Category: MinutesNotFitForPurpose

Draft Minutes of Meeting Scrutiny : Learning and LGES held on 22nd April 2024

NOTE :Lots of questions recorded in the minutes.No answers though.As useful as a chocolate tea pot.The answers will never be entered into the Council’s Formal Record.The Officers will, therefore, never be accountable for these answers. Draft Minutes Minute 901 is a typical example of questions with no answers recorded in the minutes. Absolutely pointless. The … Continue reading Draft Minutes of Meeting Scrutiny : Learning and LGES held on 22nd April 2024 →

The minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 15th March 2024 have still not been published.

https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2024/03/18/standards-committee-meeting-15th-march-2024-video-stream-including-the-monitoring-officers-impression-of-norman-collier-%f0%9f%98%80/?page_id=22156

Draft Minutes of meeting of Full Council on 17th April 2024

Hyperlink to Agenda and Reports Pack https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=159&MId=6079&Ver=4&LLL=0 Draft Minutes of Meeting The FARCE of presenting minutes of Committee Meetings to the Full Council for approval continues. The Council’s Constitution does not require a resolution to enter the minutes into the record. The approved minutes are the record. The Council’s Constitution stipulates that minutes of committee … Continue reading Draft Minutes of meeting of Full Council on 17th April 2024 →

It’s not just the Merthyr Councillors that don’t appear to understand that it is their failure to hold Senior Officers to account  for their  wrongdoings that the Council continues to conduct its business following UNCONSTITUTIONAL practices.

It happens at Gwynedd Council too. Extract from the Blog posted by L8 "This is NOT scrutiny. For far too long, it would appear that Gwynedd councillors have followed the party line and supported senior officers to avoid reputational damage." The leader and executive officers have warned that the culture within the council must change … Continue reading It’s not just the Merthyr Councillors that don’t appear to understand that it is their failure to hold Senior Officers to account  for their  wrongdoings that the Council continues to conduct its business following UNCONSTITUTIONAL practices. →

The Scam goes on and on – Draft Minutes of Meeting of Scrutiny:Social Services held on Tuesday 16th April 2024

Hyperlink to Agenda, Reports Pack and Draft minutes for the meeting https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=331&MId=6071&LLL=0 Draft Minutes of Meeting Using Minute No 866 as an example Note that lots of questions were asked. Councillor J Jenkins referred the Committee to the 'Placement Sufficiency' report.Joanne Llewellyn then led the Committee through the report and, together with Councillor J Jenkins … Continue reading The Scam goes on and on – Draft Minutes of Meeting of Scrutiny:Social Services held on Tuesday 16th April 2024 →

Agenda for Scrutiny : Learning and LGES on Monday, 22nd April, 2024, 4.00 pm

Hyperlink to Agenda and Reports Pack https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=330&MId=6099&LLL=0 Agenda Frontsheet In order to comply with the Council’s Constitution, an agenda item should be included : to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record. Minutes of Previous Meeting In order to comply with the Council’s Constitution, these draft minutes should be presented for … Continue reading Agenda for Scrutiny : Learning and LGES on Monday, 22nd April, 2024, 4.00 pm →

The PSOW has responded to my Maladministration Complaint at Merthyr Council

Text version of PSOW's response By email only geoff.jones1@btinternet.comDear Mr JonesComplaint against Merthyr Tydfil County Borough CouncilI have considered your complaint against Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council ("Council"), which we received on 4 April 2024. I am sorry to read of your concerns.Your complaintYou complained that the Council had failed to record sufficient information as … Continue reading The PSOW has responded to my Maladministration Complaint at Merthyr Council →

Agenda for Full Council on Wednesday, 17th April, 2024, 5.30 pm

Hyperlink to Agenda and Reports Pack https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=159&MId=6079&LLL=0 https://wp.me/paI9u9-5Ts Agenda Frontsheet Hyperlink to Reports Pack https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/g6079/Public%20reports%20pack%2017th-Apr-2024%2017.30%20Full%20Council.pdf?T=10&LLL=0 Minutes of Previous Meeting In accordance with the Constitution, these are the only minutes that need to be approved by the Full Council as a correct record of the business of the last meeting. Why is there no record of … Continue reading Agenda for Full Council on Wednesday, 17th April, 2024, 5.30 pm →