Issue - meetings

To appoint a Monitoring Officer and delegate powers.

The Leader presented a report proposing interim arrangements following the resignation of Simon Pugh, Assistant Director, Governance and Legal, including the appointment of the Council’s Monitoring Officer.

In response to a question from Councillor Sell, the Leader confirmed that these arrangements were a necessity at the current time and that this was not a restructure.

The Leader proposed and Councillor Lees seconded the motion.

RESOLVED

1) That the Council appoints Mrs Lorraine Browne as Monitoring Officer for the Council and gives her delegated power to grant dispensations under s.33 Local Government Act 2011 to district, parish and town councillors who have disclosable pecuniary interests to speak and/or vote on issues relating to such interests and to grant dispensations under the Code of Conduct to district, parish and town councillors with other pecuniary interests to speak and/or vote on issues relating to such interests.    

2) That the powers delegated to the Assistant Director, Governance and Legal by the Council’s Scheme of Delegation be delegated to Mrs Browne.

Councillor Day and Councillor Evans thanked Simon Pugh for all his hard work over the years and the Chair also thanked him on behalf of the Council.