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Sale of registry office and Pavilions up for discussion

The sale of some council buildings, a twelve million pound revamp of Central Park and the sale of the pavilions are all on the agenda at a major meeting in Plymouth today.

The cabinet meet to discuss a number of money saving initiatives, as well as regeneration projects.

Under the proposals, the registry office building on the Hoe could be sold and the service moved into Pounds house, along with the coroners' office.

Other sites such as the former library building on Chaucer way and the mannamead centre could also go, while the library stores at Tavistock place could move to Devonport - this would apparently save the local authority just under three million pounds, although it will initially cost more than three million pounds to implement.

The local authority also wants to finalise plans to put the pavilions building on the market - they say there have been some expressions of interest and that they hope any buyer would be able to keep the ice rink and arena running.

Central Park could also get new cafes, playing fields and sports facilities as part of a twelve million pound facelift.

But one of the most popular suggestions could well be to make swimming free at Tinside this summer to encourage more people to get active.

 

Meanwhile, Campaigners will gather outside the council house today to protest against the amount some senior figures are paid.

A few weeks ago, the taxpayers' alliance reported that chief executive Barry Keel earned more than two hundred thousand pounds in the last financial year.

They claimed this was an eighteen per cent increase on the previous year, but the city council disputes this and says the chief executive actually didn't get a pay rise at all.It's claimed that  one set of figures took pension contributions into account, while the other didn't - the chief executive actually earned around one hundred and seventy thousand pounds.

Campaigners want senior figures to have their pay capped at fifty thousand pounds per year.

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