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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

A Conduct Quiz for Penyffordd Councillors ( and anyone else)

As mentioned previously Penyffordd councillors are to get much needed training on how to be a councillor by Flintshire Council Legal and Democratic Services.

http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/2012/01/penyffordd-councillor-training.html

So the question is :-

Each year Penyffordd Community Council hand out part our rates in the form of grants to local organisations. This last year Cllr Tom Jones recommended a certain organisation who previously enjoyed the same level of support as other adult organisations be excluded for the grants without explaining why to any councillor, chairman or clerk. ( Was Nigel phoned up by Tom to say how the hatchet job would be carried out? )

It would be fair to say that Cllr Tom Jones as political leader of Penyffordd Community Council used his position to bully other councillors in following his vindictiveness. ( some councillors of course would not need bullying but were shall we say "enthusiasts".

After the meeting I sought out Nigel Jones the clerk to the council to ask if any councillor had raised the apparent unfairness of this decision. Nigel assured me no councillor had raised any objection to the unfairness of decision. ( all the dirty work by councillors is done over the phone before the meeting)

Below are a list of conducts for councillors. The question is do the panel think that and rules of conduct have been broken? Just pretend you're The Ombudsman for Wales for 5 minutes.


The Penyffordd Conduct Quiz
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• behaving in a way that negatively affects their authority’s reputation;

• using their position unfairly to gain an advantage for themselves or someone else – or to do someone else down;

• improper use of their authority’s resources;

• failing to declare an interest;

• bullying behaviour;

• failing to treat everybody equally; and

• revealing confidential information about individuals without good reason.

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I'll give my answers shortly.
at 08:52
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5 comments:

  1. Kevin Smith7 Feb 2012, 09:26:00

    You’ve said it all beautifully. Your posting really informative. We are also provided the Quiz services.

    MCAS practice test , Make your own quiz

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  2. Anonymous7 Feb 2012, 16:21:00

    That is an A1 post Colin! I say it ticks all the boxes and how. I note that bullying behaviour is there on the list. That attribute seems to be vital if you are to become a Cllr. The Ombudsman should know, he has spent most of the last two years here dealing with the same!
    Brilliant!!!

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  3. Colin7 Feb 2012, 16:55:00

    I think they should both stand down as councillors, institute committee members and school governors. Tom is governor of the local primary school of which Chester Rd is a major route to school. I think Tom has been pivotal in foot dragging whether it be for traffic calming, asking for Gosafe or NWP presence.

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  4. Colin7 Feb 2012, 17:05:00

    I don't really know what it is about Cllr Tom Jones. What has he had against making the village a safer place this 5 years. Is it arrogance or plain stupidity?

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  5. Colin7 Feb 2012, 17:27:00

    Yes I think it ticks boxes as well. Cllr Tom Jones(85 and half years old)should be concerned. Also the rest of the councillors should have raised the issue of unfairness. There is no balance just sickness. Tom is also on the Institute Committee. So we also have him as Institute Committee member trying to bring about the destruction of a group who have used the Institute for 25 years. I'm not sure the Ombudsmen goes down to Institute level but there is always Flintshire County Council Legal and Democratic Office.

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