Tag: Ellis Cooper

Draft minutes – Planning, Regulatory and Licensing – Wednesday, 8th May, 2024

The following screenshots show the Draft Minutes of the meeting Why was the application refused? NOTE : Questions are recorded in the minutes.No answers are recorded, though.As a result, the minutes are as useful as a chocolate tea pot.The answers will never be entered into the Council’s Formal Record.Nobody will, therefore, ever be accountable for … Continue reading Draft minutes – Planning, Regulatory and Licensing – Wednesday, 8th May, 2024 →

Agenda for Cabinet on Wednesday, 15th May, 2024, 4.00 pm

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

Agenda for Scrutiny : Regeneration and Public Protection on Tuesday, 14th May, 2024, 4.00 pm

Hyperlink to Agenda and Reports Pack https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=383&MId=6115&LLL=0 INITIAL OBSERVATIONS So, the Chair’s thanks and the questions asked will be part of the Council’s Formal Record.Yet, the detailed responses will never be part of the Council’s Formal Record.Merely, because the detailed responses are not included in the minutes.Just as the Monitoring Officer requires it to be.But, … Continue reading Agenda for Scrutiny : Regeneration and Public Protection on Tuesday, 14th May, 2024, 4.00 pm →

Useless (or crooked) Council Employees – Private Eye Rotten Boroughs

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 →

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 Suppressed Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council is only part of the Cover-up.

The suppressed Report Post giving a detailed analysis of the findings of the Report together with My Comments. https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/09/13/alex-beckham-lead-safeguarding-officer-of-merthyr-council-in-2016-was-she-there-or-not-on-25th-february/ This reblogged post gives more of the story https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/08/24/in-an-ideal-world-persons-that-put-their-personal-careers-and-institutional-reputations-before-dealing-properly-with-issues-of-safeguarding-and-child-protection-even-if-it-means-destroying-the-caree/?page_id=17104 https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2024/04/27/the-report-that-the-monitoring-officer-will-not-dare-present-to-councillors-for-consideration-and-discussion-what-is-she-afraid-of-read-on/

The Report that the Monitoring Officer WILL NOT DARE present to Councillors for Consideration and Discussion.  What is she afraid of? Read on

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 →