GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT ON BRIGG TOILETS

The Cary Lane toilets in Brigg pictured on a bank holiday when the Service Level Agreement saw them opened specially for the benefit of the public - at our Town Council's expense.

North Lincolnshire Council is the body that owns and operates the public conveniences in Brigg. However, for a good many years now, Brigg Town Council has paid the bigger authority to open up, and later in the day lock, the toilets near The Monument and on Cary Lane, on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
This is for the comfort of townsfolk 'caught short' and visitors to the town centre. Were it not for this generous gesture from the Town Council, the doors would stay firmly closed during their periods.
The correct term for this alliance between one council and another is a Service Level Agreement. Perhaps Brigg Blog is stretching things a bit to describe it as a Gents Agreement. Brigg Town Council is renewing it for the 2013/4 financial year at a charge of £633.36. Sorry, that should be written 36p.  We are talking about toilets, after all!
Similar agreements running until next spring will see the following payments from  Brigg and North Lincolnshire Council for the following work to be undertaken:

• Servicing the salt bins on Almond Grove, Springbank and Churchill Avenue, £355.80p
• Ground maintenance work at the Millennium Green, Elwes Street, £689.04p.

These Service Level Agreements work well in Brigg, to the benefit of the public, and have done for a good many years. But the cost of ensuring people can spend a penny on Sundays and bank holidays continues to rise, in line with most other services.