SLM Contract Extension Document ( Download, PDF)
On Wednesday the 27th of July I visited Cambridge City Council, accompanied by two readers of my website, to view the city council’s accounts. One of the areas we looked into was the council’s transactions with Sports and Leisure Management Limited (SLM). SLM run the city’s swimming pools, and [...]
Cambridge Guildhall (Library Image: These Doors Were Open for Thursday’s Meeting)
I observed, and took part in, a meeting of Cambridge City Council’s full council on Thursday the 21st of July 2011.
Preliminaries
The front doors of the Guildhall were open when I arrived and it was possible to walk straight in. This is a [...]
Cambridge City Council’s Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on the 4th of July 2011 received an annual report from Cambridge’s City Centre management organisation Love Cambridge.
I used the public speaking slot at the meeting to say:
I would like to ask how the council is monitoring the performance of the residents’ representative on the Love [...]
Cambridge City Council’s Mayor and Deputy Mayor Process into the Council Chamber Before the Councillor Allowances Debate
On the 7th of April I observed a Cambridge City Council meeting. Despite many important items being on the agenda, including the future of the NHS and setting the city wide police priorities the item to which most time [...]
“Cheeky Sods” in the Big Green Egg BBQ Bus on Midsummer Common
Due to inconsiderate people damaging the grass BBQs and fires have become a contentious issue on Jesus Green and Midsummer Common in recent years. There have also been many problems with vehicles churning up the grass and damaging the edges of paths on both [...]
Map of Cambridge’s North Area
On Thursday the 24th of March 2011 I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area committee, held in the Manner School on Arbury Road.
A new format for the meeting was being trialled. The public seating which is usually rows of chairs, had been replaced with tables with 4-6 seats placed [...]
Friends of Midsummer Common AGM 2011. Mr Baxter (middle) in the chair.
On Wednesday the 16th of March 2011 I attended the 4th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common.
Key Points:
The manager of the Fort St. George Public House attended and argued he, and his staff ought be allowed to continue [...]
The currently tree-lined Carlyle Road would be changed dramatically if the foliage were to be lost.
On the evening of the 28th of February 2011 I attended a public meeting held by Cambridge City Council to discuss the council’s proposals to remove all the foliage from three trees on Alexandra Gardens bordering Caryle Road. The actions [...]
Unofficial notices warn of the council’s proposed chainsaw massacre on Alexandra Gardens. No further official notices or consultation are planned despite not all information yet being available, and a final decision not being made till December or January.
On Friday the 15th of October 2010 a public meeting was held by Cambridge City Council to [...]
Cambridge City Council Charged the Cambridge Cycling Campaign £86.10 for meeting up on the Midsummer Common Cycle Path. Image Source (licence)
Cambridge City Council makes hire charges for those using the city’s commons and green spaces. It makes these charges even to other public sector organisations, as well as to charity events, non-profit events and events [...]
Councillor Armstrong, Councillor Blair, Councillor Boyce, Councillor Levy, Councillor Liddle, Councillor McGovern, Councillor Nimmo-Smith, Councillor Pitt, Councillor Todd-Jones, Councillor Upstone, Councillor Ward, Councillor Benstead, Councillor Blencowe, Councillor Bradnack, Councillor Ellis-Miller, Councillor Hart, Councillor Herbert, Councillor Howell, Councillor Lynn, Councillor Shah, Councillor Smart, Councillor Walker, Councillor Wright, Councillor AlBander, Councillor Baker, Councillor Blackhurst, Councillor Dryden, Councillor McPherson, Councillor Newbold, Councillor Sanders, Councillor Stuart, Councillor Taylor, Councillor Bick, Councillor Cantrill, Councillor Dixon, Councillor Hipkin, Councillor Kightley, Councillor Reid, Councillor Rosenstiel, Councillor Smith, Councillor Zmura.
Jesus Green, Midsummer Common, New Square, Christ's Pieces, Parker's Piece, Coldham's Common, Romsey Rec, Coleridge Rec, Cherry Hinton Rec.