There's a meeting of the committee on Monday, October 2 in the Angel Suite (7pm).
Go along if you want to learn more and/or offer your services.
The committee overseeing flower planting in the town is made up of town councillors and community volunteers.
PICTURED: Flower tubs on the County Bridge - part of the 2017 Brigg in Bloom initiative.
Brigg is Bloom under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society is not technically a competition...villages and towns are not positioned 1st, 2nd etc..
ReplyDeleteIt is a grading sysyem: judged by RHS officials, Brigg was assessed from a set criteria...it achieved a Highly Commended, 3 points below a Bronze level award.
This is an amazing achievement considering it was the first time that Brigg entered the scheme.
On of the criterion was 'Community Involvement'....
While the Brigg Town Councillors are UNPAID officials, unlike North Lincs Councillors, are individually, community volunteers and specific BTC councillors are heavily involved in both promoting,planning and planting, the Brigg in Bloom needs other volunteers from the wider community....and, thus gain those extra points.
It is ironic, and I personally find disappointing and disturbing that it now been officially recommended that the number of UNPAID BTC councillors be reduced from 19 to 9.
This recommendations follows a ballot within the Town's electoral community, which recommended a reduction.
Personally, I don't recall receiving such a ballot paper, but apparently over 70 percent recommended a reduction.....how many people actually voted....and do folks appreciate the difference between the allowance-based North Lincs councillors and the unpaid volunteers of the BTC who represent Brigg, promoting and overseeing the routine chores to mantain local facilities and the Town's ambiance.
To lose over 50 percent of our current number could see see the Council deprived of those councillors who actually get their hands dirty and get involved, stimulate and organise such activities as Brigg in Bloom...
In 2001, the Electoral Commission indicated that Brigg, for it's population size, recommended 19 councillors (unpaid)...now, following an alleged official ballot, the same body is suggesting 9....the whole thing seems to me rather odd, particularly when the National Government is recommending regions abd communities should become masters of their own destinies....
Brigg is Bloom under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society is not technically a competition...villages and towns are not positioned 1st, 2nd etc..
ReplyDeleteIt is a grading sysyem: judged by RHS officials, Brigg was assessed from a set criteria...it achieved a Highly Commended, 3 points below a Bronze level award.
This is an amazing achievement considering it was the first time that Brigg entered the scheme.
On of the criterion was 'Community Involvement'....
While the Brigg Town Councillors are UNPAID officials, unlike North Lincs Councillors, are individually, community volunteers and specific BTC councillors are heavily involved in both promoting,planning and planting, the Brigg in Bloom needs other volunteers from the wider community....and, thus gain those extra points.
It is ironic, and I personally find disappointing and disturbing that it now been officially recommended that the number of UNPAID BTC councillors be reduced from 19 to 9.
This recommendations follows a ballot within the Town's electoral community, which recommended a reduction.
Personally, I don't recall receiving such a ballot paper, but apparently over 70 percent recommended a reduction.....how many people actually voted....and do folks appreciate the difference between the allowance-based North Lincs councillors and the unpaid volunteers of the BTC who represent Brigg, promoting and overseeing the routine chores to mantain local facilities and the Town's ambiance.
To lose over 50 percent of our current number could see see the Council deprived of those councillors who actually get their hands dirty and get involved, stimulate and organise such activities as Brigg in Bloom...
In 2001, the Electoral Commission indicated that Brigg, for it's population size, recommended 19 councillors (unpaid)...now, following an alleged official ballot, the same body is suggesting 9....the whole thing seems to me rather odd, particularly when the National Government is recommending regions abd communities should become masters of their own destinies....
For reference: North Lincolnshire Council has 43 allowance-based councillor....compare that with 70 councillors on the Lincolnshire County Council.
ReplyDeleteNow compare that with the respective geographical areas....and now the powers that be want to reduce the unpaid coucillors' number on lowly Brigg Town Council from 19 to 9....
The same-power-that-be indicated a town with a population of 5.5k needed 19 councillors in 2001, now is recommending the town can adquately cope with 9 unpaid councillors, despite the obvious fact that the town's pop has increased. Confusing isn't it...?