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The financial on this project are not going into the red but have been there since day one.
1. Rental income from stalls and food outlet is less than 50% of what is should have been since the opening – the refusal by stall holders to pay rentals, Council reducing the fees as compensation, and the lack of full occupancy. No waiting list for people to take over the empty units
2. As pointed out the car park income is actually way below original projects due to the car park price war
3. Generated profits from the food outlets is nil as the Council are not running any food establishment
4. No income from Police aerial
5. No rental income from the old Art Gallery by the Police as occupancy has not been taken on yet and dispute over who is to pay for the additional work to deal with asbestos
6. Virtually no income from events as most that have been put on are by external organisations
7. Shop taking/profit is significantly less than projection (mainly due to an overpriced product range)
8. Cleaning and maintenance costs higher than budgetThese are just a few of the main points that are going to make the ratepayers of Wrexham pay- there is no Plan B for the Council to make up the shortfall from external sources- the Arts offering at present has been so low there is likely to be questions within the Arts Council about whether the place will get the £140k plus of revenue in the budget (which has never been confirmed even though they put so much capital in).
What a very sorry state of affairs but with officers and Council Members in total denial over their failure the deficit is going to keep increasing with no hope of recouping in the future
Just remember that any reduction in rental income will increase the shortfall at the end of the year and increase the amount of rate payers money going to subsidise a building for the very few users at a time when Social Services, Education , Roads etc are having budget cuts.
Interseting Tweet from Cllr Terry Evans — I think he has forgotten that he is a Executive Board Member responsible for the whole fiasco at Ty Pawb- assd the Lead Member for the Town it is in his portfolio- in other words he was congratulating himself!
It’s intersting how the Council are trying to drive up footfall in Ty Pawb also looks like things that used to be held at the Memorial Hall are now being transfered to Ty Pawb
Trouble with these surveys is that the low numbers of participants are not statistically balanced and probably not all of the people have recently visited the town.
The question to be asked is the fear real or perceived am not defending the cohort but has any member of the general public ever been hurt by any of the street dwellers? How many people have had ‘in your face’ harassment?
I’m not defending anyone but it does feel like the ‘fear’ or crime is higher than the reality.Simon – a very good summary and cleared up some of the myths- your final point about addiction is crucial as that is what is stopping many of the users from stopping. Breaking the cycle of any addiction is one of the hardest things in life and no one who has never suffered from any form should think that you can break free. Addiction can take hold of your life and make it the number one prioroty when you first wake up in the morning — whther that is in a doorway or in a house.
The lack of mental health services is a key issue and having diversionary activities to start helping people are crucial- without improvements in both we are doomed to failure in trying to solve the problems you see in any town or city.The whole problem needs looking at from the begining and what drives someone to a ‘life’ of substance misuse- the litter is the end product- surely there must be something that can be done ear;ier.
Perhaps they might also react to the back of the Old Woolies that looks more like a worn torn thiurd world country and smells like Five Fords sewage works — disgrace and it has been like this for abouyt three months
