By Nathan Louis
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Today is the day we find out who has been selected to stand as a councillor across Hertsmere and Hertfordshire.
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The count is underway at the Radlett Centre as part of the 2021 local elections with candidates nervously waiting to find out if they have received enough support to represent residents for the next four years.
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A number of seats are up for grabs across Borehamwood, Elstree, Shenley, Radlett, Bushey, and Potters Bar, as well as across the rest of Hertfordshire.
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Counting has been delayed until today - on advice from Hertfordshire s director of public health in Hertfordshire Jim McManus. Ballot boxes have essentially been quarantined for 24 hours in order to reduce the risk of any transmission of coronavirus from the ballot papers to counters.
Watling Street, Radlett Residents in Radlett and Shenley will be given a chance to say next month whether plans, which could help shape the future of their villages, should be formally adopted. Aldenham Parish Council’s Radlett Neighbourhood Plan and Shenley Parish Council s Shenley Neighbourhood Plan are just one step away from being the first documents of their kind to be adopted in the borough. Those living in Radlett and Shenley will vote whether to approve their neighbourhood plan when elections take place on May 6. The neighbourhood plan details a number of policies that help determine whether future planning applications are appropriate for the village.
The Zoom meeting was interrupted by an anti-Semitic comment. Credit: Stephen Gafson The chairman of a parish council says antisemitism will not be tolerated after a meeting he was chairing was interrupted by a hateful comment from a member of the public. An attendee was immediately kicked out of Shenley Parish Council s meeting on Zoom last night after they posted Burn the Jews in capital letters into the chat box. The incident, which was witnessed by nearly 80 people, including parish councillors, the council clerk, the leader of Hertsmere Borough Council, borough councillors, and the public, has been reported to the police and the Community Security Trust.
Cllr John Graham, portfolio holder for finance and property at Hertsmere Borough Council.
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People living in Potters Bar will pay £5 more per household to Hertsmere Borough Council, the same rise as last year.
A household in a Band D property will pay an average of £187 in council tax to Hertsmere Borough Council for its services for the year 2021/22, which equates to around 51p per day.
In Potters Bar this works out as £1,873.54 or 4.25 per cent for a Band D property in the town.
That money is used to fund services including waste and recycling; planning; housing; parks and open spaces; street cleaning and environmental health; benefits administration and contributions towards Police Community Support Officers and the Citizens Advice Bureau.
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