Open letter to Julian Bell
Dear Julian Bell,Keith Townsend, Executive Director Environment & Customer Services, is leaving the Council’s service. He is taking voluntary redundancy. This entitles him to a large cash payment. There is a formal complaint lodged with the Council against this man. It has not been processed because he has refused to process it and has failed to respond when asked to make himself accountable. The allegations in the complaint are such that, if honestly addressed, the Council could, in my opinion, dismiss him for bringing it into disrepute at no cost to the council-tax payer. Even if that is found contentious, the Council should at least address the allegations before making any payment to him. To ignore the possibility of removing this man at no cost to the people of Ealing would demonstrate a reckless disregard for the proper deployment of public funds.Under your watch, the Council’s complaints service has sunk into a slough of corrupt unaccountability. Senior officers’ aim is to avoid dealing with complaints against fellow senior officers. To achieve it, they do not scruple to ignore correspondence, to disregard the protocol of the complaints process, to lie, to make malicious accusations against complainants and attempt to deny complainants their rights. And why would they not if you are happy to turn a blind eye to their conduct and reward them with a voluntary redundancy payment.STOP THIS INJUSTICE CONSIDER THE COMPLAINT SAVE OUR MONEYAndrew Farmer
Andrew Farmer ● 2645d2 Comments