Page 58 - Phonebox Magazine May 2009

Out and About with Mark Lancaster
Our local MP
Mark with concerned local resident Hazel Dean at the old Aston Martin site.
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SCHOOL GOVERNOR VACANCY
SCHOOL GOVERNOR VACANCY
Do you or someone you know, wish to contribute to the
continuing success and direction of Ousedale School? If
ou or someone you know, wish to contribute to
the answer is yes, the school currently has a vacancy for
uing success and direction of Ousedale Schoo
a Partnership Governor.
nswer is yes, the school currently has a vacanc
Parents of students currently at Ousedale are not eligible tnership Governor.
for nomination, neither are school employees nor elected members of the local authority and those employed by the
ts of students currently at Ousedale are not eli local authority in connection with education functions.
mPianraentitos,ns,tanffeaitnhdecromarmeunsictyhorgoal neismatpiolnosyceaensnonmoirnaetele persons eligible for this category.
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ts, staff and community organisations can nomi
• The period of office is for 4 years. ns eligible for this category.
• Governors attend 6 committee meetings a year, usually 4.30pm to 6.30pm, and 3 full governing
ollowing points should be noted:
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body meetings a year, usually from 7.30pm. Certain circumstances disqualify an individual
The period of office is for 4 years.
from being a governor, e.g. bankruptcy and
Governors attend 6 committee meetings a y
criminal conviction. For information contact Sue Bruce, School Support Officer, on 01908 253614.
usually 4.30pm to 6.30pm, and 3 full gover body meetings a year, usually from 7.30pm.
Anyone wishing to be considered should contact Mrs C
Certain circumstances disqualify an indivi
Salkeld, Clerk to the Governing Body, on 01908 327426.
Abusy month locally with the Easter Recess offering an excellent proposed Tescos on the former Aston Martin site. My own view is
opportunity to escape the clutches of Westminster and spend
some time in the constituency. The mini mobile surgery attracted record numbers of people and the full version which will involve a visit to every village in North Bucks will return late September.
Apart from that the month seems to have been dominated by a series of public meetings:
Newport Pagnell – Tescos Application
To anybody living in the town it will come as no surprise the number of letters that I have had from constituents concerned at the
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clear, I feel that such an application would have a major detrimental impact on existing retailers in the town who are already struggling with the current economic climate let alone the impact it would have on traffic entering the town. Whilst planning is a devolved issue and dealt with by Milton Keynes Council and as such I play no formal role in the process, I will along with many others be adding my voice to the growing opposition to the application which I now understand is likely to come before the planning committee in June 2009.
Readers of the Phonebox might like to visit http://www.conservatives.com/Campaigns/Support_Our_Small_Sho ps.aspx and see the Conservative Campaign to support small shops in communities such as ours.
Castlethorpe – A508
The annual Parish meeting in Castlethorpe was well attended and yet again concerns over the junction of the A508 and Yardley Road dominated proceedings. The problem seems to be that with the junction just being literally yards into Northamptonshire neither council seems to want to take responsibility for this dangerous junction. With the help of Cllr Andrew Geary, we have now successfully got a commitment of part funding for a feasibility study from Milton Keynes and together with my Northants colleague Tim Boswell MP, I am now desperately trying to get Northants County Council to match it. Whilst frustrated at the delay, I am confident that after several years of trying we are finally making some progress.