Linden Town Clerk accused of not having “respect” for Council

Months after former councillors within the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) passed a No-

Confidence motion against Town Clerk Jenella Bowen, Mayor Carwyn Holland has accused her of lacking respect for the municipality and failing to relate correspondence regarding the Council in a timely manner.
During the recent statutory meeting, Holland also informed councillors that he had resorted to serving the Town Clerk an official written reprimand for failure to attend an important meeting, which was recently scheduled to take place between the two, among other things.
He stated that while Bowen had agreed to attend the meeting, he along with Deputy Mayor Waneka Arindell were left waiting for hours but she did not turn up. Holland contended that there are several outstanding issues, which need to be settled but noted that he seems not to have her full attention.
“There’s so much going on in this council that we need to be made aware. I’m saying if there’s matters before the council that we need to know about, they need to be brought to the fore… It is essential that you refocus your efforts on working together with the body of councillors to establish a collaborative working relationship,” Holland stressed.
In her response, Bowen said she believes there is some kind of “mix up” as it relates to the roles and responsibilities of the administration versus that of the council as well as the policy-maker and administration.
Meanwhile, Councillor Lennox Gasper who abstained from the Motion stated that a decision to reprimand the town clerk should be one for the Council to make, while noting that there was some amount of tardiness which he said was due to the lack of resources.