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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Voices of East London Fashion and Art Bicester Village
Voices of East London Fashion and Art Bicester Village
Joanna Burrows Rutland County Council Oakham South Election Leaflet Two Liberal Democrat
Joanna Burrows Rutland County Council Oakham South Election Leaflet Two Liberal Democrat
Jeff Dale Oakham North East Rutland County Council Election Leaflet 2019
Jeff Dale Oakham North East Rutland County Council Election Leaflet 2019
Green Party candidate for Rutland County Council Oakham North East is FRANK BRETT
Your local Green Party candidate for Oakham North East is FRANK BRETT! Frank has lived in Rutland and the local area for 40 years. He says: "Rutland is a great place and it deserves a sustainable future, so that local people can continue to live, work and play HERE."
Frank's aims are:
- Increased support for the vulnerable
- Rutland as the low-carbon leader of the Midlands
- Local jobs for local people
- Support for electric vehicles, local and community transport, protecting your bus services
- A proper housing strategy free of vested interest
Rutland County Council is dominated by one party - which means there is no need for councillors to listen to voters' real concerns. Vote for the Green Party and help to hold the council to account!
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Oakham Town Clerk and Mayor Adam Lowe Confuse Competent and Incompetent
Oakham Town Clerk and Mayor Adam Lowe Confuse Competent and Incompetent
At the last Town Council meeting we discussed an agenda item to give the clerk another automatic pay increase.
I suggested the item should be exempt and Chairman Cllr Adam Lowe said no,
During the meeting I stated we are now paying more for a unqualified clerk and we needed a competent qualified clerk.
The chairman Adam Lowe felt I was calling the Clerk incompetent which I was not, he asked me
to retract my comments I said no. So he asked for it to be minuted.
This week I received notification from the monitoring officer of a conduct complaint made by the clerk.
She once again lies by stating I called her incompetent and unqualified during the meeting. It is fortunate I record all our meetings.
Neither the Clerk or Cllr Lowe understand the meaning of the word competent.
competent meaning:
having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.
the above is true of the Clerk only last year she failed to complete section one of the annual return correctly.
She also failed to put it before the council for approval and that resulted in the external auditor stating there had been a significant failure of governance.
I have never said the clerk is incompetent but with such serious failing
it would not surprise me if other people have used that word.
I also find it astonishing that the clerk has not been able to obtain basic qualification over more than a two year period and I strongly believe this lack of competence is the main reason for many of the town council failings.
At the last Town Council meeting we discussed an agenda item to give the clerk another automatic pay increase.
I suggested the item should be exempt and Chairman Cllr Adam Lowe said no,
During the meeting I stated we are now paying more for a unqualified clerk and we needed a competent qualified clerk.
The chairman Adam Lowe felt I was calling the Clerk incompetent which I was not, he asked me
to retract my comments I said no. So he asked for it to be minuted.
This week I received notification from the monitoring officer of a conduct complaint made by the clerk.
She once again lies by stating I called her incompetent and unqualified during the meeting. It is fortunate I record all our meetings.
Neither the Clerk or Cllr Lowe understand the meaning of the word competent.
competent meaning:
having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.
the above is true of the Clerk only last year she failed to complete section one of the annual return correctly.
She also failed to put it before the council for approval and that resulted in the external auditor stating there had been a significant failure of governance.
I have never said the clerk is incompetent but with such serious failing
it would not surprise me if other people have used that word.
I also find it astonishing that the clerk has not been able to obtain basic qualification over more than a two year period and I strongly believe this lack of competence is the main reason for many of the town council failings.
Oakham Town Council Bouncy Castle Prom In The Park
Oakham Town Council Bouncy Castle Prom In The Park
Last year in light of the tragic deaths in other parts of the country Oakham Town Council resolved not to use bouncy castles at event in Cutts Close.
At last weeks meeting we were asked to give permission for a bouncy castle, because the organisers of the Prom in The Park to be held in Cutts Close have requested one.
The Chairman Adam Lowe said it would be fine because it was not the council providing the bouncy castle and the council would if it was windy ask the organisers to stop using it.
I asked if the council could check if our insurance company would be happy with this. I doubt if that request will be actioned.
I have forgotten how many times this council votes on something and just ignores the outcome.
Last year in light of the tragic deaths in other parts of the country Oakham Town Council resolved not to use bouncy castles at event in Cutts Close.
At last weeks meeting we were asked to give permission for a bouncy castle, because the organisers of the Prom in The Park to be held in Cutts Close have requested one.
The Chairman Adam Lowe said it would be fine because it was not the council providing the bouncy castle and the council would if it was windy ask the organisers to stop using it.
I asked if the council could check if our insurance company would be happy with this. I doubt if that request will be actioned.
I have forgotten how many times this council votes on something and just ignores the outcome.
Cllr Adam Lowe Oakham Town Council Risk Assessment Plantscape Hanging Baskets
Cllr Adam Lowe Oakham Town Council Risk Assessment Plantscape Hanging Baskets
At last weeks council meeting we learnt that the councils contractor for providing and maintaining
hanging baskets in the town had been taken over. The company who has taken over Plantscape visited
Oakham and carried out a health and safety risk assessment and then wrote to Oakham Town Council
explaining that due to health and safety reasons they would not be able to hang baskets for the council this year at certain locations. The reason being that the brackets were to high at those locations.
So you would think that Oakham Town Council would arrange to have the brackets lowered to the height a person can safely work from a ladder or offer to hire a cherry picker or a tower, oh no Cllr Adam Lowe suggested our local contractor Greggs because his 'health and safety threshold is much lower. After Cllr Lowe advised members of this they voted to get Greggs to carry out the work Plantscape would not do.
I trust Cllr Lowe had checked with Greggs and our insurers before bringing this to council.
In the mean time I suggest he might like to read this:
Beware the word competent is used in this document a word Cllr Lowe and the Clerk do not understand. Only this week Cllr Lowe and the Clerk have confused the use of the word competent with incompetent?
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg455.pdf
At last weeks council meeting we learnt that the councils contractor for providing and maintaining
hanging baskets in the town had been taken over. The company who has taken over Plantscape visited
Oakham and carried out a health and safety risk assessment and then wrote to Oakham Town Council
explaining that due to health and safety reasons they would not be able to hang baskets for the council this year at certain locations. The reason being that the brackets were to high at those locations.
So you would think that Oakham Town Council would arrange to have the brackets lowered to the height a person can safely work from a ladder or offer to hire a cherry picker or a tower, oh no Cllr Adam Lowe suggested our local contractor Greggs because his 'health and safety threshold is much lower. After Cllr Lowe advised members of this they voted to get Greggs to carry out the work Plantscape would not do.
I trust Cllr Lowe had checked with Greggs and our insurers before bringing this to council.
In the mean time I suggest he might like to read this:
Beware the word competent is used in this document a word Cllr Lowe and the Clerk do not understand. Only this week Cllr Lowe and the Clerk have confused the use of the word competent with incompetent?
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg455.pdf
Rutland to Melton Cicle Classic Oakham Town Centre Market Place Oakham PE9 1AZ Photographs 2019
Rutland to Melton Cicle Classic Oakham Town Centre Market Place Oakham PE9 1AZ Photographs 2019
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