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The Archives and the Mould - an update
Back in April 2014 I mentioned that the County Archives had a problem with mould which led to the closure of the strongrooms at the council run facility at Parc Myrddin. Over twelve months later, they...
View ArticleRubbish Scrutiny
The council's Waste Management contracts with Cwm Environmental Ltd, (wholly owned by the council and the largest operator) and AWS in Llangadog came to an end in March this year. This was not...
View ArticleGrillo call-in requests rejected
Further to my previous post on the subject, news has reached Caebrwyn that the Welsh Government have rejected the rest of the call-in requests on all six of the Grillo planning applications. They did...
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The Council Mercs
It would be a bit remiss of me, given that the subject has cropped up once or twice on this blog (and even in court), not to mention yesterday's announcement from Plaid council leader Emlyn Dole that...
View ArticleWhistleblowing - a 'lack of committment' say the Standards Committee
On issue identified by the WLGA Governance Review as a key element of the culture change programme was the council's whistleblowing arrangements;3.44 The Review Team also heard concern that the...
View ArticleMark James threatens Cllr Bill Thomas
Today's Llanelli Herald reports on an extraordinary email sent by Mr James to County Councillor Bill Thomas who represents Lliedi ward, Llanelli. What seems to have triggered this latest executive...
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The July Agenda...and other news
Next Wednesday sees the last full council meeting until the cogs slowly grind back in to action in September. By then Mark and Linda will have rewritten the constitution (with their own special version...
View ArticleMoney matters
Friday's meeting of the Council's Audit Committee (agenda here) sees the first outing for the Council's 2014/15 Statement of Accounts, currently unaudited. The figures reveal that over £3.8m was paid...
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Where are the waves?
At the end of May, Cllr Sian Caiach predicted that the new look Carmarthenshire council would turn out to be a case of the same old thing - 'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose?' and last...
View ArticleFreedom of Information - what has it done for Carmarthenshire?
It seems that every couple of years attempts are made by government to 'crackdown' on FOI requests. The latest development, widely reported in the national press, is the establishment of a Whitehall...
View ArticleThis week's Cadno; Carmarthenshire Council - The dinghy of despair
For those who live outside the area, or who have been unable to rush out and buy a copy, here's this week's 'Cadno' opinion piece from the Llanelli and Carmarthenshire Heralds, for your online...
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Played them like a fiddle
It's now been eighteen months since the Extraordinary council meeting to discuss the pension and libel indemnity scandals exposed by the Wales Audit Office reports and exactly a year since the issue of...
View ArticleSupporting People Grant - Fundamental failure
Each year Carmarthenshire County Council receives a 'Supporting People' grant of around £6.7m from the Welsh Government.To put it simply, the grant is aimed at helping vulnerable people live as...
View ArticleNews in brief - Meryl, managers and mould
Meryl and 'democracy'The Carmarthenshire Herald continues to delve into the bowels of the Parc Howard saga (see earlier posts including here) and this week's article (not yet online) refers to an angry...
View ArticleRegister of Members' Interests
Finally, after a kick up the backside from the WLGA Governance review last year, and a lot of legal chewing over what should and what shouldn't be published from monitoring officer Linda Rees Jones,...
View ArticleBrynmefys Estate - 'The land and people the council forgot' - Carmarthenshire...
Brynmefys Estate from PEMBS.TV on Vimeo. Alan Evans reports for The Herald.A detailed report appeared in last week's Carmarthenshire Herald about the Brynmefys Estate near Llanelli, the full article is...
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Council's Support Grant failures - in the press
Further to my post last week concerning the long-running failure and mismanagement of Carmarthenshire Council's Supporting People grant, it is good to see that the Carmarthenshire Herald;and the...
View ArticleOmbudsman; Council maladministration - Data Protection and mental health
Another complaint to the Ombudsman made against Carmarthenshire Council has been upheld. The complaint relates to Adult Social Care and the decision was issued in June.In summary, the matter has been...
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Mark and Meryl's Masterplan
As this week's Herald reports (not yet online), an email has emerged addressed to Exec Board Member Cllr Meryl Gravell thanking her for her 'spiritual and practical support' from a Mr Tony Rees. Mr...
View ArticleRecord parking profits for Carmarthenshire Council
BBC Wales reports that for 2013-14 Carmarthenshire Council made a profit in parking income of £795,000, this is record amount for the council and up from £487,000 for 2012-13. It now ranks just 4th...
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