Agenda item

To consider the report of the Acting Chief Executive (report to follow).

In accordance with Section 151 of the Local Government Act 1982 and Section 113 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 there was a statutory requirement on the Council to designate one of its officers as its Section 151 Officer/Chief Finance Officer.

The current Section 151 Officer, Mr Simon Little, would be leaving the Council’s employment on 11 August 2020. A recruitment process to fill the vacancy was underway and an Appointments Sub Committee would be formed to interview candidates and make a recommendation on the appointment of the Section 151 Officer to the Council.

In the interim, in order to ensure the Council met its requirements to appoint a Section 151 Officer, it was proposed that the Council’s Chief Accountant, Mr Adrian Flynn, be appointed as Section 151 Officer for the intervening period. Mr Flynn was currently appointed as a Deputy Section 151 Officer.

RESOLVED that Mr Adrian Flynn be appointed as the Section 151 Officer from 12 August 2020 until further notice.