This week’s EDDC “Knowledge” e-newspaper shows 12 forthcoming meetings at EDDC:
7 are being held in secret (including a new group “Capital Strategy and Allocation”
3 are open to the public – Cabinet (though some parts of the agenda may be secret), the Planning Inspections (which must be open to the public by law) and the “Value of Trees Task and Finish Forum” and
2 are cancelled as not being needed (Licensing and Enforcement).
So, the vast majority of council business is being conducted in secret, with no published agendas and no public minutes. We have no idea what they discuss. In theory, these “groups” and “think tanks” do not make decisions BUT they do decide what aspects of their discussions they take forward to (supposedly) open committees. So, how do they decide what goes forward and what gets dropped if they don’t make decisions.
Transparency? You (or rather they) are having a laugh – on us
East Devon Watch 