What lurks beneath West Kirby Marine Lake and could cost Wirral Council £500,000 to £1,000,000 to fix?

What lurks beneath West Kirby Marine Lake and could cost Wirral Council £500,000 to £1,000,000 to fix?

What lurks beneath West Kirby Marine Lake and could cost Wirral Council £500,000 to £1,000,000 to fix?

                              

David Armstrong (right) (Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Wirral Council)) 28th November 2019
David Armstrong (right) (Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Wirral Council)) 28th November 2019

In one corner of the Wirral was a town called West Kirby.

In the summer holidays families enjoyed the sun and sandy beach at West Kirby and next to the sandy beach was a lake.

On top of the lake people would often be seen windsurfing and sailing.

But beneath the water in the lake a weed had been growing and growing which had led to complaints from those using the lake.
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Who’s in Wirral Council’s Cabinet and how does it propose to change decision making?

Who’s in Wirral Council’s Cabinet and how does it propose to change decision making?

Who’s in Wirral Council’s Cabinet and how does it propose to change decision making?

                                  

Cllr Pat Hackett (Leader of Wirral Council) 14th May 2019
Cllr Pat Hackett (Leader of Wirral Council) 14th May 2019

On the agenda of a public meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet on Monday 24th June 2019 are proposed changes to how the Cabinet makes decisions as well as a proposal that certain decisions made by Wirral Council employees are published and are subject to the call-in procedure by councillors.
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What will councillors say tonight about enforcement of environmental laws now the contract with Kingdom has been cancelled?

What will councillors say tonight about enforcement of environmental laws now the contract with Kingdom has been cancelled?

What will councillors say tonight about enforcement of environmental laws now the contract with Kingdom has been cancelled?

                                       

Cllr Anita Leech (Cabinet Member for the Environment) Wirral Council
Cllr Anita Leech (Cabinet Member for the Environment) (Wirral Council)

Tonight will be another Extraordinary public meeting of Wirral Council councillors. This one was called by five Liberal Democrat councillors (Councillors Brame, Carubia, Gilchrist, Kelly and Mitchell) on the 21st February 2019. The councillors asked for an end to the Environmental Enforcement Contract between Wirral Council and Kingdom Services Group Limited.

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Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Wirral Council) 13th March 2019 Overview of Trade Waste Enforcement
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Why are Wirral Council censoring video of a public meeting about Kingdom?

Why are Wirral Council censoring video of a public meeting about Kingdom?

Why are Wirral Council censoring video of a public meeting about Kingdom?

                             

Warning Sign Ban Filming Ban Public Public Meetings
Warning Sign Ban Filming Ban Public Public Meetings

I have requested from Wirral Council to re-use video footage of their recent public meeting of councillors where the subject of Kingdom came up. Despite their policy on filming suggesting that we should allow re-use when filming them, they are concerned about the possibility of “edited extracts” (even though I asked not for edited extracts but to republish footage of the whole meeting) and it appears that the answer to the question about re-use at the moment is no.
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Why is the Minister directing how Wirral Council prepares its Local Plan and what are councillors doing?

Why is the Minister directing how Wirral Council prepares its Local Plan and what are councillors doing?

Why is the Minister directing how Wirral Council prepares its Local Plan and what are councillors doing?

                          

Cllr Chris Blakeley 5th March 2018 Lead Signatory for the Call-In
Cllr Chris Blakeley 5th March 2018 Lead Signatory for the Call-In on the Local Plan

Councillors on Wirral Council’s Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee will meet again (which is their third public meeting within a month) on Thursday afternoon to decide on a call-in regarding the last decision by Cabinet before Christmas last year on the Local Plan.
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