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Originally Posted by jaysay
The councillor was George Slynn, and he was a director of Barnfield Construction plus other companies all registered at Companies House, I'm not saying that there was corrupt practices going on, but it does seem very strange that a councillor of Bernards standing (can never understand why he's never been the group leader) doesn't seem to know and it maybe just me but the leader of the council being a director of a company that was undertaking a lot of council work did not sit well with me.
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I think you will find that most of the companies where Joint Venture Companies, between in this case Barnfield Construction and the Council.
Over the years there have been several joint venture companies that the council has, and still is involved with
They were set up as means of bringing investment into the borough. It was also at a time when the Government was encouraging closer co-operation between local authorities and the private sector.
It was normal procedure for the council to appoint councillors to serve on the joint venture company. But there was defiantly no remuneration for the councillors involved.
There are also other limited companies that councillors get appointed too, mainly charities. But again no remuneration for the councillors involved.