
Lib Dems take action over green bin payment difficulties
Gloucester City Council had made it harder to use the pay by phone option – often favoured by elderly residents who do not want to pay online – for the annual £50 bin charge.
Adam Gatier is the Liberal Democrat county council candidate for Abbey division, which covers the Abbeymead and Abbeydale areas of Gloucester.
Adam lives in the Abbeymead area with his family having lived in Gloucester for several years.
He has a professional background in town planning and housing and runs a local authority housing development company.
Adam is passionate about promoting positive mental health, particularly among men.
He enjoys playing several sports and has previously coached a local youth football team in Gloucester.
His family are actively involved with a local church in Gloucester and take part in their many community based activities and events.
Adam has been sorting out many local issues such as broken street signs, weeds, overgrown bushes, litter and graffiti.
If you have any issues you would like Adam to take up on your behalf you can get in touch with him by email at adam4abbeymead@gmail.com
Gloucester City Council had made it harder to use the pay by phone option – often favoured by elderly residents who do not want to pay online – for the annual £50 bin charge.
Rebecca Trimnell, who is a councillor for Westgate on the city council, was chosen by local Lib Dem party members.
A motion to the extraordinary general meeting of the city council on October 19 calls for Andy Lewis, Conservative cabinet member for culture and leisure, to make a written apology for the failure to agree a deal with Aspire.
Liberal Democrats councillors warning that any further financial shocks during 2023/24 would lead to services being cut to balance the books.
The city council announced the move as part of the phased reopening of leisure services in Gloucester after the collapse of the Aspire Trust last month.
Councillor Andrew Lewis, cabinet member for culture and leisure, said he hoped the Barton Pool and the Twyver Pool would be reopened by January 1.