I drew attention recently to the blackout on the apparent problems with some current Brent school expansion projects that the public have not been allowed to hear about. LINK
Information was withheld at the Cabinet meeting and the decision made in private session and now councillors have been told that the public will have to be excluded if the issue is raised at Full Council on January 23rd.
The issue is possibly about three current expansion projects at Byron Court Primary, Stonebridge Primary and Elsley Primary schools. It is likely that the price agreed on the projects with contractors has not been viable and the Council is either left with having to pay out more or downgrading the designs.
The accountability issue is whether there was any fault by either side on the procurement of these works and at what financial or quality cost.
Item 9 is about decisions taken by the Leader and/or Cabinet because of their urgency before before Full Council.
Apart from the IT items clearly the Bridge Park Conditional Land Sale Agreement is important. This involves Brent Council working with development companies registered in off-shore as covered on Wembley Matters LINK.
It is not entirely clear whether Full Council will be able to discuss this as the note above states, 'The matters before the Council are merely for reporting by the Leader of the Council.' Will the public me excluded from any discussion on this as well?
Information was withheld at the Cabinet meeting and the decision made in private session and now councillors have been told that the public will have to be excluded if the issue is raised at Full Council on January 23rd.
The issue is possibly about three current expansion projects at Byron Court Primary, Stonebridge Primary and Elsley Primary schools. It is likely that the price agreed on the projects with contractors has not been viable and the Council is either left with having to pay out more or downgrading the designs.
The accountability issue is whether there was any fault by either side on the procurement of these works and at what financial or quality cost.
Item 9 is about decisions taken by the Leader and/or Cabinet because of their urgency before before Full Council.
Apart from the IT items clearly the Bridge Park Conditional Land Sale Agreement is important. This involves Brent Council working with development companies registered in off-shore as covered on Wembley Matters LINK.
It is not entirely clear whether Full Council will be able to discuss this as the note above states, 'The matters before the Council are merely for reporting by the Leader of the Council.' Will the public me excluded from any discussion on this as well?
