Rules that govern the conduct of council meetings usually work well. But if you are determined enough, there are ways around them. As was recently demonstrated at a Chard Town Council.
Thank you ,as ever ,for following up on this! Getting minutes agreed has become a bit of a ,' thing,' at meetings..but this example is beyond belief...well actually not as it's Chard...but you know what l mean!
As a member of Somerset's Standards committee, I have noted the litany of complaints made about Chard Town Council and been told that parish and town councillors cannot be held to account by Somerset Council, even if they are also Somerset councillors. If a councillor is bringing a council into dispute, his or her party should intervene.
😱😱😱😱😱 I was wondering why SC hadn't mentioned Chard for more than a couple of months, so much so that I was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms!
Question: do local politicians take their lead from their Westminster counterparts, in the same manner that grassroots football take it's cues from the Prima Donnas of the Premiership?
Thank you ,as ever ,for following up on this! Getting minutes agreed has become a bit of a ,' thing,' at meetings..but this example is beyond belief...well actually not as it's Chard...but you know what l mean!
As a member of Somerset's Standards committee, I have noted the litany of complaints made about Chard Town Council and been told that parish and town councillors cannot be held to account by Somerset Council, even if they are also Somerset councillors. If a councillor is bringing a council into dispute, his or her party should intervene.
😱😱😱😱😱 I was wondering why SC hadn't mentioned Chard for more than a couple of months, so much so that I was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms!
Question: do local politicians take their lead from their Westminster counterparts, in the same manner that grassroots football take it's cues from the Prima Donnas of the Premiership?
Where is the Town Clerk in all this? Isn't he there to advise the Council and its committees on proper procedures?
Or, given the unhappy history of town clerks in Chard, is it more than his job's worth to enforce the standing orders?