Resident criticises "misleading" email addresses at Sheffield Council
Members specifically have the word "councillor" in their email address so they can be differentiated from officers in their correspondence.
But Herdings Park resident Andrew Kennedy says he was confused when he received emails from officers, both of whom had "councillor" in their email.
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Hide AdMr Kennedy, 61, said: "It appeared as though two officers were passing themselves off as councillors in correspondence.
When they replied to me, I thought that they were councillors and other people will too.
"Is the council trying to bamboozle and hoodwink the public?"
Sheffield Council said certain officers did have a councillor email because of IT issues.
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Hide AdDeputy Council Leader Coun Julie Grocutt said: “The IT system currently used by the council means that in order for Member support staff to access diaries of councillors they used to need a @councillor.sheffield.gov.uk email address.
"We are currently moving to new software and until this is completed, a small number will still have this.