Oakham Town Agrees To Restructure One Council Meeting a Month and the rest working groups

Oakham Town Agrees To Restructure One Council Meeting a Month and the rest working groups

Working groups suit the old guard because they banned me from being on any but hopefully
not forever although currently I think they have.

Looking at the presentation and conditions I can see in principal the new structure could
work. Allthough I supported the changes I doubt if it will work. Because the current working
groups have not given full council regular reports and the council has received complaint
regarding the conduct of the cemetery working group from Rutland County Council
And when we attempted to create a working group this week no one wanted to be
part of it most saying they are to busy.

I had one objection to the structure which was supported by most members
Michael Haley objected to keeping a planning sub committee.
He suggested four people could review all planning applications then make recommendations
to full council odd when you consider each Councillor is meant to decide for themselves
when making decisions at council.
He also said in his time on the council only one planning applicant had attended a meeting.
I think other don't attend because the council does not tell them when there application
is going to be considered. People who are affected by applications can also attend and
speak to the council. Michael Haley has demonstrated so many times like the old guard
that they don't want or are not interested in what the public has to say or want.

I do have a slight concern that the working group structure could be a move away from
openness and transparency.

The public and other members are will never be notified of meetings.
A lot of council business is going to be considered and planned behind closed doors
if the working groups stick to the rule that they have no delegated powers to make decisions
then there should not be a problem. But history has shown it is a difficult rule for some
groups to keep.