Oakham Jobs 12th January 2017

Oakham Jobs 12th January 2017

Store Colleague McColl's Retail Group 37 reviews- Oakham £7.20 an hour As a Store Colleague, you will be responsible for the delivery of the first class level of customer service that our customers have come to expect.... 11-Jan

Retail - Assistant Stock Operations Supervisor Wilko 764 reviews- Nottingham NG11 We work hard to make sure our customers have the right products available when they need them, at the right prices. We love our customers.... 11-Jan

Team Leader - Full time - Melton Mowbray Tesco 7,080 reviews- Melton Mowbray LE13 You are able to role model giving great, natural customer service by proactively smiling, greeting, acknowledging and helping customers.... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

Station Staff Gateline - Part Time Southeastern Railway 10 reviews- Park £17,546 a year We have a strong set of values that shape the way we run our business and guide our staff in delivering what our customers need.... 11-Jan

Customer Assistant Boots 975 reviews- Wigston Magna Make our customers feel really good - it’s more than just answering their questions, it’s about giving our customers a really great experience.... 11-Jan

Temporary Receptionist/Administrative Assistant - Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service 3 reviews- Leicestershire £15,507 - £16,481 a year If you have at least six months experience of working in an office environment, able to work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail and can... 11-Jan

E.ON Meter Reader - Chesterfield / Grantham E.on 49 reviews- Grantham £7.63 - £8.19 an hour Minimum Driving Requirements - As you will be provided with an E.ON Branded Van which will be for work use only and a company fuel card, you must have a full UK... 11-Jan

PM Parcel Sorter - Part Time Interlink Express Peterborough - Peterborough Full UK Driving Licence. Required licence or certification:. Your tasks will include;· Assisting in the loading and unloading of vans and trailers, security... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

AM Parcel Sorter - Part Time Interlink Express Peterborough - Peterborough £8,236 a year Full UK Driving Licence. Required licence or certification:. Your tasks will include;· Assisting in the loading and unloading of vans and trailers, security... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

Yard Marshall - Bardon - Amazon Logistics Amazon UK Services Ltd. 27 reviews- Leicestershire Our entire business works hard to delight our customers – from the second an order is placed online to the seamless coordination of that order behind the scenes... 11-Jan

Anti-Social Behaviour Officer Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council - Leicestershire £23,935 - £29,033 a year The post holder will deal with anti social behaviour within the borough, working with partners to provide solutions to individuals and communities experiencing... 11-Jan

Community Safety Officer A109 Charnwood Borough Council 4 reviews- Leicestershire This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. You will be responsible for developing crime and disorder reduction strategies;... 11-Jan

Part Time Weekend Sales Advisor Debenhams 1,108 reviews- Leicester Visit the store with a CV and ask to fill out a screening form handout addressed to Aneka on the Dune department. How To Apply.... 11-Jan

Part time stable help Old Dalby Hall - Melton Mowbray LE14 £8 an hour Help required with turning out and mucking out 2 horses from 4 up to 7 mornings per week. 1 - 1.5hrs per day.... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

Supervisor McColl's Retail Group 37 reviews- Oakham £7.35 an hour It is also about talking to customers promoting various products through active selling. A key part of your role will be to ensure that our customers receive... 11-Jan

Part Time Administrator J4679 Reflect Recruitment Group - Yaxley £7.20 an hour Answering phones, taking messages, filling and photocopying;• Dealing with emails and correspondence;• Meet and greet guests, providing refreshments and misc.... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

School Cleaner Gi Group 222 reviews- Oakham £7.20 an hour The ideal candidate will have an enhanced CRB check, experience of cleaning and have a great attitude to work.... 11-Jan

Children's Care Assistant - Complex Care - Nights - Peterborough Apollo Home Healthcare 7 reviews- Peterborough £10.00 - £13.50 an hour Apollo Home Healthcare are recruiting for a dedicated and passionate Care Assistant to provide support to a child and their family.... 11-Jan

Returns & Warehouse Operative Hochanda Ltd - Oundle Work with warehouse colleagues to ensure efficient, safe and accurate handling of stock and delivery of high quality service to all customers and working... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

Receptionist (Part-time 22.5 hours per week) IOSH 6 reviews- Leicester £10,644 a year You will greet visitors, answer telephone calls in a timely manner, assist with queries and distribute enquiries from the IOSH inbox to relevant individuals.... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

Band 5 Locality Support Officer Leicestershire Partnership Trust 5 reviews- Leicestershire £21,909 a year This role is very important in dealing with incidents that have been passed to the locality support team by other departments and almost always requires a site... 11-Jan

Administrative Assistant Nottinghamshire County Council 36 reviews- Nottingham NG2 £15,507 - £16,191 a year The Governors, children and staff of Lady Bay Primary School are looking for a warm and friendly individual with a commitment to delivering a high standard of... 11-Jan

Unqualified Nursery Assistant Treetops Nurseries Ltd 35 reviews- Kettering NN16 We offer a fantastic package for an Unqualified Nursery Assistant. We are a top ten childcare provider with around 98% GOOD or OUTSTANDING Ofsted ratings!... 11-Jan

Contact Handlers Leicestershire Police 10 reviews- Leicestershire £19,521 - £21,618 a year Through flexible and committed team working provide a high quality call handling service to members of the community and the Force.... 11-Jan

Nursery Cook ABC Day Nursery 6 reviews- Stamford Alpha Nurseries Group are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all children and this post will be offered subject to satisfactory references, an... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

Warehouse Administrator STEINHOFF International - Park £18,000 a year As a Warehouse Administrator, you will be responsible for providing full support to the Administration Manager with regard to control of all stock inventory and... 11-Jan

Staff Member Full Time Stamford McDonald's 64,785 reviews- Stamford Specific responsibilities that involve serving customers include working behind the counter on the till and being out in the dining areas looking after our... 11-Jan

General Warehouse Operative Airbag Team Ltd - Leicester £14,456 a year To transport orders to local customers or courier depots as required. To assist customers carrying orders to and from their vehicle.... Easily apply to this job 11-Jan

Housekeeper Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Peterborough £15,251 - £17,978 a year *****From 1 August 2013, all employees starting work / transferring roles with Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals will be charged for the cost of a DBS check ... 11-Jan

Visitor Centre Assistant Colchester Borough Council 11 reviews- Park £16,497 - £19,552 a year Candidates should have previous experience of working in a customer orientated environment, including dealing face to face with customers, ideally in public... 11-Jan

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Oakham Mayor Adam Lowe is he lying? The Rutland County Council FOI Letter Oakham Town Council Meeting

Oakham Mayor Adam Lowe is he lying? The Rutland County Council FOI Letter Oakham Town Council Meeting

I wonder what Cllr Lowe is trying to hide. A letter was read out at last nights meeting 
and when I requested a copy of the letter from the office I was told the Mayor Cllr Adam Lowe
had said I could not receive a copy.

I wrote to Cllr Lowe after the office passed on a message from his deputy, the office read the
message leaving out a Cllrs name.



Dear Adam Lowe

Why did you say that the FOI was made by a member of the public, when I spoke to the office this afternoon

a message from another Cllr was read out to me and the office read the FOI was made by a Cllr at this point the

name was not read to me.  I did not ask for it because it was obvious that I would not b given the name even

though Cllr Haley has asked for me to receive the entire message.

Why lie to all of us? Doe it matter a Cllr made a FOI request to find out information no it does not, accept when

that information is obtained just to destroy another members good intentions as you and Michael did last night.

When you send us the document you can redact your name as RCC do on their website.

From

Martin


Cllr Lowe has responded by saying there was actually no letter more lies as Cllr Michael held it in the meeting and read from it. I could clearly see the letter was headed on Rutland County Council letter paper.

Martin

I cannot release personal details.

I regret I do not have  copy of the FOI , my understanding is that the Council , as they did not receive it also do not have a copy.

I understand Michael was referring to an extract handed to him, and he did not receive the original document and he has confirmed he does not have a copy.

Apologies I cannot be of any further assistance.

Regards


Adam Lowe


I find it unacceptable that we can presented with a document that had significant impact upon a council decision and then be told it does not exist. 

I have just received a email telling he has part of the letter and has seen the full letter as he refers to who it is address to.

The video shows Cllr Haley was referring to a letter.

Screen shot of Cllr Haley holding the letter headed from Rutland County Council
left by laptop.

I am not sure what Cllr Lowe is struggling to understand, what I believe he is struggling with is keeping his dishonest story on track his recent email below proves that.

Martin

I am struggling to understand your e-mail.

Can you explain what you mean. 

The fact remains the FOI to RCC was made by a member of the public, 

are you saying this is incorrect and can you prove this?

For a start, for what I saw of the document it was addressed to a :

Dear Sir/Madam and no address, 

Beyond that I did not read the whole letter last night, I only looked at part of the paragraph highlighted, I will see if I can get that extract as I believe the copy Michael had was handed to me, that is if you feel it would help you and when you retract the statement that I am not telling the truth.

Martin at the end of the day we have all tried very hard to accommodate your needs, even to the point you where you asked me if I would allow more debate and talking by Councillors.

I did this and I even allowed you to speak more than once on a number of occasions on the same item and then you send e-mails to everyone saying that I allowed too much debate.

In the future the Standing Orders will be abided by as you have abused the confidence and privilege extended to you yet again.

As regards instructing the Clerks, it is pretty simple, if they do not have a copy and never had a copy how can they give you it, all I have said if you have not got a copy you cannot give one to someone else, not being awkward this is a fact. 

So what would you like me to do?

Regards 

Adam Lowe

The answer is very simple stop lying and being awkward give me a copy you now say Cllr Haley handed you. 

I think by sharing this small example of dealing with Oakham Town Council shows how unnecessarily difficult it is to achieve anything however simple that may be.

 

Oakham Mayor Adam Lowe No Change For 2017

Oakham Mayor Adam Lowe No Change For 2017

Although the rules clearly state the chairman has no more powers than any other member of the council and it is also a rule that no member can tell a Clerk what to do the clerk tells me he is
following the Mayors decision not to provide me with a copy of a letter read out at last nights meeting I wonder why the clerk has decided to follow the Mayors instructions. The only thing silly about this is the refusal of the council to issue a copy of a letter that had a significant impact upon a
councils decision. My request is not silly Mr Plum




Dear Adam

This morning I made a simple request of OTC, the acting clerk has described this as a "silly request"

I am told you have given instructions that I can not receive a copy or the reference number of the FOI that
was read out at last nights meeting.

The document played a significant part in a the outcome of a council agenda item.

The document is a public document and I request again that you provide me with a copy of the FOI read out
at the meeting or the reference number so I can find it on the RCC website.

I am frankly sick and tired of your conduct you have not legal powers to instruct the clerk or the assistant clerk
in the way you continue to do.

I also request the acting Clerk does not tell me that my requests are silly and then hang up on me.

The reason I ask is because even when I review the video I can not understand all that Cllr Michael Haley has
said.

The acting Clerk also told me the document was handed to the council by a member of the public
please can you tell me who that was?


From

Martin Brookes (Cllr)

Oakham Town Council Meeting 12th January 2017 Buget 2017 - 2018 7% council tax increase Video

Oakham Town Council Meeting 12th January 2017

It was good to see Cllr Joyce Lucas challenge the Chairman Cllr Adam Lowe about
his continued unprofessional conduct at meetings, he thinks he is funny when he is not.

I also challenged him when he ignored his own instructions once again. The meetings main agenda
item was the budget and fortunately he ignored the stupid standing order that only permits Cllrs
to speak once on a item. He gave instruction that we were only only agreeing
the budget and not approving spending and blocked comments about spending break downs
saying this meeting was not the place to discuss that.So I wonder why he ignored that instruction
as he and his deputy did just that and destroyed my recommendations? Rule apply to them.

The Chairman after the meeting told us there will be an extra meeting called for the 25th
January 2017 so we can conduct the business we were also required to carry out and did not
at this meeting. I think this proves we need to go back to the two meetings a month. Far to
much is rushed at the monthly meeting which was seen in December 2016.

As for the budget there should have been some informal meetings at which all members
could have been consulted and maybe even the public we claim to represent. Then there
should have been a budget meeting to formally set the budget. The setting of the 2017 -
2018 budget can only be described as a farce.

I have been attacked on social media by a former Mayor for sharing the draft budget online. He gives
the impression that I have done wrong.

The draft budget was not a private document it is a public document and the public if they were
interested could have come to the meeting and referred to it if they wanted to at public deputations.
The council is the body that has done wrong due to its failure to publish anything on a website since
July last year.


Part One



Part Two (Budget Setting)



Part Three

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Oakham Town Council Budget 7% Increase 2017 - 2018

Oakham Town Council Budget 7% Increase 2017 - 2018

Tonight Oakham Town Council set its budget for 2017 - 2018

There has been no public consultation.

After the last meeting I posted on my blog and shared on Facebook that the council
was proposing a 3.88% increase.

After those posts our Mayor posted an attacked against me for saying I mislead the public
and 3.88% was only a cup of coffee.

I was subjected to the same attack from Cllr Stan Stubbs at this evenings meeting when
he publicly stated, the public should read the truth in the local paper and not on misleading
blogs.

I can not see how telling people what the percentage increase is how that is misleading the
public. Are these Cllrs saying that if I give the public a percentage figure they are not clever
enough to work put their own increase. Anyway for information the Band D increase is just under £4 a year. Yes it may only be a couple of cups of coffee as calculated and displayed on the
spread sheet it adds up to a lot of cups of coffee or even bottles of prosecco as stated by one
of our staff.

At the meeting we were told that we could discuss the budget headings because we were not
making the final agreement to spend. I agree with this but one would hope the figures
would probably relate to the actual spend in the end, because we are taking the money from
the public and should not take more than we need. And that comment by the Chairman
was a huge improvement as the previous Clerk always incorrectly said if its in the budget it
had been agreed.

We have a heavily reduced wages bill, but that budget remains the same.  Despite hugely reduced costs? one of the headings in which we are taking money we don't need.

Fortunately the Council decided that we will not be demanding any money for cemetery maintenance
after we demanded almost three times what we needed this year.

As I mentioned before we were told this evenings meeting was not the platform to agree the
details of spending but for some reason that did not apply to my requests.

The first being the Citizens advice who had indicated they would like a grant of £7000
an agenda item would need to be produced for a later meeting.

Despite the instructions from the Chairman he gave out information to the meeting
as if an agenda item had been presented and persuaded members to reduce the request to
£2000 which is an improvement on his recent comments which led me to believe he would
not support anything when he questioned why I was supporting the CA? He had approached the
CA and shared information obtained at this evenings meeting. He pointed out the CA are holding
more reserves than they should and said they explain that is money held in case they have to
make staff redundant. If this is true I am not sure they should be holding money for that purpose
if they needed to make people redundant as a charity surely they should just pay the government
set redundancy payouts.
It will be interesting to see how much is awarded when some one actually brings the funding
request to a future council meeting.

My second request for funding for a youth worker was torn apart by Cllr Michael Haley and
Cllr Adam Lowe.

I had originally requested £12,000 to be set aside.

I think it would be fair to say that what was going to be my agenda item was hijacked by
Cllrs Lowe and Haley and I was let down by the Rutland County Councillor I had approached
for assistance for a project that I knew he had some knowledge and interest in.

When I was thinking about a way I can put something positive to council I remembered
Cllr Alan Walters had been very vocal in the media about a lack of provision for a certain
age range of youth. So I was happy to contact him for advice, which I did and he helped me
prepare a report for Oakham Town Council. (something which Cllr Stan Stubbs criticised me publicly at the meeting for doing, I simply wanted it to be correct) Cllr Alan Walters forgot to tell me
he was communicating with Cllr Lowe and Cllr Haley. It was not until this evenings meeting
was I made aware of the extent of communication he had shared without my knowledge.

I was also not aware that Cllr Michael Haley or Cllr Adam Lowe had sent a FOI to Rutland
County Council.

Rutland County Councils response tore apart the report, basically most if all the content
provided to me by Cllr Alan Walters was not true or inaccurate. So at this point I withdrew
my request and expressed my disappointment that communications had not been shared with
me before the meeting. At that point Cllr Michael Haley said we did not have to show you. Maybe not but surely as one of his biggest complaints is that team work is none existent at Oakham
Town Council it might have been a good thing.

I nearly did agree with a proposal from Cllr Vince Howard requesting £500 is set aside
just in case for youth work. But also retracted that support.

Cllr Alan Walters was publicly criticised for not having a business plan. At this stage it
was not needed so I don't know why that was an issue. I would not have brought an incomplete
agenda item to council sadly now it looks if nothing will come to council which is very
disappointing.

I did not vote to accept the 7% increase and was asked by the chairman if I wanted it minuted
my answer was yes.

I gave my reason something which the chairman Cllr Adam Lowe attacked me for in the meeting.

Oakham Town Council gave the office instructions around June 2016 to tender for
contract that had expired. Nothing was done and even this evening the chairman was
seeking reassurance that the tendering process would start this year.

When I attempted to explain that I though it was wrong for the council to guess the
cost of those contracts and in some cases quite a bit more than we have paid this year
I felt the budget should remain the same and it was wrong for us to put figures in the
public domain which showed we were willing to accept increased contract costs.
If I was a company tendering one of the first things I might do is look at the councils
expenditure and budget to see what they pay or what they have budgeted for. In this case
I would see OTC Budget when our website goes live if ever and think I could put in a higher
bid.

So when Cllr Lowe accused me of not wanting to be transparent and open he was mistaken.

I find it astonishing that it is acceptable for the Town Council not to have tendered by now
and then just guess the budget figures. Oddly I seemed to be the only Cllr who thinks its not
correct.

The final council tax demand would have been considerable more (40%) if we had not
used reserves.

I also find it astonishing that when I asked for reserves to be used Cllr Michael Haley
who is part of the finance working group can be heard on the recording say no this can
not happen. Astonishing because the other member of the group Cllr Peter Ind proposed
the same thing and it was then fine.

One of the most frustrating things is no one can actually state how much the council
reserves are.

It is very clear the figure of £240 given at the last meeting was incorrect. Because
the finance working group had not considered the next five month expenditure
and I think the figure stated by Cllr Lowe of around £1000,000 is more realistic.
I am hoping Cllr Haley will be able to provide as with an exact figure at the next meeting.


In conclusion I am pleased Cllr Michael Haley removed the comparison to take away
coffee from the budget document when I pointed out some members of the public
are not happy with this flippant comparison.

I am not happy we have set a budget with an increase, we are not providing any
new services or events and one of our major costs staffing has been drastically reduced
and we are told we are under spending this year so I see no justification for any increase.

Oakham Town Council Budget 7% Increase 2017 - 2018

Oakham Town Council Budget 7% Increase 2017 - 2018

Tonight Oakham Town Council set its budget for 2017 - 2018

There has been no public consultation.

After the last meeting I posted on my blog and shared on Facebook that the council
was proposing a 3.88% increase.

After those posts our Mayor posted an attacked against me for saying I mislead the public
and 3.88% was only a cup of coffee.

I was subjected to the same attack from Cllr Stan Stubbs at this evenings meeting when
he publicly stated, the public should read the truth in the local paper and not on misleading
blogs.

I can not see how telling people what the percentage increase is how that is misleading the
public. Are these Cllrs saying that if I give the public a percentage figure they are not clever
enough to work put their own increase. Anyway for information the Band D increase is just under £4 a year. Yes it may only be a couple of cups of coffee as calculated and displayed on the
spread sheet it adds up to a lot of cups of coffee or even bottles of prosecco as stated by one
of our staff.

At the meeting we were told that we could discuss the budget headings because we were not
making the final agreement to spend. I agree with this but one would hope the figures
would probably relate to the actual spend in the end, because we are taking the money from
the public and should not take more than we need. And that comment by the Chairman
was a huge improvement as the previous Clerk always incorrectly said if its in the budget it
had been agreed.

We have a heavily reduced wages bill, but that budget remains the same.  Despite hugely reduced costs? one of the headings in which we are taking money we don't need.

Fortunately the Council decided that we will not be demanding any money for cemetery maintenance
after we demanded almost three times what we needed this year.

As I mentioned before we were told this evenings meeting was not the platform to agree the
details of spending but for some reason that did not apply to my requests.

The first being the Citizens advice who had indicated they would like a grant of £7000
an agenda item would need to be produced for a later meeting.

Despite the instructions from the Chairman he gave out information to the meeting
as if an agenda item had been presented and persuaded members to reduce the request to
£2000 which is an improvement on his recent comments which led me to believe he would
not support anything when he questioned why I was supporting the CA? He had approached the
CA and shared information obtained at this evenings meeting. He pointed out the CA are holding
more reserves than they should and said they explain that is money held in case they have to
make staff redundant. If this is true I am not sure they should be holding money for that purpose
if they needed to make people redundant as a charity surely they should just pay the government
set redundancy payouts.
It will be interesting to see how much is awarded when some one actually brings the funding
request to a future council meeting.

My second request for funding for a youth worker was torn apart by Cllr Michael Haley and
Cllr Adam Lowe.

I had originally requested £12,000 to be set aside.

I think it would be fair to say that what was going to be my agenda item was hijacked by
Cllrs Lowe and Haley and I was let down by the Rutland County Councillor I had approached
for assistance for a project that I knew he had some knowledge and interest in.

When I was thinking about a way I can put something positive to council I remembered
Cllr Alan Walters had been very vocal in the media about a lack of provision for a certain
age range of youth. So I was happy to contact him for advice, which I did and he helped me
prepare a report for Oakham Town Council. (something which Cllr Stan Stubbs criticised me publicly at the meeting for doing, I simply wanted it to be correct) Cllr Alan Walters forgot to tell me
he was communicating with Cllr Lowe and Cllr Haley. It was not until this evenings meeting
was I made aware of the extent of communication he had shared without my knowledge.

I was also not aware that Cllr Michael Haley or Cllr Adam Lowe had sent a FOI to Rutland
County Council.

Rutland County Councils response tore apart the report, basically most if all the content
provided to me by Cllr Alan Walters was not true or inaccurate. So at this point I withdrew
my request and expressed my disappointment that communications had not been shared with
me before the meeting. At that point Cllr Michael Haley said we did not have to show you. Maybe not but surely as one of his biggest complaints is that team work is none existent at Oakham
Town Council it might have been a good thing.

I nearly did agree with a proposal from Cllr Vince Howard requesting £500 is set aside
just in case for youth work. But also retracted that support.

Cllr Alan Walters was publicly criticised for not having a business plan. At this stage it
was not needed so I don't know why that was an issue. I would not have brought an incomplete
agenda item to council sadly now it looks if nothing will come to council which is very
disappointing.

I did not vote to accept the 7% increase and was asked by the chairman if I wanted it minuted
my answer was yes.

I gave my reason something which the chairman Cllr Adam Lowe attacked me for in the meeting.

Oakham Town Council gave the office instructions around June 2016 to tender for
contract that had expired. Nothing was done and even this evening the chairman was
seeking reassurance that the tendering process would start this year.

When I attempted to explain that I though it was wrong for the council to guess the
cost of those contracts and in some cases quite a bit more than we have paid this year
I felt the budget should remain the same and it was wrong for us to put figures in the
public domain which showed we were willing to accept increased contract costs.
If I was a company tendering one of the first things I might do is look at the councils
expenditure and budget to see what they pay or what they have budgeted for. In this case
I would see OTC Budget when our website goes live if ever and think I could put in a higher
bid.

So when Cllr Lowe accused me of not wanting to be transparent and open he was mistaken.

I find it astonishing that it is acceptable for the Town Council not to have tendered by now
and then just guess the budget figures. Oddly I seemed to be the only Cllr who thinks its not
correct.

The final council tax demand would have been considerable more (40%) if we had not
used reserves.

I also find it astonishing that when I asked for reserves to be used Cllr Michael Haley
who is part of the finance working group can be heard on the recording say no this can
not happen. Astonishing because the other member of the group Cllr Peter Ind proposed
the same thing and it was then fine.

One of the most frustrating things is no one can actually state how much the council
reserves are.

It is very clear the figure of £240 given at the last meeting was incorrect. Because
the finance working group had not considered the next five month expenditure
and I think the figure stated by Cllr Lowe of around £1000,000 is more realistic.
I am hoping Cllr Haley will be able to provide as with an exact figure at the next meeting.


In conclusion I am pleased Cllr Michael Haley removed the comparison to take away
coffee from the budget document when I pointed out some members of the public
are not happy with this flippant comparison.

I am not happy we have set a budget with an increase, we are not providing any
new services or events and one of our major costs staffing has been drastically reduced
and we are told we are under spending this year so I see no justification for any increase.