A monthly meeting of the Forres Community Council has put the ‘closure’ of the community centre on its agenda, where the public are invited to attend.
Growing criticism of the potential demise of a central hub in Forres has resulted in a frenzied move to prevent it.
A meeting will take place on Thursday 20 February in the Erskine Veterans’ Activity Centre (former Victoria Hotel) on Tytler Street at 7pm.
A petition has been set up that has already gathered almost 3000 signatures at https://www.change.org/p/prevent-moray-council-from-closing-forres-community-centre
And a Facebook group has been set up at https://www.facebook.com/groups/982241993781659/
On 30 January, it emerged that the Forres House Community Centre could be closed as part of changes to sport and leisure services at Moray Council, but no commitment was made to do this and the council said a further review is necessary.
A council spokesperson said: “There are no current proposals on our leisure services. There is more work needed to review the whole service to ensure sustainability in future, but initial workshops are yet to take place. We’ll publish any proposals and consult on those when they have been drawn up.”
Very nice to share this asset.
Better signage needed to find it, and a “green “ toilet tent in a secluded spot would be advisable.
Oh here we go again, another dessision made by the cooncil, wonder how much this cost in consultations?
A council spokesperson said: “There are no current proposals on our leisure services. There is more work needed to review the whole service to ensure sustainability in future, but initial workshops are yet to take place. We’ll publish any proposals and consult on those when they have been drawn up.”
Says it all really. They dinna Ken wit each hand is doing.
If they need a consultant to advise them what to do, why then are the tax-payers paying huge sums to department heads in The Moray Council, to NOT do their job? Surely the department head should know without the need for a consultant?
This is the ‘dead wood’ at The Moray Council that can be cut out, saving tens of thousands.
The Moary Council have surely forgotten that they are there to SERVE the community and what the community want for their amenities. Every Council tax payer in Forres should be asking what reduction they are to expect in their payments to The Moray Council when amenities are cut. E.G. lavatory provision, leisure provision, bin collections etc. If there are cuts, tax payers should look at their council-tax bill, and the annual listing of what percentage goes to individual departments. When a department provision is cut, so that part of the Council tax should also be cut! The Moray Council should not be looking for profit, but they always do, to feed their own incompetence and ability to run the Council as it should be. The dead old has-beens at the council need to be cleared out and stopped from having there metaphorical ‘liquid-lunches’ and expenses spread.