Agenda and draft minutes

Extraordinary Meeting, Council - Thursday, 26 February 2026 6.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber. Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1XB

Contact: Karen Wyeth  Email: k.wyeth@spelthorne.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

147/25

Disclosures of Interest

To receive any disclosures of interest from Councillors in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct for Members.

Minutes:

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

148/25

Exclusion of Press and Public (Exempt Items)

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.

 

Minutes:

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.

 

 

149/25

Appointment of Interim Chief Executive pdf icon PDF 457 KB

Council is asked 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 Services for the period from 02 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 on the terms set out in this report.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

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.