Labour councillors have been accused of wasting hundreds of pounds of public money on leaflets about themselves and meetings they attend.
Ross Grant, Tory city councillor for Knighton, has condemned the decision to allocate up to £900 on publicity for the area's community forum meetings.
His fellow Knighton councillor Lynn Moore proposed using part of an £18,000 annual budget, provided by the city council, to produce some 8,000 leaflets and deliver them to homes in the ward.
She said the leaflets were to publicise the forum and tell people how they can they can apply for a share of the £18,000 cash pot to support community initiatives suggested by organisations and members of the public.
Her fellow Labour councillor, Inderjit Gugnani, supported Coun Moore's application and the pair outvoted Coun Grant to approve it at last month's forum meeting.
He argued the Knighton money could be better spent because the meetings could be publicised on the council's website and in its Link magazine, which is delivered to every household in the city.
The leaflet, which is being drawn up, will carry the future dates of the forum meetings as well as examples of projects supported with community grants.
It will also carry photos and contact details of councillors Moore and Gugnani, but Coun Grant has asked for his details to be excluded. Instead, there will be a disclaimer saying he opposed using community fund cash on the leaflets.
He said: "What do the residents get out of it? They get a leaflet with pictures of Lynn Moore and Inderjit Gugnani pushed through their letterbox.
"That's not what this money was intended for. That £18,000 is for real community projects but Lynn and Inderjit have decided five per cent of the total should go on publicity.
"It's a complete waste of money and I think people would rather it be spent on projects with a long-term benefit. There are plenty of other ways to publicise the meetings.
"When council services are being cut everywhere I think the community forum funding becomes even more precious and councillors should not be using it for what is effectively publicity for themselves."
Coun Moore said: "It's not a waste of money, we are giving the community information about the fund.
"We want as many people as possible to know about the availability of the money.
"In the past, we haven't had as many applications as we might. There tends to be a phenomenon where we have a lot of money left over at the end of the year and we have given a large grants to single applicant. We wand to spread it out."
Councillor Moore said the matter was put to a public vote at the forum last month attended by about 20 members of the public.
She said: "It was close but people supported it.
"People will be split. Coun Grant opposed it and has asked not to have his details included. I have offered him a disclaimer."
A similar leaflet was produced last year in the Stoneygate ward costing £476 to produce and up to £500 to deliver. Coun Moore and that other forums were considering putting out leaflets.
She said: "It is an experiment and if it doesn't work we won't do it again."
Coun Gugnani was unavailable for comment.
