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.