Present (part of Standards Committee) Independent Ken Harrison (Vice-Chair) Alex Nuttall Conservative Deputy Mayor of Wirral, Cllr Gerry Ellis Cllr Simon Mountney deputy for Cllr Les Rowlands Cllr Chris Blakeley Labour Cllr Denise Roberts Cllr John Salter Cllr Bill Davies Liberal Democrat Cllr Tom Harney deputy for Cllr Pat Williams Cllr Ann Bridson Cllr Bob [...]
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Standards Committee (Wirral Council) 26th January 2012 Part 1 Declarations of interest, Minutes, Implications of the Localism Act on the Standards Regime
Posted in Standards Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Brian Cummings, Cllr Ann Bridson, Cllr Denise Roberts, Councillor, Localism Act 2011, Surjit Tour, Wirral Metropolitan Borough on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Standards Committee 29/9/2011 Part 13
Posted in Cllr Gerry Ellis, Deputy Mayor of Wirral, Standards Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Brian Cummings, Cllr Dave Mitchell, Cllr Denise Roberts, Cllr John Salter, Cllr Les Rowlands, Cllr Pat Williams, Martin Morton, Surjit Tour on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Chair, Brian Cummings said he wanted to consider an urgent request in respect of whistleblowing from Mr. Martin Morton. Cllr Pat Williams declared a prejudicial interest in this matter as Mr. Martin Morton had made a complaint about her. Cllr Denise Roberts declared a prejudicial interest in this matter as Mr. Martin Morton had [...]
Standards Committee 29/9/2011 Part 12
Posted in Standards Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Brian Cummings, Cllr Dave Mitchell, Cllr Les Rowlands, Cllr Pat Williams, Malcolm Flanagan on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Pat Williams asked about the two instances of 125 days and 95 days were there any more? Malcolm Flanagan said he didn’t have the details. He pointed out that how long complaints took was measured differently internally to how the Local Government Ombudsman measured them. Cllr Pat Williams said the spokespersons should be made [...]
Standards Committee 29/9/2011 Part 10
Posted in Cllr Chris Blakeley, Cllr Gerry Ellis, Deputy Mayor of Wirral, Standards Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Brian Cummings, Cllr Bob Wilkins, Cllr Dave Mitchell, Cllr John Salter, Cllr Pat Williams, Malcolm Flanagan, Stella Elliott on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr John Salter said he would disagree for the first time [with the Deputy Mayor Cllr Gerry Ellis], he called regularly and calls were answered within three to four seconds. He though they were always excellent, but his local library was a bit untidy. Cllr Dave Mitchell said that his local library was brilliant. Cllr [...]
Standards Committee 29/9/2011 Part 9
Posted in Cllr Gerry Ellis, Deputy Mayor of Wirral, Standards Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Brian Cummings, Malcolm Flanagan on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Chair, Brian Cummings moved to the item entitled Mystery Shopping. Malcolm Flanagan said that at the last meeting on the 4th July, committee members had asked for details on Mystery Shopping which had been done on the call centre, One Stop Shops and libraries. He said they don’t ask specific questions, but make up [...]
Standards Committee 29/9/2011 Part 8
Posted in Cllr Chris Blakeley, Standards Committee, tagged Brian Cummings, Cllr Bob Wilkins, Cllr Dave Mitchell, Cllr Pat Williams, john salter, Ken Harrison, Surjit Tour on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Pat Williams said she was interested if Bill Norman had talked to the Chief Executive and that [the staffing issue] was really an Employment and Appointments issue, if there were ongoing pressures they should be made aware. Cllr Dave Mitchell said there would be a saving to the authority, if the correct legal services [...]
Standards Committee 29/9/2011 Part 5
Posted in Cllr Chris Blakeley, Standards Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Bill Norman, Brian Cummings on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Chair, Brian Cummings asked committee if proper timescales and a monitoring regime would be sufficient or not? Cllr Chris Blakeley said he didn’t believe it would. He thought Bill Norman had been given enough opportunities and it should be “taken out of his hands”. He passed a resolution around members of the committee for [...]
Standards Committee 29/9/2011 Part 2
Posted in Cllr Chris Blakeley, Cllr Gerry Ellis, Deputy Mayor of Wirral, Standards Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Brian Cummings on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Chris Blakeley said the summary tells its own story and the “deploring way” in which there’d been delays, costs which he said “absolutely appalls me”. He said they don’t know the date of a complaint. A second complaint had taken twelve months, another had taken ten months, a third had taken sixteen months. He [...]
Standards Committee 29/9/2011 Part 1
Posted in Standards Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Brian Cummings, Surjit Tour on September 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Present on the Standards Committee: Independent Members Brian Cummings (Chair), Ken Harrison (Vice-Chair), Stella Elliott Conservative councillors Cllr Chris Blakeley Deputy Mayor Cllr Gerry Ellis Cllr Les Rowlands Labour councillors Cllr John Salter Cllr Denise Roberts Cllr Bill Davies Liberal Democrat councillors Cllr Bob Wilkins Cllr Mrs Pat Williams Cllr Dave Mitchell deputising for Cllr [...]
Wirral Council meeting – 23rd May 2011 – Part 1
Posted in Mayor of Wirral, Moira McLaughlin, Wirral Council, tagged Brian Cummings, Cllr Jeff Green, Cllr Keeley, Denis Knowles, Jeff Green, Kathy Hodson on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I notice I get a mention on the former Leader of Wirral Council’s blog about last night’s meeting at the Town Hall. However here is a report on last night’s meeting (previously adjourned) at Wirral Council which was reconvened from the 16th May. The meeting started with about 23 members of the public in the [...]

