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Date Posted: Sunday, May 04, 06:27:38am In reply to: ERG/PCL 40% Yorkshire (previous to last half year 30/6/02 to the 31/12/02--it was 47.1%) 's message, "Yorkshire  A Regional Smartcard System for the North-East of England." on Friday, May 02, 06:20:01amhttp://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400bracknell/page.cfm? Smartcard under scrutiny Apr 17 2003 By Colin George, Bracknell News THE millions of pounds spent on Bracknell's Smartcard project will go under the microscope after the council's ruling Tory executive agreed to an internal audit. The scheme has cost around £3.5 million and allows easier discounts for families using leisure centres, and for school dinner fees to be paid directly. The corporate resources select committee requested an opportunity to give the scheme a once over, after opposition Labour councillors complained they were not being given enough information. A verdict on the scrutiny process was urgently needed because the contracts for the technology could be terminated by the councilon June 17. So councillors wanted to examine the scheme before the borough committed itself to spending more cash on the cards. If any problems are found, the council's ruling body - whoever that may be pending an election on May 1 - will not have to abide by the scrutiny committee's verdict. But the decision shows ruling Conservatives' faith in the project because hiccups would be politically sensitive so soon after polling day. Council chief executive Tim Wheadon told a meeting of the executive last Thursday: "This will give the non-executive members the opportunity to examine the Smartcard pilot before deciding whether to proceed with the existing contract. "We are in discussions with the current suppliers and potential suppliers and it will be another two to three weeks before these negotiations are concluded. "But I recommend we do invite the scrutiny committee to make arrangements on what to do with the Smartcard before we get to the break clause." Council leader Paul Bettison believes that the scheme will eventually revolutionise the town, with library fines, bus times and personal tracking devices all accessible from a single card. He said: "I look forward to colleagues from the non-executive giving the Smartcard project their support, and I am sure they will once they have received all the information. He added: "We aim to continue the marvellous trajectory it is on." But opposition councillors have argued that the scheme has used up valuable funds which could have been used for other projects. A date for the scrutiny process has yet to be set. News Releaseshttp://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/index.htm 2nd of May 2003 Securing Best Value and Improving Service Standards Borough Council election results announced The results of the 2003 Bracknell Forest Borough Council elections were announced late last night (May 1) following a day of voting across the Borough. A day of polling saw 42 Councillors elected in 18 wards across the Borough of Bracknell Forest. The Borough Council will be made up of 35 Conservative, six Labour, and one Liberal Democrat Councillors. Returning Officer and Chief Executive of the Borough Council, Tim Wheadon, announced the results following the count at Bracknell Sport & Leisure Centre. The official 2003 election results are as follows: Ascot – Turnout 29.4% Dorothy Hayes, Conservative (712), Anne Haydon, Conservative (706); Binfield with Warfield Turnout 34.4% – Terry Mills, Conservative (1159), John Harrison, Conservative (1127), Ian Leake, Conservative (1055) ; Bullbrook – Turnout 36% Iain McCracken, Conservative (715), Michael Sargeant (713); Central Sandhurst – Turnout 29.7% Alan Ward, Conservative (631), Peter North, Conservative (548); College Town – Turnout 29.3% Robert Edger, Conservative (540), Raymond Earwicker, Liberal Democrat (510),; Crown Wood – Turnout 25.4% Marc Brunel-Walker, Conservative (725), Colin Dudley, Conservative (692), Robert Osborne, Conservative (648); Crowthorne – Turnout 34.3% James Finnie, Conservative (744), Robert Wade, Conservative (649); Great Hollands North – Turnout 26% Anne Shillcock, Labour (498), Langdon Jones, Labour (490); Great Hollands South – Turnout 32% Michael Adams, Labour (614), John Piasecki, Labour (604); Hanworth – Turnout 30% Charles Baily, Conservative (939), Gillian Birch, Conservative (871), Alan Browne, Conservative (861); Harmans Water – Turnout 32.6% Shelagh Pile, Conservative (1122), Ian Mihell, Conservative (1082), Christopher Turrell, Conservative (1067); Little Sandhurst and Wellington –Turnout 30.8% Paul Bettison, Conservative (806), Dale Birch, Conservative (776); Old Bracknell – Turnout 36% Maureen Beadsley, Labour (628), Michael Beadsley, Labour (624); Owlsmoor – Turnout 26.6% David Worral, Conservative (582), Richard Thomas, Conservative (580) ; Priestwood and Garth - Turnout 36% Tony Packham, Conservative (1038), Jackie Ryder, Conservative (1000), Alvin Finch, Conservative (935); Warfield Harvest Ride – Turnout 27.7% Gareth Barnard, Conservative (1078), Robert McLean, Conservative (994), John Thompson, Conservative (909); Wildridings and Central – Turnout 35% Philip Grayson, Conservative (609), Emma Barnard, Conservative (603) ; Winkfield and Cranbourne – Turnout 34.9% Mary Ballin, Conservative (807), Alan Kendall, Conservative (802). 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