Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Sandy

Responses from consultation

Town council: no proposal received

9 responses

Comments:

“Twice the existing number, to enable better representation of the population. Ward boundary should be proportionate to number of people living there.”

“Already divided into wards and seems to work.”

“Nothing wrong with Sandy Town Council. Far more effective than Central Bedfordshire Council. Its officers and administrators are effective, honest and great communicators, which is more than can be said for staff at Central Bedfordshire Council. I’d be more than happy to give more powers to Sandy Town Council if some of the underperforming administrators in CBC were made redundant and the money saved was handed to Sandy Town Council.”

Feedback received through the public consultation indicated a preference to retain the current level of representation and to make no other changes. This view has been considered alongside the working group’s rationale to ensure that any final draft recommendation reflects the aims of the terms of reference as well as the views of the community.

Draft recommendations

1. that the parish name of Sandy should remain unchanged
2. that the number of parish councillors on Sandy Town Council remain unchanged with Beeston Ward 1, Fallowfield Ward 3, Ivel Ward 5 and Pinnacle Ward 6

Reason for recommendations

In light of the representations received the working group felt that the current arrangements reflect effective and convenient local government.