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Town councils lose confidence in Scarborough by Dave Barry
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think ‘We’ve got to do better’. After schemes”. This has produced “a severe lack of FILEY and Whitby town councils all, we all pay the same rates”. have passed formal votes of no- In Whitby, the previous week, the confidence” in the council around the confidence in their big brother in vote was less convincing (6-4) but borough as a whole, but particularly Pla ce in Scarborough and Whitby. carried nonetheless. Scarborough. lim s are The motions, passed independently Proposing the motion, Cllr Ian “The problem is thought to lie in the Ap ited for ply NO . of each other, criticise the borough Havelock referred to “evasion and fundamentals of the cabinet model Sep of local government, which carries tem W council in general and its leader and secrecy” in the borough council. 2 0 17 ber He said the people of Whitby had out much of its decision-making in cabinet in particular. With a 12-1 vote, Filey was been disappointed that Scarborough secrecy, only revealing plans once unambiguous in its declaration Council was prepared to spend £4m decisions have been made. of no-confidence in Scarborough on demolishing the Futurist Theatre Continued on page 4. but was dithering over repairs to Council. The vote was proposed by Cllr John Whitby’s piers. Haxby and seconded by Cllr John Cllr Havelock said the borough Scarborough council was treating Whitby with University Technical College Shackleton. disdain. Under-investment, poor 1 Ashburn Road YO11 2JW communications between the The Whitby meeting was attended authorities and the cabinet style of by Scarborough man Ron Wilkey Scarborough UTC is currently accepting applications for September 2017 and has a administration were cited as the who asked Whitby Council to help limited“drain number of places for Year 10 and Year 12 learners who have an interest in the swamp”. primary reasons. Councilor Advanced Computer Skills. Engineering Cllr Shackleton told the Review: Mr Wilkey said Scarborough leader Derek Bastiman and the rest “Filey has been struggling for many Please come and see our brand new building and state of the art facilities years. There has been a vast under- of the cabinet, with two exceptions, and meet some of the team. had behaved “arrogantly” with spend in the town. “A few years ago, it emerged that for regard to the Futurist. www.scarboroughutc.co.uk every £12 spent on a Scarborough A petition on the website gopetition. com, calling for a public vote ofTel: no- 01723 821 621 resident, Filey only received £1. “We’ve been fighting for many years confidence in Scarborough Council, and got nowhere”, Cllr Shackleton has been signed by 2,437 people. It states: “In the last Create few years,Your Tomorrow, Today said. He conceded that the motion placed Scarborough has been beset by a no legal obligation on the borough series of poor decisions, failures to council. “But it might just be a wake- observe constitutional procedures, up call. You know, the lightbulb failures to follow employment laws might just come on and they will and failures to create lawful parking
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