Minutes of the Extraordinary Council Meeting

26 February 2026

 

 

Present:

 

 

 

Councillors:

 

S.A. Dunn

M. Arnold

M.M. Attewell

L. Barker

C. Bateson

S.N. Beatty

M. Beecher

S. Bhadye

M. Bing Dong

H.S. Boparai

M. Buck

T. Burrell

J.R. Boughtflower

J. Button

J.P. Caplin

D.C. Clarke

S.M. Doran

D.L. Geraci

M. Gibson

K.M. Grant

S. Gyawali

K. Howkins

M.J. Lee

A. Mathur

 

S.C. Mooney

G. Neall

L. E. Nichols

K.E. Rutherford

D. Saliagopoulos

J.R. Sexton

J.A. Turner

B. Weerasinghe

H.R.D. Williams

P.N. Woodward

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apologies:

Councillors J.T.F. Doran, L.H. Brennan, R. Chandler, R.V. Geach and N. Islam

 

 

 

 

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Disclosures of Interest

 

Councillors Attewell, Boparai, Mooney, Sexton and Weerasinghe advised they were also Surrey County Councillors.

 

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Exclusion of Press and Public (Exempt Items)

 

Council resolved to move the exclusion of the Press/Public for the following items, in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006.

 

 

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Appointment of Interim Chief Executive

 

Council considered a report that sought approval of the recommendation of the Appointments and Appeals Committee to appoint the preferred candidate to the role of Interim Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service for the period from 02 March 2026 to 31 March 2027.

 

A recorded vote was requested.

 

For

Councillor Dunn, Arnold, Attewell, Barker, Bateson, Beatty, Beecher, Bhadye, Boparai, Boughtflower, Buck, Burrell, Button, Caplin, S Doran, Geraci, Gibson, Grant, Gyawali, Lee, Mooney, Neall, Nicholas, Rutherford, Sexton, Turner, Weerasinghe, Williams – 28 votes

Against

Councillors Clarke, Woodward – 2 votes

Abstain

Councillors Bhadye, Howkins, Lee, Saliagopoulos – 4 votes

 

 

Council resolved to approve the recommendation of the Appointments and Appeals Committee to appoint the preferred candidate to the role of Interim Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service for the period 02 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 on the terms set out in the report.

 

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