• Council proposals aim to save on ‘sickies’

  By debbigg at 12:19 on 12/04/11

  

  Around 24,000 Hertfordshire County Council employees and non-teaching staff in schools are likely to see changes to their employment terms and conditions in a move to save the authority approximately £11million a year. The changes include the way in which staff are paid for sick leave. The authority and UNISON have reached an 'agreement in principle' to the changes, which are being hailed by the Council as a cost-saving...

• St. Albans Residents Urged to Take Part in Census

  By StAlbansRobin at 09:40 on 05/03/11

  

  St. Albans City and District Council is urging local residents to take part in the upcoming national census. The results of the census are used for a variety of purposes, including planning of national and local service provision and the size of central Government budget allocations to the council. The census, which takes place on Sunday 27 March, will record the age, sex, marital status and ethnicity of everyone in the country in...

• Pedestrianisation of City Centre - Your Views?

  By StAlbansRobin at 09:16 on 26/02/11

  

  According to a report in the St. Albans Review this week, "more than £340,000 has been earmarked by St. Albans District Council to pay for the part pedestrianisation of the city centre." The plans, which could be trialled as early as the end of this year or early next year, are bound to be controversial. It could be argued that pedestrianisation will bring more shoppers and other visitors into the centre, whilst others...

• Retained Firefighters Required for Redbourn and Wheathampstead

  By StAlbansRobin at 18:11 on 12/02/11

  

  Herts Fire and Rescue Service is seeking a few good men and women to join the service as retained firefighters. Retained firefighters are a group of community-spirited men and women who are 'on-call' to respond when their pager bleeps, having been called into action by our Command & Control Centre, where 999 calls are handled. Many retained firefighters have other jobs and so provide just limited standby cover during evenings and...

• Monday Deadline To Submit Feedback on Future Development Plan

  By StAlbansRobin at 15:09 on 05/02/11

  

  There are just two days left for residents, businesses and community groups to give their views on St Albans City and District Council's proposed strategy for locating future development in the District until 2028. The consultation, which began in December, runs until 7 February 2011. The proposed strategy sets out the scale, location and type of development needed, including housing, schools, infrastructure, retail, leisure, community...

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