It might just have been the time of the year - everyone getting in the Christmas spirit - but we had a relatively quiet full Council today. The local press must have anticipated this as they did not bother to turn up.
Members heard that by virtue of a 25 minute appearance at a recent General Purposes Board SNP Councillor Jim Grieve is permitted a further 6 months of absence from Council meetings before he would automatically be removed from office. Hopefully Jim will be fit to return to his duties in the near future.
There were a number of appointments made.
My Labour colleague Jim Clocherty was appointed unopposed to replace my former Labour colleague Charlie McCallum, who recently resigned from the Human Resources Board, for reasons that I am not quite clear about.
Charlie in turn was appointed to the Prison Visiting Committee of the new HMP Low Moss. Some wag - who shall remain nameless - was overheard saying that he would be more than happy to send Charlie to Low Moss!
More contentious were the appointments to the Board of Greenock Arts Guild and Discover Inverclyde.
Jim Clocherty was appointed unopposed to the Arts Guild, by vitue of the fact that he is Convener of the Regeneration Committee, while SNP Councillor Chris Osborne - yes he of the other less interesting blog - narrowly beat Lib Dem Leader Alan Blair, and apparent culture vulture, in a vote for the second position.
Independent Councillor Ronnie Ahlfeld beat off competition from former Lib Dem Provost Ciano Rebecchi and SNP Group Leader, and renowned world traveller, Jim MacLeod, for the Discover Inverclyde position.
Democracy in action!
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I know your hands are tied and there is a councillor code of conduct. But Inverclyde councillors dont half kick the arse out of the lack of recall when politicians either cant be bothered,or just want eleceted to balance voting numbers.
ReplyDeleteCharlie McCallum,Jim Grieves,I wouldnt trust either as far as I could avoide them.