By jnurden@thekmgroup.co.uk (John Nurden) The asbestos closure of Swale House is costing taxpayers nearly £4,000 in extra hire charges. Alternative venues have been booked for 25 meetings which would normally have been held in Swale council’s headquarters in East Street, Sittingbourne, until the end of December. A couple of non-decision making meetings will be held remotely. A council spokesman said: “Each venue is approximately £150 so it is a total of £3,750 in total. This will come out of our democratic services budget.” A licensing committee meeting to discuss pavement licences and taxi ta…