Feedback from Copeland Council

The September meeting of Copeland Council took place this afternoon.

Having complained at some recent meetings that the Executive reports had been a bit thin we were pleased to see a very comprehensive report this time which generated more than a few questions.

Key points of interest:

1) A report on the state of Copeland's accounts will be coming to Audit committee on 24th September. It is recognised that the present situation with the accounts is very unsatisfactory and it will be interesting to see what the report says about how the council fell into the situation were we have two sets of accounts not signed off, and lots of money having to be spent to put it righ.

2) A decision on the site for a new hospital will need to be made before the end of the year. It is universally agreed by Copeland councillors, and included in the Masterplan, that this needs to be in Whitehaven, although it is not true that the council regards Pow Beck as a favoured site.

3) There was negligible interest in the idea of a Town council for Whitehaven when the council organised a survey over the summer: admittedly it could have been better publicised but there was a very low response.

4) Orders to ban drinking in the street in a "designated area" within Millom were approved in line with the public consultation held earlier this year.

5) A website which will advertise all job vacancies at any of the local councils in Cumbria including Copeland has been set up and will be publicised in about a month's time when a few minor problems have been sorted out.

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