Agenda item

Section 151 Officer/ Monitoring Officer Update

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

 

Minutes:

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 Martin Hone, would be leaving the Council’s employment on 30 July 2021. A recruitment process to fill the vacancy had been undertaken and, at its meeting on 8 July 2021, an Appointments Sub Committee had agreed to appoint Joanne Moore as Interim Executive Head of Finance and recommended that she be appointed as the Council’s Section 151 Officer.

 

The Council was also reminded that, at its meeting on 14 October 2020, it had agreed to enter into an arrangement with Elmbridge Borough Council to provide the Monitoring Officer function for Elmbridge BC. This agreement was subsequently reviewed by the Employment Committee following 6 months of sharing the role, where it had been reported that the arrangements were going well. Following consultation with Elmbridge BC’s Chief Executive, it was now recommended that that this arrangement ends on 30September 2021 due to the increasing work commitments of the Monitoring Officer at this Council.

 

RESOLVED that

 

(i)        Joanne Moore be appointed as the Section 151 Officer from 2 August 2021 until further notice; and

 

(ii)      the shared Monitoring Officer role with Elmbridge BC cease from 30 September 2021.

 

 

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