Agenda item

Public Questions - A 15-minute period when members of the public may ask questions of the Town Council.

Please note: Any member of the public requiring to put a question to the Town Council must do so by email or via The Guildhall no later than 12 noon the day before the meeting.

 

Members of the public are advised to review the Receiving Public Questions, Representations and Evidence at Meetings document prior to attending the meeting.

Minutes:

The Chairman informed the meeting that five public questions had been received.

 

The residents who submitted four of the questions were not in attendance. 

 

The Town Clerk read out the questions in the order that they were received of those who were not in attendance.

 

Date Received

Public Question to the Town Council

Submitted by

26.01.25

Relocation of the Fore Street Memorial Bench:

Hopefully you will understand my interest and concern in this matter and I would

ask that the bench is left in it's current position and the street market work around

it.

 

Please refer to the attached representation.

 

Member of the public

30.01.25

Relocation of the Fore Street Memorial Bench:

There is surely no competent reason why Council cannot now invoke your Standing Orders, which state that if six Councillors wish it, a resolution can be rescinded within the six month time frame.

 

Please refer to the attached representation.

 

Member of the public

31.01.25

Relocation of the Fore Street Memorial Bench:

No reasonable Council would have considered moving it and while the Mayor has apologised I believe that now the Council should take immediate steps to save the bench from any threat from being moved either now or in the future.

 

Please refer to the attached representation.

 

Member of the public

1.02.25

Relocation of the Fore Street Memorial Bench:

As an Army Commando veteran residing in Saltash, I find it deeply troubling that the Town Council is contemplating the removal of the memorial after the trial period of the market. This action would disregard the sacrifice of our community members who perished in the Blitz. We must honour their memory with the utmost respect, and tampering with the memorial undermines that principle.

 

Representation was not provided.

 

Member of the public

3.02.25

Relocation of the Fore Street Memorial Bench:

Please treat the bench with the same respect and right this wrong by rescinding the resolution which can be done with the agreement of six Councillors.

 

Please refer to the attached representation.

 

Miss Beverley Gordon

 

A member of the public Miss Beverly Gordon was in attendance and invited to ask her question.

 

The Chairman read the following statement:

 

Thank you for your questions this evening.

 

Saltash Town Team listened to concerns raised about the relocation of the memorial bench and rescinded their original proposal to relocate the bench for the trial period.

 

Saltash Town Council noted the Town Team updated report.

 

The market trial will run for 6-months - March to August. 

 

At the end of trial, Town Team will review all aspects of the trial, reporting their findings and recommendations to Saltash Town Council for consideration. 

 

To be clear, the resolution to enable the bench to be relocated is no longer valid because Town Team have rescinded their original proposal, further consideration will be given at the end of the trial.

 

Members discussed the questions posed to the Town Council.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Griffiths, seconded by Councillor Stoyel and unanimously RESOLVED to delegate to the Town Clerk to thank the members of the public for their questions and to share the Chairman’s statement supported by the Town Council.

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