Having reported 10+ blocked road drains, gullies, on Bleadon Hill, Roman Road and Celtic Way to North Somerset (NSC) in early February, BOB's happy to report they've now been cleared. Hopefully the cleared drains will stop the stream that is known to flow down Celtic Way, as seen in the video, and pictures below.
As you are aware both NSC and Bleadon Parish Council (BPC) collect taxes for various services, and associated work to be done, on our behalf. If you feel that 'jobs' are not being done appropriately and/or correctly, we encourage you to report the potential lapse in service provision to one of the various authorities responsible. If you get a response, like the drains, please let BOB know so that we can share it with all residents.
If people do not help the authorities manage the contracts that residents have paid for, by reporting potential lapses, then we may be expected to both pay the taxes and volunteer to do the work as well!
NB. By law, you can ask BPC to see all their contracts, grants, finances, etc. and have the opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records, as seen in BPC's annual public notice, usually published May-July,
"Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested" (PDF)
However, it should be noted that for unstated reasons, BPC has refused this lawful access for the last two years. Let's see what happens in May-July this year!
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