A councillor has received a complaint from the monitoring officer

Question

the clerk  is telling Councillors that we can not make it public or tell anyone who the complaints is about she is reporting it put wants it in a closed meeting is this correct or should the residents know the a Cllr has had a complaint make about them

Answer 1

A complaint raised with the MO has nothing to do with the council as it is a personal matter between the MO and the councillor. It is a complaint and not a judgement and only the decision arrived at by the MO after reviewing ALL of the evidence ( both sides) will the matter enter the public domain.

The clerk should not even be suggesting any sort of discussion or meeting on the matter until a decision is arrived at by the MO

Comments

When I’ve had complaints lodged against me I’ve waived confidentiality
But having said that I don’t really understand your question is it a third party making the complaint or the Parish Council ?

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Someone has made a complaint about a Cllr to the monitoring officer we were asked not to disclose the cllrs name put the Cllr him self is going around telling people so not much point in have a closed meeting

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As already stated, the matter is no concern of the council until concluded by the MO.  It’s just not your business so leave it alone.