Chairman is ‘censured’ by West Lindsey District Council
According to a statement, West Lindsey say they received a code of conduct complaint against Bardney Parish Council chairman Robert Webb on February 5, 2020.
No details about the nature of the complaint – or who made it – are included in the statement.
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Following an initial assessment by WLDC’s Monitoring Officer – and an ‘ independent person – the matter was investigated and concluded it was ‘likely’ a breach of conduct had occurred.
A ‘local resolution’ was recommended as the most appropriate course of action.
That included a requirement for Coun Webb to apologise in writing, as well as a series of recommendations to the parish council, including a reminder members should refrain from commenting on social media issues.
The statement adds:: “The overriding sentiment of the investigating officer’s report was the matters related solely to inter-personal issues that were ‘long standing and entrenched.’
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The statement reveals that while the complainant was willing to accept the local resolution, the subject member (Coun Webb) wasn’t.
As a consequence the statement confirms that: ‘The monitoring officer has made a decision to make public, by way of censure notice, the decision taken and the subject member’s unwillingness to engage in the process a matter of public record for 28 days.’