Cheshire East Council has appointed a new finance boss on an annual salary of £142,951.
Ashley Hughes has become the council’s executive director of resources, chief finance and S151 officer.
A Nantwich Town councillor narrowly missed out on a national award for the community work she has done over the past few years.
Cllr Anna Burton was just one of five town councillors across the UK in the running for the “Councillor of the Year” honour in the Star Council Awards.
Cheshire East Council still needs to make savings to remain financially sustainable despite the £25.3 million government ‘bailout’, the authority’s finance boss said.
Adele Taylor, interim executive director of resources, issued the warning at Monday’s meeting of the audit and governance committee, in response to a question from Conservative councillor Patrick Redstone.
Plans to tackle the spread of horsetail on a Nantwich allotment site have been delayed once again after town councillors could not agree.
The town council had proposed a way forward which would have cost more than £12,700.
The government has confirmed Cheshire East Council will receive exceptional financial support of £25.3m, meaning it can set a balanced budget for the next financial year, writes Belinda Ryan.
The cash-strapped council was informed yesterday (Thursday) it had been granted the extra support.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council’s new £11 million multi-storey car park has cost the authority approximately £87,000 to operate – and brought in just £17,244 in parking income in its first six months.
In October, it was revealed the 395-space car park was bringing in just £75 a day in terms of income for the council.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A public consultation has started on proposals for a devolution deal for Cheshire and Warrington.
The government announced earlier this month the Cheshire and Warrington region had been confirmed as part of its devolution priority programme.
A four-week programme of roadworks at one of Nantwich’s busiest junctions was finally completed today.
And signs erected earlier this week which suggested the works at the junction of Elwood Way and Newcastle Road would be extended by four weeks appear to have been “inaccurate”.
Nantwich Town councillors have agreed to plans for a “soft closure” of two key town centre roads for a day.
The idea to close Pillory Street and Hospital Street is to allow for studies on the impact it has on air pollution, local business, pedestrian footfall.
Highways bosses at Cheshire East Council have finally admitted there are “issues” with the surface dressing along the A500 Shavington Bypass.
It follows hundreds of complaints from motorists about loose gravel smashing windscreens and denting vehicles since the works were done last summer.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich rural schools are becoming over-subscribed but a new primary school which should have opened in September 2024 and was delayed for a year still hasn’t been built.
Planning permission was granted in June 2023 for the new 210-pupil Kingsbourne Academy on the Kingsley Fields development.
A programme of roadworks causing major delays at one of Nantwich’s busiest junctions looks set to be extended by another FOUR weeks.
Works have been taking place at the junction of Newcastle Road and Elwood Way since January 20.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A domestic abuse charity which has provided help for survivors and their children for nearly 50 years faces closure of some services after Cheshire East axed its funding.
Cheshire East Council has told MyCWA (Cheshire Without Abuse) there is no more money available from April 1, 2025.
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