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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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