A Tenby county councillor has given a damning description to the local town council on the current set-up at Pembrokeshire County Council, calling the authority 'shambolic'. Speaking to members of Tenby Town Council ahead of their meeting on Tuesday night, Clr. Michael Williams told councillors that they only had to watch one of the webcasts of a cabinet meeting at County Hall to see how poorly administered the county council had become. "I'm proud to be a member of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, but embarrassed to be a member of Pembrokeshire County Council," Clr. Williams remarked. "The authority is embarrassingly shambolic and the whole set-up is institutionally corrupt. The whole problem is the cabinet set-up which excludes 90 per cent of councillors from decision-making, and as councillors we are starved of information," he continued. Mayor of Tenby, Clr. Sue Lane, told Clr. Williams that the town council were concerned that lots of cutbacks had been announced after they had determined their precept and that it was very difficult to budget for the year, with funds for the likes of the gardening services being cut by half and councillors only being 'drip-fed' information. "It's not just the floral side, it's the whole shebang - the furniture, cleanliness and the environmental aspects. It's vital to the economy of the town and we can't afford to let the standards drop," said Clr. Mrs. Lane. Clr. Williams said that towns and community councils across the county were suffering from the cutbacks and that was difficult to comprehend when wage bills at the authority were 'astronomic'. "The management structure is completely out of control. They seem obsessed with keeping the council tax low, which is so short-sighted," he commented. "I walked around Ammanford the other day and the services for rural Carmarthenshire are far superior than our county, and following the Williams Commission report, Ceredigion certainly don't seem to want to get into bed with what is seen as a failing authority like Pembrokeshire," continued Clr. Williams. Clr. Lawrence Blackhall said that the town council and other organisations in the town were willing to take on certain services, but needed to fight for funding. "It's an awful position to be in, as do we take things on or lose them," he said. "Quite frankly, you shouldn't have to, as you shouldn't be put in that position," responded Clr. Williams. The town clerk, Mr. Andrew Davies, said that the town council had supported the views of Solva Community Council who had recently written an open letter to county council leader Jamie Adams, to say how 'unimpressed' and 'unconvinced' they had been left, with Clr. Adams's response to concerns they had. "Clr. Adams has agreed to come and talk to us, but has not yet given a date," said Mr. Davies. "Solva led the way and hit the nail on the head with that letter," added Clr. Williams.