Amersham Town Council

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE

 37 hours per week

Full Time contract – commencing Monday 5th April 2021 

Salary £19,698.00 pa (SCP 6)

plus London Allowance of £609.00 pa.

We are looking for enthusiastic, hardworking individuals to join our team of grounds maintenance operatives.

Duties include sports ground maintenance, gardening, grass cutting, grave preparation, hedge cutting and helping to maintain our gardens and open spaces.

Full UK Driving Licence Essential

Download the ATC Grounds Maintenance Operative – Job Description

Download the ATC Grounds Maintenance Operative – Job Application Form

For further details please contact:
Mark Richardson, Amersham Town Council
Flint Barn Court, Church Street, Amersham, Bucks, HP7 ODB
E-mail: Markr@amersham-tc.gov.uk

Closing date for applications – 1pm Tuesday 9th March 2021

Interviews will be held W/C 15th March 2021

A message from Coleshill Parish Council:

Coleshill Parish Council have applied to Buckinghamshire Council to get a weight limit set for the whole of the village due to the future increase in traffic from HS2, with a request to be made safer in two ways: by reducing the speed limit on Magpie Lane to 30mph (from 40mph) and to introduce a 7.5 tonne weight restriction on heavy goods vehicles entering the village (except for access), to stop drivers using the village as a cut-through when the A355 or A404 roads are congested. We are asking everyone to support both changes to make our village safer.

To show your support, please fill in the Coleshill Safer Roads petitions on the Coleshill village website, or clicking the two petition links below.

PETITION 1: to take action to make Coleshill safer by reducing the speed limit on Magpie Lane to 30mph

To support the petition go to https://buckinghamshire.moderngov.co.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=18

PETITION 2: introduce a 7.5 tonne weight restriction on heavy goods vehicles entering Coleshill Village to stop drivers using the village as a cut-through when the A355 or A404 roads are congested.

To support the petition go to https://buckinghamshire.moderngov.co.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=19

The whole process should take more more than a minute per petition and you will be showing Buckinghamshire Council your support for safer roads.

We need as many signatures as possible and email addresses are kept confidential and will not be disclosed.

The closing date to complete the petitions and show your support is 2^nd February 2021.

Amersham hospital shuttle bus service during HS2 Whielden Lane works.

We would like to remind residents that the hospital bus stop will remain closed during the HS2 Whielden Lane works. HS2 are working with Buckinghamshire Council to continue to run the replacement bus service between Amersham Hospital and Gore Hill/A355 bus stops near Tesco.

The service is running seven days a week. Monday to Saturday from 7am to 6.30pm on a half hourly basis. Additionally, outside of outpatient appointments on a Sunday reduced hourly service is operating from 7.49am to 6.30pm. The details are also posted on the impacted bus stops.

A copy of the original document from Fusion (on behalf of HS2) relating to the shuttle service has been attached below. To read the second page of the document, please click the arrow at the bottom of the image.

We have received a Notice of Work from HS2 regarding ongoing works in Amersham. The document can be viewed or downloaded from the Town Council website here –

http://www.amersham-tc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/HS2-Jan-2021.pdf

On Tuesday, we were pleased to trim the overgrown hedge that has been ‘hiding’ the Martyrs’ Memorial for some time. The memorial, which was built in 1931 to commemorate the Martyrs who were burnt at the stake, is owned and maintained by the Protestant Alliance. The memorial can be approached from the footpath leading from St. Mary’s Church or from a footpath off Station Road.

Update from HS2 Regarding works in the Amersham area

We have been notified that HS2 will be holding an online “webinar” tomorrow evening (Tuesday 12th January 2021) to give residents the opportunity to hear about updates in the Amersham area. This will include information on works at the roundabout junction of the A355 and A413 known as the Gore Hill roundabout.

The Webinar will start at 18:00 hrs and is expected to last for one hour.

Please note that these are guided presentations. Tickets are available via Eventbrite here –

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hs2-amersham-works-update-tickets-126543987473

For further reading regarding HS2 works in Amersham, please go to – https://hs2inbucksandoxfordshire.commonplace.is/

Calling all residents of Amersham, this year you can get your Christmas tree collected hassle-free in return for a £5 donation which will support our Amersham in Bloom efforts..

All collected trees will be shredded for compost and used in one of the open spaces in Amersham. We are offering this service throughout next week, so add your address and preferred date of collection (between Monday 4th and Friday 8th January) when you donate at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/amershaminbloom?utm_term=GpMmV9PnW If you are unable to leave your details on the just giving page, please make your donation then email info@amersham-tc.gov.uk enclosing your name, address and preferred date of collection.

All collections will be non-contact.

We are still offering the free recycling service if you drop your Christmas Tree at the Town Council Depot at Hervines Park before 17 January.

It is with regret to announce that the community tree planting event that was due to take place on Friday 1st January has been cancelled. With Buckinghamshire under tier four restrictions it is not possible hold the event which was due to take place at Willow Wood.

We will reschedule the event as soon as we can.

We are pleased to announce that the Town Council is once again offering a Christmas tree recycling service this New Year.

Feel free to drop off your ‘used’ real trees our Hervines Road Depot, where they will be shredded and used around the town. There will be a designated (non-contact) drop area in the car park, with the service running from Saturday 2nd January until Sunday 17th January.

If you should need to contact the Depot office, please call 01494 725650 (please note the Depot office is not always manned due to staff working out and about in the Community).

ATC Office Christmas Hours:

The Town Council office is not currently open to the public, however, we remain a phone call away.

Please note our opening times over Christmas and New Year:

Monday 21^st December 2020 – 9.00am to 5.00pm

Tuesday 22^nd December 2020 – 9.00am to 5.00pm

Wednesday 23^rd December 2020 – 9.00am to 5.00pm

Thursday 24^th December 2020 – CHRISTMAS EVE – 9.00am to 1.00pm

Friday 25^th December 2020 – CHRISTMAS DAY – Closed

Monday 28^th December 2020 – BANK HOLIDAY – Closed

Tuesday 29^th December 2020 – 10.00am to 4.00pm

Wednesday 30^th December 2020 – 10.00am to 4.00pm

Thursday 31^st December – 10.00am to 4.00pm

Friday 1^st January 2021 – NEW YEARS DAY – Closed

We want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all the residents that have supported our efforts over the past year – your encouragement has been humbling.

Have a safe and peaceful Christmas and New Year.