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A further Seafront Shelter has been refurbished. This Shelter is near the Leas in Frinton.  It was looking very miserable.  Now it’s bright and open, and is a welcoming place to sit in the sun and look out to sea.

Town Councillor Mr Terry Allen was elected Town Mayor at the Annual Town Council meeting on 10 May 2007.  Councillor Allen represents Frinton Ward and has been a Town Councillor since 1992; he was last year’s Deputy Town Mayor.  Councillor Allen has also been a Member and Leader of Tendring District Council.  He runs his own electrical firm and is a keen Arsenal supporter.  The Deputy Town Mayor is Councillor Mr Robert Bucke of Kirby Cross ward.

Maintenance of war memorials has always been one of the Town Council’s highest priorities.  The Town Council is therefore very pleased to have received a grant of £1279 from the County Council’s Community Initiatives Fund towards restoring the plinth on the main memorial and cleaning the RAF memorial.  Tendring District Council has also offered £500.  Work can now start and both memorials will be looking their best for Remembrance Sunday.

The Seafront shelter on the Bath House Meadow in Walton on the Naze has been fully repaired and improved.  The plywood partitions have been removed and the structure now is much more suitable for the 21st century.  Again, the County Council has given 50% grant.  Tendring District Council has also helped with grant for this shelter.

The Edwardian shelter opposite Frinton Court has now been fully restored.  The condition was worse than it first appeared and much more work was required than had been anticipated.  It is now, once again, a very pleasing piece of seaside architecture. The cost of restoration was 50% grant aided by the County Council’s Community Initiatives Fund.

At its meeting in December the Town Council approved a precept of £355,653 for next year.  This represents an increase of 4.69%.  An average Band D Council Tax required by the Town Council will be £43.94 – £1.97 more than last year.  The Town Council has budgeted 3% generally for inflation and has increased the Heritage Renewal budget from £6,500 to £25,000 to accommodate the completion of Conservation Area Management Plans.

The Town Council, responding to the wishes of local people, opposes proposals by Network Rail to replace the manually operated Gates with barriers controlled from Colchester.  Opposition is based on safety concerns and a wish to preserve the historic buildings.  The Town Council has made application to English Heritage to List the Gates and nearby buildings as building of historic interest.  The Town Council is also poised, with funding in place, too commission a safety survey as soon as Network Rail’s proposals are made available for consultation.

Council Tax for 2005/06 set by the Town Council of Frinton and Walton was down from £39.03 for an average Band “D” property to £38.22.  This year it rises to £41.97 mainly to fund promenade lighting in Frinton on sea, two extra Police Community Support Officers and inflation.

Duncan McNair, Chonicler of the best-selling “Morello Papers” met the Town Mayor, Jack Robertson at Caxton Books in Connaught Avenue, Frinton on sea on Thursday 30 November for the launch of the book locally.  They were joined by celebrity DJ, Mike Read, another Morello enthusiast.  The popular “Morello Papers” is correspondence exchanged between Mr Morello, of italian origin, and the great,the good and the famous.  Although not included in the present collection, Mr Morello has recently written at length to the Town Mayor.  Enoch the goat was also present. 

Improvements to access to the Town Council’s play area on the Village Green at Great Holland had the unanticipated effect of making the openings to the main road easier to the point of being dangerous.  New barriers have now been installed.