http://www.prater.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Tim Prater en-GB Tim Prater http://www.prater.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Tim Prater 2010-03-19T02:13+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000141/prater_and_dean_push_for_fuller_disclosure_of_kent_county_council_expenditure.html Liberal Democrat County Councillors Tim Prater and Trudy Dean have submitted a motion to the next full Kent County Council meeting calling for all items of revenue expenditure by the Council above £1,000 to be published. The proposals mirror the actions of the Greater London Authority, who took a similar step after Mayor Boris Johnson was elected. 2010-03-17T17:48+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000140/funding_for_kent_autistic_trust_secured_for_next_five_years.html Kent Autistic Trust has been successful in a Big Lottery Bid and has received a grant to fund both its Family Support Officer posts for five years from 1st April 2010. 2010-03-16T18:06+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000139/sandgate_society_event_apollo13_remembered.html On March 17th at 7.30pm, Reg Turnill will be at the Chichester Memorial Hall, Sandgate, giving an account of how Apollo 13 was crippled by an explosion on the way to the moon in 1970, as told by the BBC correspondent who was there as the excitement unfolded. 2010-03-15T16:18+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000138/kent_county_council_youth_opportunity_fund_grants_to_shepway_200910.html The following grants were made from the Youth Opportunities Fund for Shepway projects. As a County Councillor, I've had no say in any of these bids or grants, but thought they may be of interest! 2010-03-11T08:29+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000137/cheriton_and_morehall_police_and_psco_update_february_2010.html Cheriton and Morehall Police and PSCO team of Mark Ball, Keith Samsun and Gavin Rolfe have emailed an update of their activities in February 2010, and details of forthcoming Surgery dates. 2010-03-11T08:07+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000135/temporary_road_closure__wilberforce_road_sandgate.html Because of urgent sewer works, Kent Highways have advised that it will be necessary to temporarily close Wilberforce Road, Sandgate, Folkestone. The works are planned to commence on 8 March 2010 for up to 14 days. 2010-03-08T11:32+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000136/lib_dems_welcome_battery_recycling_points_at_libraries.html The Kent Lib Dem group has welcomed a move by Kent County Council to make it easier for residents to dispose of spent batteries responsibly by placing special boxes for old batteries in all its libraries. 2010-03-08T09:33+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000134/kent_highways_update_on_folkestone_and_sandgate_gritting_after_snow_updated.html Kent Highways have responded to Lib Dem Kent County Councillor Tim Prater with an update on snow clearance and salt bin refilling across Folkestone and Sandgate. 2010-02-12T19:03+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000133/kent_county_council_should_admit_snow_response_was_inadequate.html Folkestone West County Councillor, Tim Prater, has put a question to Kent County Council: "Will the Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste confirm that Kent Police had contacted KCC them to get the roads treated and that the response by Kent Highways to the snowfall on 10th / 11th February in Folkestone and surrounding areas was totally inadequate, leading to even main roads being completely impassable, cars being abandoned and road accidents." 2010-02-12T15:30+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000127/kenttv_a_decision_2_million_pounds_too_late.html Lib Dems at County Hall have welcomed the decision to pull the plug on KCC's controversial KentTV broadband channel. Conservative Council Leader Paul Carter has announced that the contract would end due to the "changed economic climate". But Trudy Dean, Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition, said the channel had cost nearly £2 million pounds and should never have been set up using taxpayers money. 2010-02-11T11:40+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000128/top_officer_payoff_slammed_by_lib_dems.html The Lib Dem Opposition at Kent County Hall has denounced the decision to extend KCC's current Chief Executive's contract by a further year to May 2010, at an alleged additional cost of £200,000. 2010-02-11T11:37+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000129/dont_try_to_put_the_blame_on_us_say_lib_dems_at_county_hall.html Trudy Dean, Leader of the Lib Dem Group at Kent County Council, has called on Conservative Leader Paul Carter to retract his statement that the KCC Chief Executive's contract was extended as the result of a unanimous cross party vote involving Lib Dem and Labour Cllrs in 2006. 2010-02-11T11:31+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000130/resurfacing_works__temporary_road_closure_surrenden_road_cheriton.html Kent Highways will be carrying out carriageway resurfacing in Surrenden Road, Cheriton. The resurfacing will start at the junction with Wells Road running through to the junction of Harcourt Road. The works will start on Thursday 11th February 2010 for 2 days 2010-02-05T15:21+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000131/grant_funding_information_from_kent_county_council__inside_track_154.html The latest edition of "Inside Track" newsletter produced by Kent County Council External Funding Unit, which contains the latest information on national, regional and local sources of funding, has been published and is available at http://tinyurl.com/yz8dq69 2010-02-02T19:14+00:00 http://www.prater.org.uk/news/000132/looking_for_loos_for_cheriton_rec.html Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater is looking into the possibility of reinstating a public toilet into Cheriton Rec after a request from a local resident. The resident was pleased about plans to improve Cheriton Rec with new facilities, but raised the issue that with the nearest public toilets being some way away in Somerset Road and having no family facilities, the lack of a toilet in the park could be a public health issue. 2010-02-01T10:28+00:00