Cllr Banksby Oakham Town Council Unlawful Grant Application Form Oakham in Bloom Vice Chairman

Cllr Banksby Oakham Town Council Unlawful Grant Application Form Oakham in Bloom Vice Chairman


This application was withdrawn at the last minute.

Oakham in Bloom in the past has done a good job, it appeared to have a year
out last year and it is clearly visible around the town.

The flower bed surrounding the  model spitfire, made for the anniversary of the Battle of Britain memorial flight by the side of the by-pass is a perfect example, the flower bed is full of weeds and
no plants.

The organisation leaders who don't get their hands dirty keep dreaming up projects which
the overstretched volunteers are meant to manage after they pay companies to install  them
using tax payers money, Then those same leaders attempt to gain recognition for other peoples
work. Ex Cllr Dodds was very good at just that. She has been pushed out of the role
as Chairman of the group and made an honorary president of sort.

What concerns me is Oakham in Blooms leadership continue to create all these projects.
then they appear to struggle to manage them. Oakham Town Council take on the legal
responsibility for them and they don't give a dam about the cost to the taxpayer. For example
the bike creation outside the parish of  Oakham placed on top of a marked mains electric
cable, a Cllr did raised a question about this, what would happen if work on the cable was
required? The Clerk responded we would have to put it right. So why when you knew
about the location of the cable agree to take on responsibility for the project?