Comments on: Corportate Issues Scrutiny

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:35:28 +0000

Geoff – that’s garbage and you know it. You know very well that it is the authority not me that decides who gets places on scrutiny panels. There are two points to be made: 1) I disagree with your interpretation of the various acts in this regard, and for that matter so to the legal officers of the council. I intend to take my advice on the law from the city solicitor rather than you, 2) I disagree with your principled point about democracy – you were elected as a Lib Dem; the people of Weaste & Seedley voted for a Lib Dem to represent their interests; you went off on your own because you weren’t willing to contribute to the group. If you’d been elected as an independent I could accept your principled point – but you weren’t; if you were that committed to democracy they you’d stand down and fight an election on your own merits – something I’m confident you’d loose.

By: Aled

Aled — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:13:49 +0000

I think it does include school support staff – but the same attitude applied to all departments.

By: Geoff Ainsworth

Geoff Ainsworth — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:42:43 +0000

If you believe what you say about the legitimate role of an opposition councillor being to particpate in scrutiny process why do you persist in ignoring statutory obligation and unreasonably seeking to prevent other councillors from assuming their rightful, and lawful,role on behalf of their constituents?
Contrary to your assertion that only members of political groups of two or more people can particpate ,what’s your excuse now that view has been dismissed by advice from the relevant government deprtment ? Puts your ‘democratic credentials’ a little in the shade don’t you think?

By: Steve Cooke

Steve Cooke — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:58:54 +0000

It was my understanding that the council’s JE scheme covered around 8500 council staff but excluded those in schools. Am I mistaken or has there been a separate JE scheme in schools?

By: Aled

Aled — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:15:01 +0000

The management of the Job evaluation process was a shambles. Individual managers (be it the HT or line managers) at schools were never involved in the feedback, so had no advanced warning of the human distress that was approaching over the horizon and were left to pick up the pieces. Losing a grade or two when your on a fat salary is easier to handle than when you are near the bottom of the scales. These people have little or no regard for the individual so it seems.