Seek and Hide! What is it that, Rutland County Council, Chief Executive Mrs Briggs doesn't want us to see?

Seek and Hide!

What is it that Chief Executive Mrs Briggs doesn't want us to see?

A lot of people are waiting to see the 2010 bank statements for the £19.6 million
of public money that Rutland County Council has on deposit earning little or no interest in banks.

The statements were requested on 20 January 2011 by a member of the public and myself FOI.

Mrs Briggs promised we would get but which she has still not delivered.

Perhaps blogging this will jog Mrs Briggs' memory.

Oakham Town Council MEETINGS ON FEBRUARY 16TH 2011

Oakham Town Council MEETINGS ON FEBRUARY 16TH 2011

Members of the public are asked to note that the meetings on February 16th 2011 will start at 7.30pm. 

(this is to allow for the private meeting to instruct Councillors on how they should act upon matters in the public meeting and others matters the Council does not want reported are dealt with then)


The meetings will be of the Planning and General Purposes Committee followed by a meeting of the Parks and Recreation Committee. 

These will be merely to confirm the minutes of the last meetings of the Committees that took place on November 17th 2010.

Once the Committee meetings have concluded, there will be a meeting of the Council.

Agendas for all meetings can be viewed or downloaded by clicking here. 


something NEW a little more openness it might make some items a little more understandable. I will ask for my copies.
 
If you require hard copies of any appendices then please contact the Clerk to the Council who will supply these to you.

OAKHAM TOWN COUNCIL FLORAL DISPLAYS AND WATERING CONTRACT

OAKHAM TOWN COUNCIL FLORAL DISPLAYS AND WATERING CONTRACT Tenders required

The Town Council is inviting interested parties to tender for the contract for the Towns Floral Displays and watering for the Summer of 2011.
For a copy of the tender documents please contact the Clerk to the Council. 

This is the first time the council has put this contract out to tender., for many years.

When I was a Town Councillor, I mentioned to the Town Clerk, I felt the Council was not getting value for money. £12,000 seemed a bit high for the few baskets and pots around the town.


His reply was "we don't tender because no one was interested when we did it before."


I later found out the real reason behind this. The owner f the garden centre was previously the town clerk.

No Councillors declared an interest when this contract was renewed. Although most did declare when the garden centre submitted a planning application this year.


The Town Council is now being forced to tender, not due to any legal obligation, but because the garden centre owner is retiring and selling up.


If we go back to the bandstand local builders did not tender because they saw no money to be made, then they saw the final bill £30,000! and told me it was a rip off and if only they knew how much they could ask for. So if you are thinking of tendering,  the floral contract is very lucrative to any garden centre or flower shop in the Rutland or Leicestershire area. Last year the bill for plants was £16,000. my previous knowledge of retail would tell me that is a very healthy mark up.


On top of that is the watering contract that run into thousands.

This contract is clear proof of how corrupt Oakham Town Council is.


.Maybe the Town Council friend Dave Burton could start growing a few begonias and pansies on his allotment and rush his bid in and he and his good family could afford to rebook their holiday somewhere a little further than Egypt.

Valentine's Day February 14th Vanilla Mill Street Oakham Rutland

Valentine's Day, February 14th, Vanilla, Mill Street, Oakham, Rutland