TWO senior Oswestry Green Party councillors, including the mayor, have tabled a motion for the town council to take over the running of the bus station.

The motion, to be heard at Monday’s finance and general purposes committee, will call for Oswestry Town Council to request to take on the day-to-day running of the Oswald Road station.

The motion, brought forward by Councillor Jay Moore – the mayor – and Cllr Duncan Kerr, is also calling for the council to adopt a bus stop close to Sainsbury’s.

The motion said: “Improving infrastructure is key to increasing the number of people using bus services in Oswestry.

“The bus shelter in Black Gate Street is in a poor state of repair and was not adopted by Oswestry Town Council for this reason, this however, means that there is little if no hope of improvement.

“This motion asks for Oswestry Town Council to adopt this bus shelter and replace it.

“Similarly, the bus station is in a poor state of repair, despite the fact that Shropshire Council receives fees from the bus companies for its upkeep.

“This motion calls for the town council to propose that we enter negotiations to manage the bus station on behalf of Shropshire Council and in return receive all the fees charged to operators.

“The conclusion of these negotiations to be brought back to council for a final decision.”

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Meanwhile, councillors will be asked to approve a payment of £2,000 to Oswestry In Bloom following the group’s adoption of a model constitution.

This follows a decision from the finance and general purposes committee in October 2022 that any voluntary organisation that is funding by the council for more than one year would need a constitution.

According to the agenda: “Oswestry in Bloom has adopted a model constitution and have made changes to the governance of their group which is now established independently of the council.

“The council has two nominations to the management committee and will continue to provide support.

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“Given the new arrangement, the committee is asked to approve the payment of the £2,000 budget to the group as the town council’s direct contribution.”

Meanwhile, in private session – excluding press and public – councillors will discuss reports from Henry Teuma, operations manager at Oswestry Council, concerning Llwyd Masion, in Bailey Street, and parking permits for business.

The meeting starts at 7pm.