Spooner Row Message Board

Date: May 2, 2018

Community Council UPDATE

Date: May 3, 2018

Good news. I am sure this will lead to better local management and representation.

Will the future new cemetery in Suton belong under the new parish or under Wymondham?

Date: May 4, 2018

Unfortunately the Electoral division of DT1 which is where the boundary lies splits Suton and this will be be in DU1 and remain in Wymondham parish ( Town) . There might be scope and a considearble saving if we could use , for those who wish for full burial and interred ashes , to take place at Morley st Peter Church. I have not asked but Spooner row Church yard for some reason seems to be off limits and you can still use Wymondham but the resident fee will not apply

Date: May 4, 2018

Spooner Row churchyard is not consecrated ground. With the formation of the new parish can this not be revised? Could the churchyard be extended?

Date: May 6, 2018

My limited understanding is that this is a Church decision which the Council at any level has very limited if any influence . It is a curious body called the Faculty and they are all powerful and can be very difficult to deal with.

The War memorial is recognised but the only bodies therein belong to Routh Clarke and I believe it is in effect a private burial ground.

That said in anyone has some influence with the Church please feel free to ask and let us know

Date: Jul 6, 2018

Looking at Wymondham Town Council's Annual Report 2017-18 as described in it's Summer Newsletter, the main expenditure is as follows. From a total Income of £524,364 of which 79% was collected from the Precept, the main Expenditure was 43% on Salaries, 21% on Administration, 14% on Recreation (the Spooner Row playing field is just one of several assets in Wymondham) and 11% on the New Office Build. Strangely, Ketts Park has been omitted from the pie-chart but is 3% (£10,873) of total Expenditure and I suppose should be added to the Recreation total.

Residents in Spooner Row have often felt that they were the forgotten few living in a remote village several miles from Wymondham and this high level of expenditure is not really relevant to our current needs. The financial benefits alone of being an independent parish will be an improvement (plus the improved representation and local management it will bring).

Date: Jul 6, 2018

So the first 64% is wasted on employing the council and them doing their job ? 335k, blimey sign me up to that as a sideline job.

Date: Jul 7, 2018

Another thing I gleaned from the accounts, I wonder how many residents of this fair parish know that the Wymondham Town Clerk is paid £(edited) and a further 20% pension contribution a year.

(Anonyous, please can you provide a weblink to the accounts where this amount is shown, as I am unable to verify it. Thanks, Webstation)

-- Edited by webstation on Saturday 7th of July 2018 01:58:43 PM

Date: Jul 7, 2018

Good grief!! The council office is only open part-time from 9.30 to 4.00pm. Is £(edited) pro rata?

Looking at the Society of Local Council Clerks job list, this does seem rather excessive in comparison. http://www.slcc.co.uk/jobs/

-- Edited by webstation on Saturday 7th of July 2018 01:52:35 PM

Date: Jul 7, 2018

Can someone explain to me the hierarchy of the councils, is wymondham town council equivalent to a parish council ?

Date: Jul 7, 2018

Wymondham Town Council is exactly the same as a Parish or community council. It has the same level of authority, but just has a larger population and therefore a greater income.