The report from committee chairman Stuart Clark described the interference as ‘unfounded allegations’, ‘unprofessional conduct’, and ‘deliberate attempts to impede progress’.
‘The repeated adversarial behaviour of a single member not only disrupted progress but, at times, caused committee members to question whether it was sustainable to continue in their demanding roles,’ he wrote.
After presenting the report, Mr Clark faced criticism from members who felt it should have not been included in the report, but instead dealt with through a code of conduct complaint.
Mr Clark was asked in the meeting by Steve Roberts to identify the member.
‘It rains suspicion on all members and that is unfair to us all,’ he said.
‘We are not playing Cluedo.’
Mr Clark pointed the finger at Alex Snowdon, who he alleged had leaked confidential information on a memorandum of understanding around the potential for a new data centre in the island.
Mr Snowdon objected and called the claims a ‘ridiculous accusation’. He said that Mr Clark’s allegations would be better addressed as a code of conduct complaint.
‘I am going to have to refute this,’ he said.
‘It is your Economic Development statement you should be delivering now, not some sort of personal attacks.’
The next Alderney States meeting on 14 January will see all committee chair and members’ seats up for re-election.
Mr Snowdon said he was now considering standing for a place on Economic Development.
‘I don’t think I’ll be going for chairman at this stage,’ he said.
‘However, I think I may have to join the membership of it, because I’m very concerned that we’ve potentially have a clique that isn’t consulting with other members.
‘I think we should be raising questions about what we are trying to do with Bitcoin.
‘What commercial agreements are they entering into?
‘What have they signed regarding an MOU secretly behind closed doors with no public engagement, no consultation, and major potential development in the green belt of Alderney?’
Mr Clark declined to comment further and did not confirm if he would be standing again as Economic Development chairman.
But there will be at least one committee looking for a new chair as Bill Abel, who leads the top committee, Policy & Finance, has confirmed that he will be stepping down.
He said it had never been his intention to stand as chairman for more than a year as he had only one year left of his four-year term as a States member, and was not intending to stand again.
You need to be logged in to comment. If you had an account on our previous site, you can migrate your old account and comment profile to this site by visiting this page and entering the email address for your old account. We'll then send you an email with a link to follow to complete the process.