Oakham Town Council Notice of Vacancy Oakham South February 2020

Oakham Town Council Notice of Vacancy Oakham South February 2020

Oakham Town Council appear to have failed to publish this notice on their website.
Instead the Clerk is requesting letters from anyone who wishes to be co-opted this is not
the correct procedure, typical of Oakham Town Council

The vacancy has arisen due to Cllr Ian Gordon Razzell which is very disappointing after I worked so hard to help him get elected. As useless as the other who hardly attends meetings.
I don't think our pointless town council will ever get sorted. So we actually get a Town Council that actually does more for the town than clean a couple of parks, put up Christmas lights and a few ugly hanging baskets. The localism act permits them to do so much more for our town but they don't. they can't even produce a local neighbourhood plan 4 years on and many thousands spent and hardly any of that was grant money due to the pig headed nature of those tasked with sorting a plan for us.
Even though Rutland County Council recognise the plan is not fit for purpose I am led to believe they are happy to push to referendum so not to spoil their local plan. It is a disgrace.

And it appears most people in our town don't care that we have a defective town council and appear to be very happy to pay hard earned money to keep it going.




NOTICE OF VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR 


OAKHAM SOUTH WARD OAKHAM TOWN CONCIL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Pursuant to section 87(2) of the Local Government Act 1972, that as a result of the resignation of Ian Gordon Razzell, a vacancy exists in the office of Councillor for the South Ward of Oakham Town Council.

If by 13 March 2020 (14 days* after the date of this notice), a request for an election to fill the said vacancy is made in writing to the Returning Officer at Catmose, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HP by TEN electors for the said Ward, an election will be held to fill the said vacancy, otherwise the vacancy will be filled by co-option.

The election will take place not later 21 May 2020.


        HELEN BRIGGS         RETURNING OFFICER

Date: 24 February 2020




* In computing any period of time for this purpose, a Saturday, Sunday, day of the Christmas break, of the Easter break or of a bank holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning must be disregarded.

“The Christmas break” means the period beginning with the last week day before Christmas Eve and ending with the first week day after Christmas Day which is not a bank holiday, “the Easter break” means the period beginning with the Thursday before and ending with the Tuesday after Easter Day, and “a bank holiday break” means any bank holiday not included in the Christmas break or Easter break and the period beginning with the last week day before that bank holiday and ending with the next week day which is not a bank holiday.