This matter was raised by both Labour and a member of the Trelawney Alliance. Both of these implied that the chosen person got it due to a friendship with myself, and that it was down to the Buddy factor. Now the truth.
The Clark of Camborne Town Council gave notice of an extended absence due to illness. It fell on me as Mayor to find alternative arrangements to cover that period. As a member of Cornwall Association of Local Councils, I contacted them to ask if they knew anyone who could supply the cover. Once I had all the information I called a meeting of the Staff Working Party. At this meeting, due to the fact that a friend was on the list suggested by CALC, I declared an interest and left the room (standard practise). The meeting, without me, made a decision with a vote of two for and one against my friend. This decision was then put as an agenda item on the next Full Council meeting. At this meeting I yet again declared my interest and left the room, the meeting voted fourteen for my friend and three against. I had taken NO part in the decision making process at all, as it would of been a breech of the Code of conduct that Councillors work under.
This of course is on record at Camborne Town Council for anyone to check up on if they so wished.
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