Councillors call on easier access to information (From Warrington Guardian)
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Warrington Borough Councillors call on easier access to information
4:00pm Tuesday 5th March 2013 in News
Clr Bob Barr
FINDING out what Warrington Borough Council is doing in your street should never be easier as councillors look at how requests are dealt with.
Liberal Democrat councillors Bob Barr and Keith Gleave put forward a motion to full council on Monday to call on the council to make it easier for people to track requests for things like street lighting repair online.
Clr Bob Barr said: “This administration promised to be the most open and transparent Warrington has ever had and that dealings with the council should be ‘digital by default’.
“We are ensuring that the council lives up to these promises and improves service while saving money in the process.”
Councillors voted in favour of the motion which will now go to a committee hearing to look how people can be kept up-to-date on developments easier.
Comments(4)
kazz32
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7:11pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Karlar
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7:54pm Tue 5 Mar 13
Don't be fooled by the latest vote in favour of more transparency, when it suits them they will again revert to type or just like the Conservatives, abstain.
Nick Tessla
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3:40pm Wed 6 Mar 13
If most information was available on line to us peasants then it could save money.
Presumably most information can be accessed electronically by our lords and masters at the Town Hall. it shouldn't be too arduous a task to let us mere mortals have access.
What have they got to hide?
WTONSkeptic says...
6:50pm Tue 5 Mar 13
How about instead of coming up with the idea, come up with the solution also, or will you leave that to the WBC staff, wait till something goes wrong, and blame them for all the problems...