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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Oakham Town Council pays contractor who paints the town benches £80 to count them

Oakham Town Council pays contractor who paints the town benches £80 to count them

At a previous meeting a town Councillor asked the Clerk how benches does the town
council own in the town.

He replied I don't know, I will have to ask the man who paints them each year he
will know.

Surely the two large invoices would itemise the number, No

Two large invoices are prepared making the job two, so the contractor does not have to tender for
the work. That is the clerks explanation.

It appears the contractor does not know how many benches he paints so he had to
go out and count them and he charged the council £80