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    First of all the report was and is wrong,the Town Council have changed the way for giving out grant money,each Cllr has a small pot which can be applied for via the Town Council.I have talked to Val Habbershaw about the best way forward and I know that one Town Cllr has promised £500 already and when the Carnival Ass fills in the forms they will get some money from some other Cllrs.
    The Town Clerk is very professional and qualified for the job,the fact she doesn't come from Dover is not a matter she has Dover first and if you look carefully many of the Town Cllrs are not born and bred in Dover (including me from Sandwich) but lived here 30 years as a choice.In the past we had Acting Town Clerk who was excellent Michelle Cooper but as she was over looked for the job twice didn't want it so the Working Group including Vic if I recall gave the job to Mike Webb,who at the time was not qualified,although I understood he did get the qualifications,and if you remember 3 Cllrs resigned including myself.

    The Town Clerk is qualified + and although we do not always agree with her she has to carry out the Town Cllrs wishes.She may have taken the job for personal reasons but I know and I wasn't a Cllr when she was appointed has been very professional in her job.There was a problem with the Town Clerk and the former Town Clerk the one Vic gave the job too but the Cllrs investigated this and were happy with the outcome.The Cllrs and the Town Clerk work professionally together and she has many ideas that she puts too the Cllrs and many are taken up but not all.She in fact is behind many of the changes you are seeing in the Town remember the Town Council is not DDC or KCC,but the staff in the Town Council Office work hard and the Town Clerk as the Head of the Staff has got them working hard.

    One last point Vic each person has their own way of doing things some seek publicity at every available moment others have to answer questions and in the Town Clerks position has to justify the things the Town Council has passed even though she may not be of the same opinion,we were praised recently in Tower Hamlets for actually going out and finding groups to spend our money on and by the way the 3 Cllrs had £3000 to spend and we gave it all to worthy causes oh yes except we had £28 left.

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