Local Democracy Campaigner fighting for the Senior Officers of Merthyr Council, the Chair of Governors and the Head Teacher of Ynysowen Primary School to be made accountable for the cover-up of their failures to follow Safeguarding and Child Protection procedures from February 2016. Also, for the Monitoring Officer to be made accountable for acceding to the demands to sack a Senior HR Officer made by a Cabal of 5 Heads of Primary Schools from the Southern Cluster led by Simone Roden, Head of Ynysowen. Also, for ensuring that the Council complies with the Constitution and the practice of good governance at all times.
Hyperlink to Agenda and Reports Pack https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=160&MId=6124&LLL=0 Agenda Frontsheet Hyperlink to Agenda Reports Pack https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/g6124/Public%20reports%20pack%2015th-May-2024%2016.00%20Cabinet.pdf?T=10&LLL=0 Minutes of Previous Meeting
A cautionary tale for Merthyr Council members. Don't allow your senior officers to escape Scrutiny for their wrongdoings. You, the Council members, will pay the price too when the sh*t eventually hits the fan. https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/11/23/when-the-sht-finally-hits-the-fan-people-will-say-how-did-they-get-away-with-it-for-so-long-surely-someone-must-have-known/ Extract from Private Eye Text Version extracts OFFENCE WAS CAUSED, FACILITATED OR ENABLED BY COMPLICITY (at worst) or GROSS INCOMPETENCE … Continue reading Useless (or crooked) Council Employees – Private Eye Rotten Boroughs
https://www.wlgacouncillorsguide.wales/the-ethical-framework/ See references in the post below that refer to the Nolan Principles The fact that there is no legal requirement to record the detail is irrelevant. There is a moral requirement of openness , transparency, and accountability, as noted in Nolan’s Seven Principles of Public Life. (Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty and Leadership). … Continue reading The Nolan Principles of Standards in Public Life | Good Governance
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 following screenshot was taken from the Council’s website today. Why is it taking so long? https://wp.me/paI9u9-5Yw
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 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.
There is a reason why the Monitoring Officer has suppressed an Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements and Safeguarding at Merthyr Council (published in August 2019) https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/11/23/when-the-sht-finally-hits-the-fan-people-will-say-how-did-they-get-away-with-it-for-so-long-surely-someone-must-have-known/ Would you like to know the reason? https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/08/28/the-merthyr-council-cover-up-is-not-about-an-allegation-of-unreasonable-restraint-of-a-pupil-made-against-the-head-teacher-of-ynysowen-primary-school-in-february-2016/ Hyperlink to Post Including my Comments/Observations and Questions relating to the Audit Report https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2019/10/09/welsh-audit-office-report-review-of-whistleblowing-arrangements-relating-to-safeguarding-merthyr-tydfil-council/?page_id=340 Hyperlink to Blog … Continue reading The Report that the Monitoring Officer WILL NOT DARE present to Councillors for Consideration and Discussion. What is she afraid of? Read on
This post from September 2023 is still relevant today https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/09/21/who-was-at-full-council-meeting-on-13th-september-2023-and-could-have-or-should-have-realised-that-councillor-jenkinss-response-did-not-answer-the-question/?page_id=18150 Councillor Julia Jenkins stated that reports were considered at Standards Committee (November 2019), Governance and Audit Committee (November 2020), and Social Services Scrutiny (February 2021) in respect of Whistleblowing arrangements. Councillor Julia Jenkins Unfortunately, Councillor Jenkins did not actually answer the questions because she did … Continue reading Who was at Full Council Meeting on 13th September 2023 and could have or should have realised that Councillor Jenkins’s Response did not answer the Question?
Merthyr Council Cover-up 