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he first budget for the current parish
council has been high on the agenda
Tsince the last edition. The annual We are responsible for 120 adopted lamp
budget is key to everything we would like posts. A recent engineers’ report confirmed
to deliver, maintain or improve on behalf of that we must begin the phased removal
the village and Manea PC is responsible for of the 20 concrete lamp posts around the
the playing fields, pit, orchard, allotments village as they have reached the end of
along with a number of other areas around their design life. We will be replacing 10 of
the village. You may also be interested to them in 2024 and the other 10 in 2025 at a
know that we are one of only two parish cost of £1,200 each.
councils in the county who own a cemetery.
The full budget report will be available on The pit and orchard areas are in need of
our website in the next few weeks but three investment with particular attention to
key areas of expenditure this year will be improving the aeration and quality of the
lamp posts, the pit/orchard area and trees.
A recent engineers’ report confirmed
that we must begin the phased
removal of the 20 concrete lamp
posts around the village
water. Fishing activities added over £7,000
to the council’s budget in the current
financial year and that money, along with
some additional funds, will be used to
complete maintenance and improvements
around the site. We will also continue to
invest in the orchard and walkways.

We are also responsible for 223 trees
located around the village. This summer we
have to commission a new arboricultural
assessment to check the condition of them.

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