IN BRIEF

Brigg Town Council is to send a £500 grant in support of the Fiddle Fest, having studied the organisers' final accounts for the 2009 event.
Town councillors have also been informed that although Brigg District Lions intends to run a communal firework display again in 2010, they have not yet confirmed the venue (usually the Recreation Ground, off Wrawby Road).
Within the next month or two the Town Council is likely to give further consideration to plans to repair and improve the appearance of The Monument war memorial - something first suggested last year.
A decision has still not been made to release about £500 to fund a new gate onto Woodbine Park, off South View Avenue. But councillors have discussed the issue briefly and raised no objections. The gate will stop motor-cycles being ridden onto the children's facility.
Having received a letter from Brigg footpath warden Tony Parker to say the walkway between St Helen's Road and Churchill Avenue has been reopened to the public after re-surfacing by North Lincolnshire Council, Deputy Town Mayor Coun Ben Nobbs said it was a job well done (see picture).
The Town Council has engaged in further correspondence with North Lincolnshire Council about whether Market Lane is regarded as a public right of way, with more exchanges expected in the future.
Coun Tom Glossop has been made vice-chairman of the Town Council's planning and environment committee, filling a vacancy resulting from his wife Maureen resigning from the authority. Coun Nobbs chairs the planning meetings.