After the May elections, sale diagnosis all Members of Cotswold District Council will receive £2, cialis 000 a year funding to support environmental activities in their wards.
The scheme was announced during the Council’s budget setting meeting on Tuesday 24 February. Commenting on this initiative, Cllr Lynden Stowe, the Leader of the Council, said:
“This will be a genuine example of localism in action – building on similar schemes that we introduced such as the local Youth Activity Funds. I’ve always been a great believer that the best people to allocate resources to local communities are our ward members, because they, better than anyone, know what makes the communities they represent tick.
“Every ward member will have a budget of £2,000 for local environmental ‘impact work’. This could mean more litter picking, road sweeping, sign cleaning, dog bins – basically anything that will help keep the Cotswolds clean and tidy, but based on local needs.”
Councillor Sue Coakley, Cabinet Member for Environment and Communities, added “Our ward members are our closest link to communities, so it makes sense for them to be more involved and decide how best to spend this additional funding in their area.
“I feel that this is an excellent initiative which will augment our existing programme of street and road cleansing across the District and, indeed, the many local litter picks carried out by local communities and businesses.”