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Sanders,<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Chairman read a statement<\/span><\/strong> explaining the need to relocate venues.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>f. To note expenditure under delegated authority, in accordance with financial regulations and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>with the approval of the Chairman<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Obtain legal advice regarding Datchet Parish Council&#8217;s position as custodian and managing trustee of the DRCCT, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>following the current hall management committee&#8217;s assertion that DPC is not a trustee.<\/strong><\/span> The initial quote from the solicitors was \u00a3500 + VAT. Solicitor Roger Taylor, an expert in Charity Law and author of Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration (the &#8220;Big Yellow Book&#8221;), has been consulted.<br \/>\n<strong>Noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">FACT CHECK &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">it was the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DRCCT trustees<\/span><\/strong> (not the current hall management committee&#8217;s) <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">assertion that DPC is not a trustee.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">QUESTION:\u00a0 How much public money has been spent by some new Datchet Parish Councillors and the Clerk in a failed attempt to take control of the DRCCT?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DPC <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2918\">continues to publish misinformation<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on the DPC website<\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So who organised and agreed the DRCCT hijack operation?\u00a0 An extract from the York House Meeting Minutes is shown below: Minutes of a MEETING of DATCHET PARISH COUNCIL held in the YORK&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,172,170,209],"class_list":["post-2957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-datchet","tag-datchet-parish-council","tag-drcct","tag-drcct-hijack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who organised the DRCCT hijack operation? 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