Brigg Town Council holds its monthly 'full council' meeting tonight in the Angel Suite (7.30pm), with members of the public very welcome to go along.
There's an unusual decision to be made - 'guidance' on whether the town council should be generating income towards the running costs of the Angel Suite by promoting a psychic evening in the venue.
You may have seen the report on this in the Scunthorpe Telegraph a couple of weeks ago.
The property and services committee (on which only a few councillors sit) declined to reach a firm decision on the psychic issue but passed the matter on to the full council.
The last item on tonight's agenda could also prove interesting, with representatives of the North Lincolnshire Council Safer and Stronger Communities Scrutiny Panel attending to hear Brigg Town Council's concerns about the Neighbourhood Action Teams (NATS) initiative in the Brigg and Wolds area, aimed at tackling crime.
The town council has been a stern critic of NATS, through which town and parish councillors from the Brigg area meet with police and other bodies, such as North Lincolnshire Homes and North Lincolnshire Council, to pinpoint areas of concern and agree action to be taken.
These NATS sessions are not public meetings, and there are worries about the effectiveness of the initiative and whether it merely duplicates much of what might be achieved by town and parish councils acting alone, or through the existing Neighbourhood Policing Panel meetings, held (in public) at the Angel Suite.
Prior to tonight's town council meeting, the planning and environment committee meets in the Angel Suite from 6.45pm - the first public airing for recent planning applications in Brigg lodged with North Lincolnshire Council planners.
See you there?
This Psychic session could be a good idea. There will no longer be a need to plan ahead when you know what's in the future.
ReplyDeleteThis could prove a whole new slant on things - If the council knows it going to rain on Brigg Fair - take out retrospective insurance - otherwise don't bother. And your note-taking, Nige, should already be in your file - no longer the need to take your reporter's pencil with you.
But it take the fun out of Premier League knowing Liverpool has won all three titles in years to come; when to buy a lottery ticket to win a million - I'll get squashed in the queue at Tesco!
Don't worry Nige, Brigg will win the next cricket match....but I don't want to alarm you about the other games and about your problem with a bus ticket!!
.......just for reference, an anagram of Brigg Town Council is 'Boring Occult Wing'....now is that telling us something?
ReplyDeleteTo liven things up, they could also be a 'Big Clowning Court'.