FOI request received August 5th
I would like some follow up information on a comment made by at the MTC meeting on the 16 April under FOI. The relevant comment is as follows:
Consequently, we have also been advised that some comments made are potentially libellous and for that reason I will not report further at this point until we have concluded legal advice.
1. Please can you tell me who advised the MTC “that some comments made are potentially libellous”?
No data is held on file for advice to the individual requested.
2. Please can you advise me of what legal advice was taken, with whom and the conclusions?
No advice was taken by the Council
3. Please can you disclose any communications relating to this subject between councillors dated on, between April 1st and June 16th
4. Please can you disclose any communications relating to this subject between any outside body or organisation between April 1st and June 16th.
FOI Files
FOI request received July 17th
Dear Cllr
My emails and requests for information from you and the office have been ignored, which is quite frankly, bad manners and not the sort of behaviour one would expect from councillors.
Therefore, I am sending an official FOI request under The Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA)
In your email of 19th June, you stated that you had been working with local environmental groups and experts and had spoken to one expert regarding bird feeding on Green Verges and other long grass areas.
Just to reiterate, I have lived here for 14 years and there are no wild flowers on Green verges and never have been.
My FOI request is for the following:
!. The names of the local environmental groups you say you have been working with and their qualifications that enable them to make decisions regarding grass cutting at Green Verges and other areas of Marlow, and also any other environmental issues in Marlow. Marlow Town Council has been working with Bee Town https://wildmarlow.org.uk/bee-town-marlow/, Wild Marlow https://wildmarlow.org.uk/ and Pocket Wilding https://pocketwilding.co.uk/
2. The names of the experts you say you have been working with and their qualifications that enable them to make decisions regarding grass cutting at Green Verges and other areas of Marlow, and also any other environmental issues in Marlow. Marlow Town Council has been working with Wild Marlow and our grass cutting contractor John O’Conner.
3. Who made the decision to include Green Verges as part of the Wild Verges campaign? Marlow Town Council’s Environment Committee
4. Who made the decision to only cut the grass at Green Verges and other areas 3 times a year? Marlow Town Council’s Environment Committee
5. Who was the expert you spoke to who gave you the information that long grass does not limit ground foraging and feeding. Marlow Town Council has been working with Wild Marlow and our grass cutting contractor John O’Conner.
I look forward to the information requested as soon as possible.
FOI request received on April 25th 2024
- Email from Councillor Heap to the Clerk requesting the adding of the agenda item concerning the Parish Meeting M132.23.c
- Any communications between the Town Clerk and any councillor (and vice versa) relating to
- The agenda item M132.23.c above,
- References to Parish Meeting of 8th April 2024
- References to Buckinghamshire Council but limited to the Parish Meeting of 8th April 2024, the agenda item M132.23.c and,
- any communications referencing members of the public (whether generally or by name) and Marlow FM.
| Wednesday- 17.04.2024 | Wednesday – 24.04.2024 |
| Thursday – 18.o4.2024 | Thursday – 25.04.2024 |
| Friday – 19.04.2024 | |
| Monday – 22.04.2024 | |
| Tuesday – 23.04.2024 |
FOI request received on April 16th 2024
- Email from Councillor Heap to the Clerk requesting the adding of the agenda item concerning the Parish Meeting M132.23.c
- Any communications between the Town Clerk and any councillor (and vice versa) relating to
- The agenda item M132.23.c above,
- References to Parish Meeting of 8th April 2024
- References to Buckinghamshire Council but limited to the Parish Meeting of 8th April 2024, the agenda item M132.23.c and,
- any communications referencing members of the public (whether generally or by name) and Marlow FM.
| Monday – 08.04.2024 | Monday – 15.04.2024 |
| Tuesday – 09.04.2024 | Tuesday – 16.04.2024 |
| Wednesday – 10.04.2024 | |
| Thursday – 11.04.2024 | |
| Friday – 12.04.2024 |
FOI request received on November 9th 2023
1. Emails to/from all members listed below for the following dates, and where those members names are detailed.
o 2023 – 14th, 15th, 17th & 20th September
o 2021 – 6th & 17th September
o 2021 – 4th, 5th, 6th, 27th & 29th October
| Cllr T Avery | Cllr David Brown | Cllr Roy Cadman |
| Cllr Chris Funnell | Cllr Carol Heap | Cllr Chris Hoyle |
| Cllr Neil Marshall | Cllr Natalia Mityaeva | Cllr Richard Scott |
| Cllr Colleen Stapley | Cllr Jocelyn Towns | Cllr Roger Wilson |
2. Emails to/from Deputy Town Clerk for 6th September 2023 – Katherine Joy
| 04-06.10.21 | 06.09.2023 |
| 06.09.2021 | 14-15.09.2023 part 1 |
| 17.09.2021 | 14-15.09.2023 part 2 |
| 27.10.2021 | 17.09.2023 |
| 29.10.2021 | 20.09.2023 |
FOI request received on October 20th 2023
1. The proposal to convene the meeting on August 24th. No data held on the MTC system.
2. The meeting agenda. No data held on the MTC system.
3. List of councillors present, and apologies recorded. No data held on the MTC system.
4. Recorded meeting minutes including details of anyone that recused themselves because of potential conflict of interest. No details held on the MTC system.
5. Any written advice sent to the Town Council from the Town Clerk about the process in responding to the planning application and advice of any statement forthcoming from the Council. Emails included, dated by month.
6. Emails to and from the following addresses for the period of October 2021 to the present for cfunnell@marlow-tc.gov.uk and rscott@marlow-tc.gov.uk which contains the following words or phrases – Emails included, dated by month.
Dido
DPL
Film Studios
MFS
06443
Robert Laycock
RL
