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To: Brixham Town Councillors
Brixham Town Council - advertise for a new Clerk
Make BTC's recruitment process fair, open and transparent. Fill the vacancy of Town Clerk through a proper appointments procedure which cannot be criticised.
Why is this important?
On the say-so of just 3 councillors and the silencing of Full Council on the issue, Brixham Town Council is seeking to fill the sudden vacancy of Town Clerk by automatic internal appointment.
A town council is the tier of government closest to the residents who pay for it and who pay the salaries of its employees, and as such it should be the most transparent in the use of residents' money.
A town council must be above any suspicion of favouritism or cronyism.
It is obliged to appoint on merit the best person available to fill the key post of Clerk and if it does not advertise the post it cannot know who is available. It must consider all applicants and carry out a fair, open and transparent appointments procedure.
Although this is currently an issue in Brixham, South Devon, the principle applies equally to all town/parish councils throughout the land.
NB 9 October: I have now resigned from Brixham Town Council because of this unprincipled act and the culture of cronyism which allowed it..
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