Yearly Archive 19 May 2022

The Floral Hall, located in People’s Park, is being leased to Gravity Red Inspires – a support service for young people, which offers befriending and family support.

North East Lincolnshire’s Armed Forces weekend will be coming back with a bang this summer.

North East Lincolnshire Council is consulting on its public space protection orders (PSPOs) in key public areas.

A RESHAPED Cabinet for North East Lincolnshire Council has been announced today, ahead of its official confirmation at an Annual General Meeting later this month.

The Cabinet responsibilities for the following year are set to be:

Cllr Philip Jackson: Leader and Portfolio Holder for Economy, Net Zero, Skills and Housing – with responsibility for economic strategy, regeneration, inward investment and growth, business support and local enterprise, all aspects of housing, net zero, decarbonisation, the NEL Carbon roadmap and the green agenda, strategic economic collaboration, skills and employability.

Cllr Stan Shreeve: Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care – with responsibility for adult social care, health and adult social care commissioning and provision, public health and health inequality, health and care partnership, collaboration and integration.

Cllr Stephen Harness: Portfolio Holder for Finance, Resources and Assets – with responsibility for financial strategy and corporate governance, revenue budget and capital programme, digital strategy, inclusion and development, shared services and commercial development, financial inclusion, assets (corporate, commercial, community) and estate management.

Cllr Margaret Cracknell: Portfolio Holder for Children and Education ­­- with responsibility as statutory lead member for children’s services for safeguarding of children and young people, corporate parenting, care leavers and family support, early help, SEND, school improvement and education.

Cllr Stewart Swinburn: Portfolio Holder for Environment and Transport – with responsibility for planning, development control, highways and transportation, traffic management, parking and regulation, waste, recycling and environmental management, neighbourhood services, street scene, parks, open spaces, climate change related policy implementation affecting the natural environment.

Cllr Tom Furneaux: Portfolio Holder for Culture, Heritage and the Visitor Economy – with responsibility for tourism and the visitor economy, leisure, sport and recreation, including the playing pitch strategy, culture, Borough heritage, museums and the arts.

Cllr Ron Shepherd: Portfolio Holder for Safer and Stronger Communities – with responsibility for all aspects of local authority enforcement and regulatory services, environmental health, port health, food safety, pollution control, trading standards and licensing, community safety and anti-social behaviour, voluntary and community sector, equalities, diversity and inclusion, emergency planning and civil contingencies.

“As a united Cabinet over the last 12 months we have worked hard and with determination and we all look forward to another year during which we will continue to take advantage of opportunities and overcome challenges to create a stronger local economy and safer and stronger communities for all,” said Cllr Jackson.

These appointments will be formally announced by the Leader at the Annual General Meeting of the Council on May 26, along with other committee chairs and placings.

Full details will appear within the ‘Your Council’ section of  www.nelincs.gov.uk following the meeting.

Article from NELC.

Tourism businesses along the coast of Greater Lincolnshire are being invited to take part in a new programme to help them take advantage of being more environmentally sustainable.

This year’s Mayor Making ceremony will take place on the 19^th May at Grimsby Town Hall.

“I would like to thank to voters of Grimsby, Cleethorpes, and Immingham for once again putting their trust in the Conservatives to run North East Lincolnshire Council,” says Councillor Philip Jackson, the leader of NELC.

As part of the government’s initiative to help households with rising energy costs, there will be a £150 Council Tax energy rebate for households in band A to D properties.

Three years ago, you, the voters of Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham, elected the first majority Conservative administration in the history of North East Lincolnshire Council.

Voters going to the polls in May to elect their local representatives are being urged to make sure they’re ‘election ready’.