District Councillor Update


Recently a defibrillator was installed at the large Co-op store on Wareham Road. This was provided mainly from my Council Ward Members Budget and assistance from Cllr Paul Harrison. The help and support given to this project by the Co-op and the staff was tremendous and very much appreciated.


In a previous update I mentioned that there was a public consultation regarding the system of local government that should apply in the whole of Dorset. The result of this consultation led the leaders and chief executives, of the existing councils in Dorset, to recommend that the nine existing councils should be replaced with two new unitary councils. This would be Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch joining together to form one council, and East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, Weymouth and Portland and West Dorset councils joining together to form the other.


For us, in Corfe Mullen, this would be a council that stretched from St. Leonards and St. Ives in the east to Lyme Regis in the west – from one end of Dorset to the other! Dorset County Council would disappear.


Each of the nine existing councils considered this suggested arrangement. Three councils –


Christchurch, East Dorset and Purbeck rejected this arrangement. The other councils supported it and will now submit this suggestion to the Government. This will be considered by the Secretary of State and he has the power to decide what will happen. We await his decision with a considerable amount of interest!


In these ‘modern times’ the computer reigns. For some of us, this is a whole new ball game and perhaps some of us need some help to come to terms with this digital age. If you feel that you need some tuition, the East Dorset Heritage Trust, based in Allendale House, Hanham Road, Wimborne, can help. Give them a call on 01202 888992 – you will receive a warm and helpful welcome.


Cllr Derek Burt


Cllr Derek Burt – Tel: 01202 883870 – cllr.dburt@eastdorsetdc.gov.uk Cllr Sarah Burns – Tel: 07539 339487 – cllr.sburns@eastdorsetdc.gov.uk Cllr Paul Harrison – Tel: 07712 264289 – cllr.pharrison@eastdorsetdc.gov.uk


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