Notice is hereby given by the undersigned residents & business ratepayers with regards the following Councillors & Officers - Re:-
Councillors:- |
Officers:- |
It has been brought to our attention that the above named have collaborated to force through the introduction of parking fees for motorcycles, known as the Motorcycle Charging Scheme (MCS) despite an unprecedented level of opposition from both residents and a large section of daily visitors, so vital for the welfare of the local community.
On June 24, this opposition, currently blighting the daily commute of so many, is challenging the validity of the MCS in the High Court, which, if successful, could exact a cost to the Westminster ratepayers in excess of £200k.
Under the Local Authorities (Indemnities for Members & Officers) Orders 2004, the City Council has an obligation to indemnify the above against personal liability.
Irrespective of the merits of either side’s arguments, it is our opinion that, should the above-named, in using ratepayers’ funds to defend this MCS, lose this case, the Council should exercise its rights under Point 6 (1) (B) to declare the actions of the above to be so reckless as to exonerate the City Council from this liability, and seek to be reimbursed the full costs of the action from the individuals, personally, for the following reasons.
It is our understanding that the above-named have either been elected or employed to serve the best interests of the Residents and business community of Westminster City Council. However, upon examination, the MCS would appear to promote motorcycles by providing additional parking whilst deterring them in equal measure by affixing a charge thereby conferring absolutely no transport benefit whatsoever.
Furthermore, being originally stated as being "Revenue-Neutral", whereby the income derived was merely to cover the costs of collecting the tax and enforcing it, clearly the MCS was never designed to confer any financial benefit to the residents.
Worse still, due to either incompetence or mal-administration, the MCS has now been declared by WCC as projecting a loss, and thus a cost to residents of £430,500 annually, which is co-incidentally, the combined salary of the 4 above-named Officers.
Whilst costing the rate-payers such an amount, it would appear that the 2 private companies contracted to collect the fee and enforce it have benefited so substantially that the former, Verrus UK Ltd has recently be sold netting its UK CEO £10m, and the latter, NSL Ltd has now been marketed by its owners, 3i plc for a £170m.
Furthermore, the awarding of both contracts have been marred by claims of discrepancies in the evaluation process that threatens to see the UK Government sued by the EU Commissioners regarding the Verrus contract, whilst the re-tender of the Parking Enforcement Contract has cost the rate-payers a further £1.1m, with potential legal challenges being mounted by the unsuccessful bidders.
In light of this, we the undersigned do hereby declare that we will use every power at our disposal to invoke the charge of "recklessness" in line with Section 6 (1) (b) of the Local Authorities (Indemnities for Members & Officers) Orders 2004 pertaining to the "restrictions on indemnities", and thereby seek to hold each of the named personally liable for all resultant costs.
| Name | Postcode | Business or Resident |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Cooper | N16 | Resident |
| Minu pal | SW1 | Resident |
| sanjay pal | SW1 | Resident |
| ozezirqsy | 895 | |
| zmldpcwbmo | 986 | Business |
| jtzyliyslyg | 200 | Business |
| Kevin Keohane | W2 | Business |
| eqlzfouwc | 473 | Business |
| jietlm | 648 | Resident |
| wsgwgs | 928 | Resident |
| ociwgsmyaa | 299 | Business |
| xdboedfzcv | 582 | Resident |
| cjadjf | 758 | Business |
| wfketdhgceo | 337 | Resident |
| zlrtmyscip | 981 | Resident |
| ecnubrgde | 296 | Resident |
| Giles Powell | W6 | Business |
| Elaine Rizzo | W9 | Resident |
| Diccon Smeeton | W2 | Resident |
| Rosina Watkins | SW1 | Resident |
| Matthew Thomas | SW1 | Resident |
| Celso Fernandez-Lopez | W1G | Resident |
| guy hollamby | w93 | Resident |
| Matthew Tack | W1J | Business |
| Paul Duxbury | W1F | Business |
| Mark Lutyens | W93 | Business |
| Torben Merriott | SW1 | Resident |
| dario gatta | w10 | Resident |
| Vincenzo Sutera | SW1 | Resident |
| james earp | w91 | Resident |
| Sven Wright | N6 | Resident |
| Mic Knight | W2 | Business |
| O Wood | W1F | Resident |
| James Heartwell | SW1 | Both |
| c sifleet | w9 | Resident |
| Dave Stewart | SE1 | Business |
| Ken Shorter | E2 | Resident |
| Ken Shorter | E2 | Resident |
| James Christie | SW1 | Both |
| James Christie | SW1 | Both |
| Zachary Benjamin | SW1 | Business |
| Martin Johnson | W1D | Resident |
| Jerry Abrahams | W1D | Resident |
| Galina Konova | W2 | Resident |
| Chas Woodley | W1V | Resident |
| Nicholas Rogoff | SW1 | Resident |
| Arthur Senk | DA1 | Resident |
| Moyah Rodney | NW8 | Resident |
| Neil Layton | W2 | Resident |
| Ben Clark | W1T | Business |
| Miles Berryman | SW1 | Resident |
| Cliff Finn | W1T | Business |
| pam katz | nw8 | Resident |
| stephen dawson | w23 | Resident |
| Mohammed Abdul karim | W2 | Resident |
| neil chneey | sw1 | Both |
| Dimitry Kalinin | W2 | Resident |
| Goncalo caldeira | Sw1 | Business |
| jean-christophe moglia | W2 | Resident |
| Richard Bradley | NW2 | Business |
| Alexander Cohen | W2 | Resident |
| pedro fernandes | sw1 | Resident |
| Jiri Rezac | W9 | Resident |
| Ragheb Mudarres | SW1 | Resident |
| kilian clissmann | sw1 | Resident |
| paulo sergio | nw1 | Resident |
| Vincenzo Sutera | SW1 | Resident |
| Soon Han Johnson | W1D | Resident |
| Gemma Kafidis | SW1 | Both |
| Gemma Kafidis | SW1 | Both |
| Gemma Kafidis | SW1 | Both |
| David Hough | W1A | Resident |
| Michelle Hughes | W9 | Resident |
| Jane Trew | W9 | Resident |
| Brent McDonald | W9 | Resident |
| G Bird | sw1 | Resident |
| Alan Collins | WC2 | Both |
| V Mockler | NW8 | Resident |
| Simon Stokes | W1X | Resident |
| Jeremy Dodd | W1F | Business |
| Jon Bradley | W1 | Business |
| paul pearson | nw1 | Business |
| Joel Bradley | W9 | Resident |
| usman ali | e10 | Both |
| P A Smith | NW8 | Resident |
| Nicholas Phillips | SM5 | Business |
| Colin Rathbone | W1D | Resident |
| KL Chan | HA5 | Business |
| Derek Stratton | W1W | Resident |
| David Gregory | W1G | Resident |
| Tim Kaufman | W1 | Resident |