The Great Wisbech Christmas Lights Question wisbechtowncouncil.org.uk/christmaslights.html The Scheme · To update current lights in High Street, Market Street, Union Street · To light the trees on the Freedom Bridge Roundabout. · To replace lighting displays at every street entrance to the Market Place. · To add additional lighting to the central Christmas Tree in the Market Place. · To light up all the “living trees” around the central Christmas Tree. All new lighting to be used in the Market Area to be made primarily of a variety of whites, to create a tasteful effect in keeping with a traditional market square. The Details All the new lights to be purchased outright from the supplier and installed by our local contractor. The price is a one-off payment totalling just over £19,000. There is no ongoing cost other than the usual annual installation fee that we pay anyway. Afterwards If the lights are approved by the Public, we will look to install them either this year (2014), or more likely next year (2015). The funds come entirely from available Town Council financial reserves and do NOT deplete those reserves below Government recommended levels. A fundraising campaign will be launched at this year’s Christmas Lights Switch-On to replace some/all of the money over the next few years and will then ideally continue to run to pay for ongoing upkeep and upgrades. Other Details: Festivals are part of the Town Council’s responsibilities and It is within the Town Council’s remit to spend this amount of money on Christmas Lights without a consultation. The Town Council felt, nevertheless, that in these tough times it wanted to ask the people of Wisbech if they broadly supported this level of spend on this item or not. We have therefore asked people to say “yes” or “no” and the Town Council as a body has no preference as to the outcome. If people say “Yes” then we’ll know it’s supported and get on trying to implement it either this year or next year. If people say “no” then we’ll shelve this plan and look to other ways to improve the Christmas Lights going forwards. Why? Because every single year, Councillors get complaints about the Christmas Light display. People comment that Wisbech is not as good as other nearby Market Towns and that the Town Council should “do something.” This proposal was an attempt to do something in the short term rather than the very long term, but it is just that. A proposal. If people say they’d rather we did not do it, we will not do it. How often do you get a local Council put the decision entirely in your hands? That’s what we are doing. Who Can Vote? You can vote if you live in an area with the postcode PE13 or PE14. However, when we count the votes we will separate those who live within the Wisbech Town Council area and those who live outside it - for information purposes. You can post your vote to Wisbech Town Council, Council Chambers, 1 North Brink, Wisbech, , PE13 1JR or send it to E-Mail: [email protected] You *must* include name, address and postcode as well as a clear yes or no for your vote to be counted. The deadline for votes will be Saturday 8th November 2014. wisbechtowncouncil.org.uk/consultationweb14.docx
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:34:15 +0000
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