Closing Date Near for Public Consultation
Perth & Kinross residents are reminded that they have until Friday 26 November to have their say on the future provision of Council services. The Council faces major financial challenges as a result of national budget cuts. Work has been ongoing for many months to explore options, which will help find savings of around £38 million in the next 4 years. Savings outlined in a report to full Council on Thursday 4 November amount to £9.4 million. A report on further savings required will go before a Special meeting of Council on Budget Day in February 2011. To inform the decision-making process and to ensure that residents have the opportunity to air their opinions on what they see as priorities in terms of service provision, the Council has launched a range of public consultation and engagement activities. All residents have been invited to have their say by completing an online questionnaire available on the Council website at www.pkc.gov/budget until Friday 26 November.
Community RePaint Perth
As part of the European Week for Waste Reduction, Community RePaint Perth will be in the playground of Balhousie Primary School between 9.15am and 10.30am on next Wednesday to collect reusable paint from the public. Often people buy too much paint for their decorating jobs and it is usually either left in a shed or disposed of at landfill. This can be harmful to the environment and is a waste of resources, so the charity Community RePaint Perth works across Perth and Kinross to collect reusable paint and find new homes for it where it can be reused. Householders, new businesses, charities and artists (both from schools and art projects) can all benefit from this leftover, good quality paint. The paint can be reused if there is at least a litre left in the tin and the lid is on securely so that it has not dried out.
Census Recruitment
With the final preparations taking place for Scotland's biggest population survey recruitment for over 200 temporary census takers in the area has started. Successful applicants will form part of a team of 5800 enumerators across the country, which will deliver questionnaires to 2.5 million households ahead of census day next year on March 27th. Census takers will also deal with questions from members of the public and follow up on any questionnaires that have not been returned. Participation in the census is required by law and census takers play a key role in helping the public take part in the survey.
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