My name is Ursula Vallis, I am the lead name on behalf of a
group of concerned residents. Below are some of the concerns we
have.
Did you know that our local council taxes in Folkestone and Hythe
District are spent on:
• £100 million loan we are all having to pay for?
• £3 million spent on a castle?
• £2 million on Debenhams?
• £17 million on a commercial property building in
Ashford?
• £26.2 million for the old Folkestone race course and
land?
• And much more.
Our Council should be accountable to us.
We believe that Folkestone & Hythe residents need a better say
on what our Council spends our money on. Taxpayers money should be
spent for the future but must also meet the needs of our existing
neighbourhoods.
Our Cause-: Make Folkestone & Hythe District Council distribute
our ‘Finances and Services’ better and more
fairly.
How are we going to do this? : We’d like your help to sign
this petition. Together, we can tell our local council what we
actually need for our communities.
Why Sign?: Let’s have a say in where and how our council tax
is spent. We would like it spent on things we need - on our streets
and in our towns.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council is responsible for:
1. street cleaning,
2. bin collections,
3. graffiti removal,
4. infrastructure,
5. devising, approving , and enforcing local laws relating to
building, planning and health and well being of each
individuel.
Maintaining the Leas is important to everyone living in
Folkestone, but would you like our council to target more spending
on for example, eradicating drug dens and cleaning up the neglected
Dover Road neighbourhood.
We are questioning the unequal divide on how our council finances
and services are disproportionately distributed across our
neighbourhoods .
We should all have a say on how our local taxes and services are
spent.
At the very least, we need safer, cleaner streets with well
maintained pavements that encourage active lifestyles. We even need
safe crossing points so that those most vulnerable – children
and elderly – residents can cross the road themselves
Your wish list may be different?:
Rubbish and Litter
Education
Youth facilities
Street lightening
Road Safety
Local GP services
Better bus routes
Disabilities awareness
Police & Crime
Better Housing
Whatever issue is top of your wish list - Together, we can change the way things have been done before. We need better governance – one that works for all of us.
What do we want from this referendum?
We want a commitment from FHDC to invest in existing communities
within the district.
We want to see the reduction in crime and an increase in Community
Safety Unit at FHDC.
We want to live in safe environments, that are well maintained in
every aspect.
We want clean streets and improved waste collections in specific
areas.
We want to stop family homes being turned into HMO’s, bedsits
and flats in particular communities.
We want FHDC to use their influence in areas that are not theirs.
Such as NHS local services, Bus routes, Safety crossings and poor
quality pavements and roads, which affect our communities.
We want improved NHS facilities and better health care for our
deprived areas.
We want mixed communities but not disproportionate ones.
We want better employment not low paid ones.
We want to stop planning applications that harm our communities and
individual residents properties.
We want to hold council tax at its current rate fixed for 2 years,
not huge hikes each year that are disproportionate to the services
we receive and afford. Shocking increase of 16.9% for Hawkinge Town
Council, increase in FHDC council tax every year for last 20 years,
huge loans left to the existing council tax payers to pay with no
benefits.
We want to see vibrant communities, thriving district economy, good
leisure & sport for the district and above all safe communities
where we all have a part to play.
This list is endless and the wan
This ePetition ran from 24/03/2021 to 30/06/2021 and has now finished.
334 people signed this ePetition.