Issue - meetings

Appointment of Chief Executive

 

 

Meeting: 21/08/2017 - Council (Item 514)

514 Appointment of Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service pdf icon PDF 283 KB

To consider the recommendation of the Appointments Committee from its meeting held on 17 and 18 July 2017 on the appointment of a new Chief Executive.

 

A short career biography of the prospective Chief Executive is attached for background information.

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Minutes:

The Council considered the recommendation of the Appointments Committee from its meetings held on 17 and 18 July 2017, on the appointment of a new Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service.

 

In accordance with Standing Order 22.4, Councillor I.T.E. Harvey called for a recorded vote to be taken on the motion before the Council.

 

The voting was as follows:

For (23)

Councillors I.T.E. Harvey (Leader), A.C. Harman (Deputy Leader),  M.M. Attewell, C.B. Barnard, R. Chandler, C.A. Davis, T.J.M. Evans, M.P.C. Francis, A.E. Friday, N.J. Gething,

N. Islam, A.T. Jones, J.G. Kavanagh, V.J. Leighton (Mayor), M.J. Madams, A.J. Mitchell, S.C. Mooney, D. Patel,

J.M. Pinkerton (Deputy Mayor), R.W. Sider, R.A. Smith-Ainsley, H.A. Thomson and H.R.D. Williams.

Against (4)

Councillors Q.R. Edgington, P.C. Forbes-Forsyth, J.R. Sexton and B.B. Spoor.

Abstain (2)

Councillors I.J. Beardsmore, and S.A. Dunn.

 

 

Resolved that Daniel Mouawad be appointed as Chief Executive and Head of the Paid Service of Spelthorne Borough Council.

 

As a consequence of this decision it was necessary for the Council to consider the report of the Principal Solicitor on interim arrangements for Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer functions, which had been circulated on the supplementary Council agenda at the meeting.

 

Resolved to appoint Michael Graham (Head of Corporate Governance) as Interim Electoral Registration Officer / Interim Returning Officer with effect from 8 September 2017 to the 7 September 2018.