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Gardner Avenue Allotments

Meeting: 13/05/2010 - Council (Item 123)

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Report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services

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Minutes:

Further to Minute No. 330 of the Cabinet Meeting held on 15 April 2010 the Council considered the report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services which incorporated the Further Report of the Local Government Ombudsman following her investigation into two complaints arising from incidents at the Gardner Avenue Allotment Site, Bootle.

 

The Council also considered two sets of correspondence submitted by the complainants "Mrs. B. and Mr. C." referred to in the report from the Local Government Ombudsman.

 

It was moved by Councillor Robertson, seconded by Councillor Brodie-Browne and

 

RESOLVED:  

 

That the decision of the Cabinet of 15 April 2010 (Minute No. 330) to not accept the action recommended by the Ombudsman in her Further Report dated 25 February 2010 be confirmed and endorsed and the Chief Executive be authorised to write to the Ombudsman to inform her of the Council's decision.


Meeting: 15/04/2010 - Cabinet (Item 330)

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Joint report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services and Leisure and Tourism Director

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Minutes:

Further to Minute No. 25 of the meeting held on 12 June 2008, the Cabinet considered the report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services which incorporated the Further Report of the Local Government Ombudsman following her investigation into two complaints arising from incidents at the Gardner Avenue Allotment Site, Bootle.

 

The Cabinet also considered correspondence submitted by the complainants “Mrs. B and Mr. C” referred to in the report from the Local Government Ombudsman.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)      the report and correspondence be noted; and

 

(2)      having taken full account of the Further Report of the Local Government Ombudsman and in particular the remedies recommended by her, the previous decision taken by the Cabinet to not accept the action recommended by the Ombudsman on the two complaints be reaffirmed and Members remain of the view that it would be inappropriate to apologise or pay compensation to the complainants