Two chief executives are involved in a tug of war over their office furniture, The Western Mail reports
Bryn
Parry-Jones took the furniture he chose for his former office at
Llanelli Town Hall with him when he was appointed chief executive of
Pembrokeshire UA, and the new authority willingly agreed to pay the
Llanelli Borough Council valuation of £1,650.
But,
says the Mail, members of the new Carmarthenshire Unitary Authority have now
instructed their chief executive Roderic Morgan to recover the furniture
as it is 'an asset they are to inherit.'
Mr Morgan says it will be needed because he intends to use the office at Llanelli on a regular basis.
The Western Mail says Mr Morgan could have a long wait, because the leader of Llanelli Borough Council, Wynn Jenkins, says:
'As
far as I am concerned the furniture is staying in Pembrokeshire - and
they have already sent us a cheque for it.' He said that under Welsh
Office rules Llanelli was entitled to dispose of anything under the
value of £100,000 without consulting the shadow authority.
17 October 1995
6 comments:
Well we know where their priorities lay.
Who agreed it and is there any asset transfer paperwork? Follow the money!
Surely, the correct procedure if the furniture was surplus to requirements would be to sell the furniture on the open market for the best price?
If it wasn't surplus to requirements (i.e. if it wAS sold exactly the same furniture needed to be bought to replace it) then it should not have been sold at all.
I wonder if Carmarthenshire County Council could do the same? We've got a dodgy Cabinet free to a good home. One dodgy owner (who's also selling a desk as he's away from it at the moment). Ho ho ho!!!
Cneifiwr
Do you think that now S4C are moving to Caerfyrddin then we can expect to see our Chief Exec and the Council Leader speaking Welsh occasionally in meetings?
Also if the present political situation continues then S4C will have the makings of either a political drama or a weekly farce on their doorstep and you should get busy with your pencil. Just show the commissioning eds some of your blogs. Pobl y Cwm needs some competition!
Are you going to do a follow up article? Would love to know what happens next.
Amela
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