tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post9165019137533418838..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: Audit Office called as MP and AM question council finances caebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-40419208303425746662013-03-04T19:13:41.422+00:002013-03-04T19:13:41.422+00:00WHAT???!!!
Hey - this would explain why we didn...WHAT???!!!<br />Hey - this would explain why we didn't get satisfactory answers to our questions at our inspection visit last summer - just more computer printouts! Maybe they were hoping we could find the answers, then tell the officers WTF the money had gone!Tessanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-29956421578323804392013-03-04T16:04:27.759+00:002013-03-04T16:04:27.759+00:00I can't help but notice that the following cou...I can't help but notice that the following councils responded, promptly, in full to the same FoI request - Bridgend, Wrexham, Flintshire, Ceredigion, Powys, Swansea, Gwynedd, Newport, Denbighshire, Monmouthshire, Conwy. <br /><br />The following councils say they are 'in process' of providing the information = Torfaen, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Vale of Glamorgan, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Merthyr Tydfil. Only Rhondda Cynon Taf have so far failed aknolege the request. All the other councils that have responded say that payment to the election returning officer was conducted AFTER the election had taken place. The payment is made once the costs are incurred. <br /><br />Not only did Carmarthenshire make payment prior to the election taking place but they say "We do not hold information on the precise date payments were made." <br /><br />All other councils in Wales send a remittance advise with the electronic payment, and the entry appears on their bank statement. On this they conduct a reconciliation. So how did Carmarthenshire make payment? Brown envelope? Briefcase of cash? Multiple payments via a third party? It's also baffling to see how the payment could possibly have been made prior to the election taking place, unless they knew in advance what candidate in each ward would be elected and of course advance knowledge of the result of postal voting, for which there is a specific amount paid for the returning officer to administer. <br /><br />There may be more to this than a 'missing bank statement' and I also notice that in their FoI response Carmarthenshire refer to 'payments' in the plural. If thay don't know the date or dates, how do they know there was more than one payment?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-78790740382358689672013-03-01T18:56:09.399+00:002013-03-01T18:56:09.399+00:00I am no fool to believe they don't know when i...I am no fool to believe they don't know when it was paid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-65899047883865035262013-03-01T11:43:52.191+00:002013-03-01T11:43:52.191+00:00What The Flippety F***?
I can only see two possib...What The Flippety F***?<br /><br />I can only see two possible ways to interpret this - either:<br /><br />1/ The council does not follow basic and elementary book-keeping practices, or<br />2/ The council doesn't give a rat's ass about FOI.<br /><br />I wonder which it is? Whilst not wishing to preclude "both" of course...<br />Martin Milannoreply@blogger.com