Issue - meetings

[To approve the appointment of an interim Monitoring Officer.]

1.    That Tracey Christie, Chief Legal Officer be appointed as Monitoring Officer on

an interim basis until a permanent Director of Governance was appointed be approved.

2.    That the Interim Monitoring Officer be authorised to exercise delegations assigned to the Director of Governance and Chief Legal Officer as detailed in the Constitution.

Having declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in this item Tracey Christie (Chief Legal Officer) left the Council Chamber and took no part in the discussion of this item.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Ian Brookfield presented a report on Interim Appointment of Monitoring Officer.The report sought approval to appoint a Monitoring Officer on an interim basis until theDirector of Governance post was recruited to on a permanent basis.  He added the appointment of a Monitoring Officer was a statutory requirement.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Ian Brookfield proposed the recommendations and Councillor Peter Bilson seconded the recommendations.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Ian Brookfield and Councillor Wendy Thompson thanked the previous Director of Governance, Kevin O’Keefe for his service to the Council.  

1.    That Tracey Christie, Chief Legal Officer be appointed as Monitoring Officer on an interim basis until a permanent Director of Governance was appointed be approved.

2.    That the Interim Monitoring Officer be authorised to exercise delegations assigned to the Director of Governance and Chief Legal Officer as detailed in the Constitution.