Oakham Mayor Adam Lowe Fears Tribunal if he recommends to full council that the Clerk should be dismissed for unlawful conduct and the reason appears to be a simple one. When the external auditor
reports on this matter they are highly like to point the finger of blame in both directions.
Pointing to the clerk and those Councillors currently unknown who responded to
his email request to break the law.
I am awaiting a FOI request to find out who gave the clerk consent.
Whoever did give consent has put Oakham Town Council into a messy situation and should
resign.
Two payments were paid to a company totally over £18,000 without a contract or lawful consent
of the full council. This conduct is the same as that carried out by the former Mayor Alf Dewis
which he and Cllr Adam Lowe described as a minor mistake, The external auditor Grant Thornton
disagreed and stated his conduct was a serious failing of the councils policies and procedures. Regulations and laws. This matter is no different.
So I can now see why the Clerk goes of sick, he may have done wrong but it looks like the old guard as always approved and gave consent.
Hi Adam Lowe (Mayor)
Now I realise why the council won't sack the clerk for his unlawful conduct.
I have been told you are scared he will take us tribunal.
Then there is a high risk he will name those councillors. Who gave him consent to break the law, you were deputy chair at the time, did you give him unlawful consent? If not who? Alf, Joyce or Stan? I refused to give consent and pointed out if the invoices were paid it would be unlawful and as normal I was ignored.
What mess not following laws rules and procedures makes.
I guess this is going to cost us the taxpayers are you planning to give him the £120,000 to go ? He told me that is the total sum of the reserves.
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Martin Brookes
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reports on this matter they are highly like to point the finger of blame in both directions.
Pointing to the clerk and those Councillors currently unknown who responded to
his email request to break the law.
I am awaiting a FOI request to find out who gave the clerk consent.
Whoever did give consent has put Oakham Town Council into a messy situation and should
resign.
Two payments were paid to a company totally over £18,000 without a contract or lawful consent
of the full council. This conduct is the same as that carried out by the former Mayor Alf Dewis
which he and Cllr Adam Lowe described as a minor mistake, The external auditor Grant Thornton
disagreed and stated his conduct was a serious failing of the councils policies and procedures. Regulations and laws. This matter is no different.
So I can now see why the Clerk goes of sick, he may have done wrong but it looks like the old guard as always approved and gave consent.
Hi Adam Lowe (Mayor)
Now I realise why the council won't sack the clerk for his unlawful conduct.
I have been told you are scared he will take us tribunal.
Then there is a high risk he will name those councillors. Who gave him consent to break the law, you were deputy chair at the time, did you give him unlawful consent? If not who? Alf, Joyce or Stan? I refused to give consent and pointed out if the invoices were paid it would be unlawful and as normal I was ignored.
What mess not following laws rules and procedures makes.
I guess this is going to cost us the taxpayers are you planning to give him the £120,000 to go ? He told me that is the total sum of the reserves.
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Martin Brookes
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