howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 February 2011
13:2390976if anyone is interested these are the figures for full council meetings 2090/2010
cast in order of appearance or alphabetical order
councillor name present
amos 7
brivio 8
cowan 7
frayne 11
hannent 11
jones 11
lloyd 4
markham 11
morgan 7
philpott 10
precious 11
revell 6
rix 9
royston 6
smallwood 6
smith 10
tranter 7
young 9
figures for current year will follow later.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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1 February 2011
16:0690995Very interesting stuff there Howard. I think I heard a murmur that one of them might have been suspended recently due to poor attendance or non attendance.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 February 2011
16:0990996not heard that paul, there was one a few years back though that got elected and never attended a meeting.
quite impressive that people attend all 11 meetings during the year, what with illness, holidays and business/work comittments.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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1 February 2011
16:1190998David Lloyd is now gone and not a cllr anymore in my way of thinking the town council should have called a By-Election,and before you say it ,if they done that I would hvae gone for it.But they are not going to till May when we all go to the polls.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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1 February 2011
16:1290999Roger Frayne, 11 attendances while ill with cancer, says a great deal about him and shows up many of those who's attendance was poor.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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1 February 2011
19:5491046Reading that list just now, I thought the same thing Barry - puts many others to shame.
Vic is right that David Lloyd has been thrown out as he hasn't made any attendances for 6 months. I always thought David was a good Councillor, seems not.
Thanks for that Howard.
Roger
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
1 February 2011
19:5991050Maybe I am being naive but all those who have the low figures (6-7) do not deserve to be councillors unless they have a good reason for such poor attendance. If a very ill man can attend why not the others.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 February 2011
20:1091052many resons jan, ill health as you say and also some are district councillors, sometimes meetings clash.
anyway having said that here are the figures so far this year 2010/2011.
the number of meetings so far is 8
councillors present
amos 6
brivio 4
cowan 5
hannent 7
jones 6
lloyd 1
markham 6
morgan 7
philpott 5
precious 8
revell 7
rix 5
royston 3
smallwood 8
smith 8
tranter 5
young 6
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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1 February 2011
23:2991094Diane Smallwood was very ill for most of the year and now is back fighting fit,some Cllrs like me work shifts and cannot attend all the meetings,but sometimes I can make meetings in the day when others cant.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 February 2011
23:3791097quite right john that is why i did not mention roger frayne in the latest figures.
diane smallwood stands out considering her poor health, also sheila amos deserves a mention.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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1 February 2011
23:4691101Congratulations to Diane Smallwood, who managed to attend ALL the meetings despite illness, also Councillors Precious and Smith. I hope Royston and Brivio had good excuses.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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2 February 2011
10:2391121Yes I go along with what you are saying Jan,Mrs Smallwood has been unwell now for somtime but she always turns out wwell done to her,As for Mr Royston he has never turned out much over the years to meetings,I hope that in May this will be one Cllr that goes.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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2 February 2011
11:4491145Anyone can attend a meeting provided they have the time, it is what a councillor does for the Town and their Ward that they should be judged upon. Councillors Hannent and Amos should be congratulated upon both attendance and what they achieve but there are councillors who like Jan Tranter and David Hannent fit in a full time job around meetings and have no equal when it comes to representing their wards,of the other councillors I believe only 2or 3 have full time jobs and they are self employed.