YOU ARE INVITED TO BRIGG PUBLIC CONSULTATION TOMORROW

 

All Brigg residents are invited to a public consultation event taking place tomorrow (Monday, March 6).
It will be held from 3pm to 7pm in the Angel Suite, off Exchange Place (near the Market Place).
The session offers the opportunity to have your say on a "governance review" which includes Brigg Town Council.

Another public consultation session will be held later for the residents of Broughton, including those living on the Water's Edge housing estate, just outside Brigg.

FROM CHRIS O'ROURKE, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL

North Lincolnshire Council would like to know your views on the town council where you live as part of its Community Governance Review.
The consultation will run from Monday 27 February to Monday 27 March.
Surveys will be delivered to all the households that come under the eight town council areas. They will start to go out the week commencing Monday 27 February.
There may be some households who do not fall into these areas that receive the survey. If you receive the survey and it does not affect you, please ignore it. The surveys are being delivered in this way as it is the most cost-effective option.   
The surveys will have questions based on the individual town councils; however it is important that each resident who returns the survey includes their postcode. This will ensure that your views correspond with your town council.
The review will consider the parishes of Barton, Bottesford, Brigg, Broughton, Crowle and Ealand, Epworth, Kirton-in-Lindsey and Winterton.
The focus of the review is based on local town council’s electoral arrangements, for example the ordinary year of election, council size, the number of councillors to be elected and parish warding.
The council would also like your views on how decisions are made within your community. Your comments on the following are needed:

• Do you know how to become involved in what’s happening in your local community?
• Do you have the opportunity to influence decisions affecting your life?
• Does your town council reflect the make-up of your community?

You can share your comments online from Monday 27 February at www.northlincs.gov.uk/current-consultations or at your local consultation event.

Consultation events are taking place on:

• Monday 27 February from 3.30pm to 7pm at the Civic Hall, Bottesford
• Wednesday 1 March from 3pm to 7pm at Crowle Local Link
• Monday 6 March from 3pm to 7pm at The Angel Suite in Brigg
• Wednesday 8 March from 3pm to 7pm at Imperial Hall, Epworth
• Monday 13 March from 3pm to 7pm at Broughton Village Hall
• Wednesday 15 March from 3pm to 6.45pm at Old School Hall Community Centre, Winterton
• Monday 20 March from 4pm to 7pm at Kirton-in-Lindsey Town Hall
• Tuesday 21 March from 3pm to 7pm at Barton Assembly Room

Go along to one of these events to speak about your town council, find out about their set-up and have your say on these arrangements. This is the perfect opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
Coun Richard Hannigan, Deputy Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said: “This is the first time a review on the electoral arrangements for all eight town councils is being undertaken. It will affect thousands of residents; therefore it is important we give everyone the opportunity to have their say.
“The consultation will shape the future of town councils and it is the ideal opportunity for residents to be part of this change.
“I would encourage all residents in these town and parish areas to tell us what they think. You can do this by sending the postal survey back to us. There will be opportunities to share your comments on community cohesion by attending a consultation event or online.
“To ensure that all residents in the town council areas can have their say on the Community Governance Review, we are sending out surveys to each household.”

NF ADDS: Regarding "council size" - Brigg Town Council has 19 members. We think the number of councillors serving on the authority, and others in North Lincolnshire, was set in the 1970s when Humberside County Council was still operating as the top tier of local government.