Spooner Row Message Board

Date: May 16, 2025

RE: Agenda - Additional SRCC meeting to be held on Wednesday 14th May 2025 at 7pm, at the Village Hall

Date: May 16, 2025

I thought it was normal practice for all parish councils to have an annual audit.

Date: Jun 6, 2025

Agendas -2 meetings, SRCC General Meeting 7pm & Employment Committee 6.30pm for Thurs 12th June 2025 at the Village Hall

Date: Jun 20, 2025

Agenda - Employment Committee Meeting for Wednesday, 25 June, 6.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: Jun 20, 2025

Yet another secret employment committee meeting at the council. Who are the councillors on this employment committee anyway? Will the clerk tell us?

Date: Jun 20, 2025

Contact the clerk and ask who the councillors are for the meeting, or wait for the minutes.

Employment committee meetings are usually confidential says Google.

Date: Jun 20, 2025

I’m surprised Spooner Row council still has a clerk and chairman. The abuse is disgusting. Shame on you.

Date: Jun 21, 2025

But the clerk posted the agenda and is active on this website so why would she not answer the earlier request?

(Dear Poster,

Just to clarify, the Clerk doesn't directly post agendas on here and I am not sure how often she visits this site. The agendas are forwarded to the Webstation and posted on the message board on behalf of the Community Council. Posting on here helps disseminate the Council's information and this has been the case since the Community Council was formed in 2019.

The Clerk manages the recently set-up SRCC's website.

Webstation)

-- Edited by webstation on Saturday 21st of June 2025 02:49:42 PM

Date: Jun 21, 2025

This looks like a smoke screen to me, especially after the heated meeting last week !

Date: Jun 22, 2025

I don't understand why the webmaster is getting involved on this thread and splitting hairs. ....(edited).....

(Dear Anon,

Please be aware the Webstation does not get involved with contributing a point of view to ongoing threads. See Webstation's reply supplied on 21 June (two posts above).

Webstation)

-- Edited by webstation on Sunday 22nd of June 2025 12:00:14 PM

Date: Jun 23, 2025

For a “ community council” who are surposed to be working for our communities there are a lot of things going on in a negative way. Lots of un answered questions, nothing happening regarding spending the 100k pot that is available, a woodland area that has cost lots of money and can’t be used as it’s unsafe ( this has been going on for 4 years ), an increase in our council tax that a percentage goes to the council with nothing to show apart from an over paid clerk! This list goes on.
And before anyone says “ you should attend the meetings“ it is not a pleasant experience! It usually ends up with a slanging match between councillors ( there is very really all councillors in attendance anyway )

Another 2 years of this debacle before the elections!

Date: Jun 23, 2025

From what I understand there has for a long time been friction between individuals on the community council. Many good councillors have resigned because of one individual which is evident by previous postings on this web site and reports in the local press. I think the clerk does an excellent job in the circumstances and has taken on more responsibilities because of the situation on the council. There had previously been several clerks who had resigned, what were the reasons why?

The increase in community council tax was minimal compared to the larger increases for the district and county councils.

Date: Jun 23, 2025

There are more than one individual on the community council who are quite capable of throwping her toys out of the pram !!

Date: Jul 6, 2025

Agenda - SRCC meeting to be held on Thursday 10th July 2025 at 7pm, at the Village Hall

Date: Aug 30, 2025

Agenda - SRCC meeting to be held on Thursday 4th September 2025 at 7pm, at the Village Hall

Date: Oct 5, 2025

Agenda - SRCC meeting to be held on Thursday 9th October 2025 at 7pm, at the Village Hall

Date: Oct 8, 2025

Why did a new councillor join the community council one month and then resigned the next ?

Date: Oct 8, 2025

It's just a merry-go-round!

Date: Oct 9, 2025

How much time and money has been wasted on the complaint with the auditor?! Most objections weren’t upheld and the ones that were seem like minor issues. The hours the clerk and the auditor have spent on this is a waste of our tax payers money, especially when Councillor Foster doesn’t even have a reason for raising these issues!!

(As this was posted anonymously, this information was recorded and can be found in the Council's Minutes of 10th July 2025 - see Spooner Row Community Council's website: https://spoonerrow-cc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads//2025/09/2025-0230.-2025-July-Minutes-signed.pdf

Details of other Minutes at https://spoonerrow-cc.gov.uk/meetings/

Webstion)

-- Edited by webstation on Friday 10th of October 2025 09:22:08 AM

Date: Oct 10, 2025

When are the next elections?

Date: Oct 10, 2025

I believe the cancelled/postponed elections will be next year for the newly organised unitary council for the county and district, and the parish council will be in 2027, as the last one was in 2023.

Date: Oct 11, 2025

2027 ! Another 18 months of this then :(

Date: Oct 14, 2025

Unfortunatly we are stuck with these councillors until May 2027 !!!

Date: Nov 9, 2025

Agenda - Two meetings: S.Row CC & Employment Committee to be held on Thursday 13th Nov 2025 at the Village Hall

Date: January 4th

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 8th January 2026, 7pm at the Village Hall

Date: February 9th

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Tuesday 10th February 2026, 7pm at the Village Hall

Date: March 10th

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 12th March 2026, 7pm at the Village Hall

Date: April 1st

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 9th April 2026, 7pm at the Village Hall