Agenda item

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

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 former Section 151 Officer, Mr Simon Little, had left the Council’s employment on 11 August 2020. The Council had agreed at its meeting on 22 July 2020 that the Council’s Chief Accountant, Mr Adrian Flynn, be appointed as Section 151 Officer pending the recruitment of a new Executive Head of Finance.

At its meeting on 5 August 2020, an Appointments Sub Committee had agreed to appoint Mr Martin Hone as Interim Executive Head of Finance and had recommended that he be appointed as the Council’s Section 151 Officer.

RESOLVED that Mr Martin Hone be appointed as the Section 151 Officer with immediate effect.