Parish Council "WATCH" 17/01/10
Over our first 12 months on line we have constantly been at odds with the activities of the PARISH COUNCIL. How many of you are aware of who your councillors are, their individual background, their current activities etc? In fact how many within our community are aware of what our PARISH COUNCIL is involved with and how our taxes are spent onour behalf ( Our Parish Council has an annual budget around £115.000) ? Our Council is supposed to exercise a OPEN and TRANSPARENT policy with respect to informing the community.  However our experience over the last 12 months has not seen this happen, in fact on the contrary, information which should be available to the public is all too frequently obsured with lack of detail and substance and more disturbingly can be hid behind the use of their  HABITUAL & VEXACIOUS COMPLAINTS POLICY against residents who question their attitudes/motives/decisions. Parish Council Committee Agendas and Minutes should be displayed on notice boards and ONLINE routinely and be an accurate representation of the facts. At present the the Council's own Website is so out of date no one can follow the activities of their governance. As a direct result of this continual and ongoing failing ,we are immediately creating our own "COUNCIL WATCH" which will constantly MONITOR/REPORT/UPDATE everyone here within burtonjoyceonline, stating our understanding of what is actually happinging in the name of the Parish Council and the possible affect on the community The following facts clearly illustrate our concern - Minutes are shown on the BJPC website (as at17/01/10)
Main Parish Council meeting minutes - Shows Sept 09 is last correct posting - Nov & Dec are actually July repeated
Poplars Sports Ground Committee minutes - Shows July 09 as latest
Amenities Committee minutes  - Shows October 09 as latest
Finance & General Purposes Committee minutes - Shows June 09 as latest
Planning Committee minutes  - Shows August 09 which is actually April 09Â
Bee Jay  17/01/10
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