Having asked a question under the freedom of information act I have had a reply to say firstly that the clerk is away until 30th October which I already knew but that is followed by a statement that he will be sending me a "bill" for the costs of getting the information together i have asked for information about how the budgets are set out not as ball park numbers but to give an accurate indication of what the council intends to spend our taxes on. this bill will be based on £25 an hour plus any postage photocopies etc. How on earth in these times can this be justified/ it should be evident that when preparing the draft budgets all of the figures are recorded so that a true cost can be forecast or has this been done on the back of the proverbial fag packet?
What this has proved to me is that again there is evidence that the Town council is falling down on its duties which begs the question" Is the council fit for purpose or are the councilors negligent?"
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