Further talks are to take place about the future of Pevensey Bay Library—Bay Life, 8 February 2016
Bay Life understands that further talks are to take place between Pevensey Parish Council and East Sussex County Council.
The parish council, which has recently won praise from the community for establishing a social media channel, has utilised the new communications link to provide information about Pevensey Bay Library.
The library which has been closed as a result of flooding in January 2015, has now been closed for a total of 408 days. The continued closure has been the subject of much debate within the community.
Talking on the new social media platform, clerk to the Parish Council Malcolm Lawson, (4 February) says, “so that local residents are aware, at the Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting last Tuesday, it was agreed to follow up on Council’s meeting with ESCC last December when we were able to persuade them to re-open the investigation into improved access.
“The Clerk is now writing to ESCC asking them for a further early meeting to check on progress, both with the likely re-opening date and the proposals for better access”.
The new social media channel is already proving to be a valuable source of information to the community, promoting details of forthcoming events such as the Vehicles of Yesteryear Day, the Information Day in Pevensey Bay and details of more palm oil found on the beach in Pevensey Bay which could prove fatal to dogs.
You can view the new channel here, which is comprised of media releases and useful information for the community.
The establishment of the communication channel is the single most important move the Parish Council could have made to build further support in the community about the activities of councillors, their meetings and decisions.
Credit to Malcom Lawson the clerk. a textbook example of how to use social media on behalf of a Parish Council.
Useful of course to know that there are to be further meetings between the Parish Council and the County Council about the long standing issue of Pevensey Bay Library
