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Andover Town Council is to investigate the future of its offices in the town centre. The council is looking into a range of options, including serviced office space in the town centre or at Test Valley Borough Council’s (TVBC) offices, occupying a shopfront in the high street or becoming fully remote. Officers had prepared a report into some of these options, but have now been instructed by councillors to investigate further possibilities ahead of a decision that needs to be made before October. At present, Andover Town Council occupies offices just off the High Street, which were closed in March 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. ....
ANDOVER residents will now be able to catch up on the every up and down of town council meetings, after members voted to publish recordings on its website. Andover Town Council meetings, currently held via Zoom, will be recorded and published to a Youtube channel, with the link included in meeting minutes. The proposal was passed at a full council meeting on Monday, December 7. Most councillors supported the idea, with only Cllr Barbara Long voting against, and Cllr Luigi Gregori abstaining. It followed a separate “special motion” to record how councillors voted on every motion within the meeting minutes. The proposal, put forward by Cllr Joanne Coole, Cllr David Coole and Cllr Nicholas Asamoah, suggested that the way in which councillors vote be made clear to members of the public, to “increase transparency.” ....