8th July 2011 - What happened at the Town Council?

I was rather surprised when looking at an agenda for the meeting of 21st July 2011 that there was a Council Meeting held on 8th July 2011. What was all this about? Why so secret?

The Agenda for 08.07.2011 cannot be found on the Town Council website.

So what is so secret? I obtained a copy of the agenda and it says the following:

3.     Accounts & Financial Statements 2010/11

To receive an update from the Chairman on communications with the Councils external Auditors

4. Employment Matter (1)

To receive an update on an employment matter and resolve action to be taken

by Council

5. Employment Matter (2)

To receive an update on an employment matter and resolve action to be taken

by Council

So what action was taken for items 4 and 5?

Er..I don't know. Because there is no minute of the action to be taken.

The Press and Public can be excluded. But the decision itself is not secret. There is no record of the decisions taken and that is illegal. Because a minute is there to record a decision. From these minutes I can therefore ascertain that no decisions were taken.

The Conservatives said at the Town Council elections that:

Hardly transparent!

The Conservatives said they would be more transparent. They have taken a bit from the previous Liberal Democrats and not publicised the meeting and then come up with meaningless minutes.