Carrick district council is holding a series of staff meetings following the announcement of local government reform. The reform is expected to lead to one unitary authority in Cornwall and possibly the disappearance of Carrick council as it is.

E.mails and memos have circulated around Carrick offices over the passt week having been sent by John Winskill, chief executive.

In them he said:"I am highly conscious that I have not had an opportunity to talk generally to staff since the announcement in the Local Government reform process that the county council bid has been given approval to go to consultation. This is obviously disappointing from the districts point of view, i.e. Carrick, Kerrier, Caradon and Penwith, who put in a very substantive rival bid.

"I think it was also important to let the dust settle for a few days to understand how positions and reactions might emerge. It is now however vitally important that myself and Mrs Gail Newton hold a series of briefing sessions to talk to staff about the implications of the current position and, particularly, to allow sufficient time in those sessions for questions and answers.

"Please feel free to engage in that and raise issues of concern openly."

But the meetings are being held in the foyer of Carrick house during which staff have been asked to find an alternative route to walking through the area.

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