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G P Lewis August 2018
August 2018
Interior/Exterior Painter & Decorator PURBECK DISTRICT COUNCIL REPORT
All aspects of painting and July PDC Meeting
decorating undertaken including
Most of our work is being held in abeyance whilst we
Domestic, New builds, Refurbs wait for the formation of the new authority. As a
result, we cancelled our regular Monthly meeting
and Commercial.
last month for lack of any substantive business
Qualified and with over 30 years
experience, will offer friendly
FAQ’s for the new Unitary authority
advice if needed.
1st class finish What is the Shadow Authority and how many members will it have?
If you require a job done hassle free
Free written quotes by an honest, friendly tradesman A Shadow Authority is being set up to prepare for the new authority which will be
called ‘Dorset Council’. It will consist of 206 council seats across the Dorset Area,
Fully insured please give Gavin a call on
01929 471704 or 07977 but accounting for twin-hatted members, this equates to 175 councillors. It will
No job too small or big have a Shadow Executive Committee of 20 members providing a balance of
047314, Email: representation from the Dorset Area. The Shadow Authority would have to meet
No VAT g.lewis515@btinternet.com. on at least three occasions, firstly to appoint a Shadow Executive (SE), which
would then take charge of the vast majority of the transition function and
secondly to agree the new council’s budget. The first meeting took place in June.
LYTCHETT-LINE OUTINGS CLUB Why will the Shadow Authority retain all councillors?
The Shadow Authority is in place prior to the elections for the new Dorset Council.
Salisbury Cathedral Christmas Carol Concert – Wednesday The Structural Change Order states there will be 82 councillors in the new
12 December authority ‘Dorset Council’. A ward boundary review is being undertaken to look
at the existing wards and any changes that can be implemented prior to
A full coach of 71 eventually enjoyed a wonderful day at Hampton Court Flower elections in May 2019.
Show – UK’s biggest. Unfortunately we’d only got to the New Forest before the
coach broke down and we had to wait 2 hours for a replacement! So we just Is there any danger of the timetable slipping?
added 2 hours on to our leaving time – thank you all so much for your wonderful
attitudes. The new authority ‘Dorset Council’ will go live on 1 April 2019. Any slippage we
have now until then will be challenging to the programme, but we do not foresee
However our second anything that would stop it.
outing of the year has
now been planned and What will the new authorities be called?
although it’s ages off it
was so popular last year The names of the new councils are in the Structural Change Order that has been
(2 coaches full) that laid before Parliament. They will be called Dorset Council and Bournemouth,
you’re advised to get Christchurch and Poole Council.
your booking in asap!
The Salisbury Cathedral’s Wareham Foot Bridge
Christmas Carol Concerts
are only open to groups I recently spoke as a PDC Councillor to oppose the imposition of this structure, we
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