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Jack Newbie
Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject: Help - what to do ? Clerk & Chairman lied in meeting |
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Hi, can anyone help???
We have a situation where at a parish council meeting the councillors resolved to NOT send a letter, a few days later the Chair phoned 4 councillors (to achieve quoram) re-requesting that this letter was sent. Clerk sent the letter. At the following meeting the Clerk & Chair were asked if the letter it was resolved to NOT send was infact sent. Both denied that the letter was sent. (The 4 'phone a friends' remained silent) The letter WAS sent - I have a copy under FOI from the recipient.
What do I do??? The Clerk & Chairman lied in a public parish council meeting Help please !!!
(This is not an isolated incident - it is "how things are done" at our local parish !!!) |
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ParishCouncil.net Site Admin
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Surrey
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Hi Jack,
This is a pretty serious thing, and you will have to be very sure about what it is that you are accusing. In the first instance, I would strongly recommend that you write to your local district and borough councillors regarding this matter. However, I myself would almost certainly refrain from using the 'L' word at this stage. Things always have more clout if they are softly put!
Good luck.
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Claire White 2 Star User
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 11
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:28 am Post subject: |
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I must say that sounds terrible! I am new to clerking, and I am sure that my new councillors would not do anything quite like that, but I would have though that this makes the job of the clerk very difficult indeed. |
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Chris 3 Star User
Joined: 29 Aug 2009 Posts: 24
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Claire White wrote: | I must say that sounds terrible! I am new to clerking, and I am sure that my new councillors would not do anything quite like that, but I would have though that this makes the job of the clerk very difficult indeed. |
It's a regular occurrence from our Cllrs and Clerk. Tried the Standards Board route but they all seem very well protected. |
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