IT would seem from John Walsh’s letter last Friday that the reason for Paul Najsarek’s hurried departure as chief executive to the council was that he was kept in the dark about Asons grant of £300,000 when he should have signed off any deal such as this.
It was not an emergency!
The scenario must be that a compromise agreement was arranged between the council and chief executive in order to keep the matter under wraps.
In the meantime, the council was extremely fortunate to recover the £300,000 from Asons, but the compromise agreement cost council taxpayers £200,000 or so when no money would have been due otherwise in those short-term circumstances.
How many of these compromise agreements do we hear about where had the truth come out from whistleblowers, many malpractices would have been uncovered at an early stage?
John’s letter mentions other matters over recent years which should be investigated and reported upon openly.
I’m not sure this will happen, but if there is a legal basis to start from, it should, and put council taxpayers in a better frame of mind knowing the guardians of their hard-earned cash can be trusted.
John Swarsbrick
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