Gedling's "Do-Nothing Council"

Every year Gedling's Leisure Department increases its prices for the use of its leisure centres, pitches, etc. Last year it put up the prices by too much and takings dropped by £85,000!

Last year the takings from hiring out the Millennium Suite on Foxhill Road, Carlton, dropped by £60,000. We were told this was due to the down-turn in the economy.

The problem is that these losses were £12,000 per month and no-one seems to have noticed until the end of the financial year.

The drop in income this year is now predicted to be £325,000 and at last something is being done.

A committee is looking into it! Too little, too late?

Meanwhile Gedling's Tory cabinet asked the Carbon Renewal Trust to present a report on what the Borough could do to save money on its fuel costs. The report said that by spending £208,000, the Council could save enough energy get its money back in just under 2½ years, saving over £80,000 a year and then continuing to make those savings.

What did they do with the report? It's not entirely clear, but they seem to have referred it to a committee of officers who will try to do the easy bits.

Of course, the Council told them to do this in March 2007 and they have delayed for 12 months.

That 12 months of inactivity means a little over £80,000 has been wasted and if the "committee of officers" isn't able to get on and do the job properly, then even more of your money will go down the drain.