Green councillors have said they are concerned and frustrated that Bristol’s Labour Mayor refused to answer questions at yesterday’s Full Council meeting about the controversial pay-off of the Council’s ex-chief executive. A report into the severance package found that there was a lack of transparency over the £196,000 pay-off provided. The Mayor refused to answer questions from councillors and the public on why the administration chose to pay the full pay-off and why the payment decision did not go to the HR committee unlike other payments to departing senior officers.