How Oakham Town Council Spent Your Money October 2011

Millennium Computer Services  £12.00

G and R Gregg £54.96 repair vandalised church wall.

Cory Environmental £2109.93  Litter picking and bins Cutts Close, Royce Recreation and Willow Crescent.

Lidbetter & Hicks £105.00 PAT Teats  (I think it should be tests)

Talk Talk £77.46 telephone and internet.

Trustees of Victoria Hall £3060.00 rent

G and R Greg £137.22 blocked loo

Colemans £19.99 Stationary

Prize Money for CPRE £200

Cllr John Nowell £28.96 Travel Expenses

Postage £55.82

Lamps and Tubes Illuminations £1526.94  the company tests the hooks for the towns Christmas lights.

Viking Direct £348.52 Stationary

E-on £23.02  Lighting Cutts Close

Flo-skateparks £2,196.00 part payment for current skate park repairs listed as materials used (no comment)

Chairmans Allowance £250

I received this from Oakham Town Council today:

The Chairman in line with the Local Government Act 1972, section 15(5), namely the A parish council may pay the chairman for the purpose of enabling him to meet the expenses of office, such as the Council think reasonable. Following a recommendation from the Council's Internal Auditor, in September 2010 the Chairman's Allowance was incorporated into the Council's general accounts with its own cost centre and requiring receipts for all expenditure.

I question if receipts are provided why have they always totalled to £250?

The Mayor Councillor Joyce Lucas refuses to answer any questions accept to say I was out of pocket the last time I asked her.

The question of the Mayor / Chairmans allowance was raised when it was found previous Councillors had not provided receipts one said it was impossible to provide receipts for raffle tickets!

Paul Ford Tree Surgery Limited £336.00  to remove the pointless blue and yellow bunting for another year from Oakham High Street.

Rutland Garden Centre £124.20 plants for the church yard

Rutland County Council £2,000 contribution for town CCTV

Assistant Clerk £701.39 salary

HM Revenue £1,067.30 NI and Tax

Clerks Salary £2,104.49

AA Cleaning Services £1,061.00  toilet cleaning

Colemans Stationary £1.80

BNP Paribas £201.85 photocopier rent

Danwood Group £76.37  Meter Reading and copies

Pitney Bowes Ltd £218.84 Postage meter rental

Rutland County Council £5,400 contribution to cemetery

Broxap Ltd £604.80 seat

HSBC £16.75 Bank Charges

Total Spent £24,120.61