JUNE NEWS 2009
Report from your local, Independent Councillor,
MARIANNE OVERTON
Some Good News Thanks to Rodney Wilson and Sheila and Peter Gill who opened their gardens. Volunteers of Mrs Smith’s Cottage, (including me) provided a plant sale and excellent teas, aising over £640 for the Cottage and McMillan nurses. Thanks to all.


Relate Lincolnshire send their thanks for the £417 plus gift aid, submitted from your kind
sponsorship of me running the Lincoln 10K. Congratulations Jolly Posh, celebrating
3yrs flourishing in Navenby High St.

Grant Success
Branston Village Hall was awarded £7,865 for the new heating from LCC and NKDC.
Welbourn Village Hall has been awarded a further £33,333 from LCC and NKDC. Tenders were opened this week and the contractor agreed for a July start.
Wellingore has been awarded £5,000 from the Big Lottery Breathing Spaces Fund.
Spires and Steeples
Cliff Baxendale and his wonderful team of volunteers produced another fabulous artwork in Nocton, unveiled this month: A carved wooden bench with the wildlife images reflected in the mosaic pond, created with 22,400 man hours!

Congratulations Our Church made a great setting for the beautiful work of our talented Navenby Art Group again. Chickens are arriving soon at the Eastgate Centre, Sleaford where Richard Wilson of Navenby has been working to help create their new home.

Highways and road improvements
I asked for a meeting and had a very good session with the Divisional highways manager and his boss, Alan Aistrup, looking at how the council prioritises its work and expenditure on highways. The system is fair and the A607 is now properly recorded. I saw up to date maps of detailed surface conditions and how that is fitted into the programme of work. I also looked at how the money is divided between different areas according to need and could see that we have our fair share, which is higher than most other areas and we have a 7.5% increase this year, which
is more than the average of 4%.

Expenses
Independents at LCC discussed expenses four years ago and confirmed that the only claims made would be the minimum necessary to carry out the work, simple really! I also pay all my own election expenses.