The Latest from Your Parish Councillor - Martin Corney (Parish Pump - January 2015)

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and we all have a happy new year. 

Parish councillors Roger Bennison and Keith Mutton have both resigned from the Parish Council. Roger in particular has been on the council for many years and has made many valuable contributions to the parish. Most recently organising the solar panels on Millennium House which will be a great asset. Keith is still on the Neighbourhood Development Plan working group as a parish resident.

The Millennium House Forum have presented their plans to the Parish Council and there is now a joint working group to put these plans into action. Last financial year Millennium House cost the parish more money than the complete precept (the parish part of your council tax). Something has got to change since the parish reserves are nearly exhausted. The next precept will have to increase substantially until Millennium House costs us all a lot less money or breaks even. Which it hasn't done in any of the recent years that I've seen accounts for.

On evenings when the youth club doesn’t run an event, the youth still hang around Millennium House. This is causing a problem for Millennium House staff who want them to go home, and ask why their parents aren’t supervising them. I think that the best solution is to run the youth club every evening. Well I would say that wouldn’t I. The youth club is still trying to rent the Café full time.

St Ive Community Park Project is still raising money with events like table top sales, and the Christmas Carol Concerts.


Don’t forget the parish website st-ive-parishcouncil.gov.uk with council meeting agendas and minutes; also downloadable copies of the Parish Pump. For those of you who do Facebook, our St Ive Parish Council page is still being updated with parish news. Phone me, email me on martin.corney@btinternet.com or "martin corney blog st ive" in search engines will find my blogs for you to comment on this article and other gems.