tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post891114041243626164..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Easycouncil: the stinking truth exposed by the MetPro ReportMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-24030664462476160272011-06-08T09:47:06.640+01:002011-06-08T09:47:06.640+01:00Mickey: you are absolutely right - the report is s...Mickey: you are absolutely right - the report is shirking the duty to identify those responsible for this mess, and clearly there can be no accountability without responsibility.<br />Many of our senior officers are rewarded with grossly inflated salaries on the basis that they have to be recruited on the same terms as they would receive in the private sector. As you say, in the private sector, they would already have been thrown out. The other dimension is the political responsibility of the last two Tory administrations. More on this later.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-66579840391156377342011-06-07T22:56:41.204+01:002011-06-07T22:56:41.204+01:00If the procurement documentation was deficient and...If the procurement documentation was deficient and if the proper procedures were not followed and if there was no evidence of internal controls - such as supervision and senior management scrutiny - HOW can the auditor so categorically rule out conflicts of interest?<br /><br />Also, whereas the audit has dealt with the how, what and why, it has (unlike a proper inquiry)entirely missed the WHO. If heads do not roll for this debacle, then one has to conclude that there is no accountability in the government of Barnet. If this were a private company (so beloved by the powers that be in Broken Barnet) the senior team (Walkley, Travers etc) and the board(Hillan, Harper, Coleman etc) would be fired for the damage to the organisation's REPUTATION alone, leave aside the lack of compliance, systemic irregularities, financial incompetence, unreliable management information, and the risk to people and assets (including those guarded by the unregulated Metpro).MickeyNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570868546328992414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-60324007588539423532011-06-07T16:38:21.321+01:002011-06-07T16:38:21.321+01:00" The report observes 'we cannot rule out..." The report observes 'we cannot rule out fraud' although it states none has been alleged,"<br /><br />Maybe the report should have included<br />"as a Councillor, one has friends and acquaintances tendering for contracts"Moaneybathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10549578132806472475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-50704417062001416882011-06-07T05:28:22.325+01:002011-06-07T05:28:22.325+01:00It is clear Mrs A that at the top at least Barnet ...It is clear Mrs A that at the top at least Barnet really is Broken and unlike Humpty Dumpty it is not going to be able to put all of the pieces back together again, partly because some of the pieces were missing in the first place.<br /><br />Mr Mustard may not have mentioned that his first job as a naive 18 year old was as a junior auditor for the local Council and he spent his time on mundane tasks like mileage claims and checking that car park income matched the number of tickets issued - in the good old days when cash was used for all purchases, and that the cash actually reached the bank on a daily basis. These are the very basic checks that the senior officers have failed to carry out in their indecent haste to explore new ways of working and I little thought all those years ago how useful my experience would be or that I would witness such incredibly arrongat blistering incompetence as I read about yesterday. And to the Auditor, who is one of the few highly paid people currently earning their pay at Barnet Council, welcome to Broken Barnet & well done for not trying to sweep the mess under the carpet.Mr Mustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522242686839965655noreply@blogger.com