Money…
At the end of each financial year a Council has (or should have) a sum of money which is carried over to the following year. At the end of March…
Precept…
Mr Jim Kenyon (Chair of Independent Hemsworth Town Council) promised alongside his Independent Candidates in their manifestos back in 2019: “When elected we will reduce your precept by over £200,000”…
Room hire…
Looking through the accounts, Ferret came across an entry for Room Hire Solicitor at Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel. This cost YOU £294.50 Ferret has to assume there were no suitable rooms…
Standing Orders…
For those readers who are not aware Hemsworth Town Council has a set of rules which they have to follow, these are known as “Standing Orders”. Ferret has a copy…
Let’s make the Earth move…Revisited
Further to my original post below, Ferret has been provided with further information regarding Independent Hemsworth Town Council Spending £42000 of YOUR money on three items of machinery. Independent Hemsworth…
Here is the report that we have been waiting on since 2019…
The “Scientific Audit of (the former) LABOUR Council and former Town Clerk to see where your money has GONE over the last 15 years.” ordered by Mr Jim Kenyon (Chair…
Wake up and smell the coffee…
Both Mr Jim Kenyon – Chair (Independent Hemsworth Town Council) and Mr Ian Womersley (Independent District and Hemsworth Town Council) weren’t very keen on welcoming Costa Coffee onto the derelict…
Tesco expansion…
Back in 2010, Tesco submitted plans to expand their store in Hemsworth. Tesco had at some time previously, purchased the old Co-op food store which was derelict and unoccupied. To…
Tickets…
Ferret has continued to look through the accounts of Independent Hemsworth Town Council and was astonished to find an entry from December 2019. £1200 of YOUR money was spent on…