently happening, then perhaps we
are "represented" by some rather wealthy, and perhaps extravagant, characters --
both at national and at local level.