Issue - meetings

To consider a recommendation from Employment Committee to appoint a Monitoring Officer.

Members considered the recommendation to appoint an interim Monitoring Officer from the Employment Committee meeting held on 12 November 2025.

At this meeting Employment Committee conducted interviews for a Monitoring Officer to be in post from 20 November 2025 until the permanent Director of Legal and Governance (Monitoring Officer) started on 26 January 2026. The recommendation was that Rachel McKoy be appointed to the position of Interim Monitoring Officer until 25 January 2026.

Having been proposed and seconded, and following a vote it was AGREED:

DECISION

That Full Council:

1.    Approve the appointment of Rachel McKoy as the Interim Monitoring Officer with immediate effect.

2.    Delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive and s151 Officer in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, HR and Economic Development to use the Local Priorities Reserve to fund any necessary costs associated with the interim staffing arrangements.

It was proposed to exclude the press and public during the discussion of this agenda item because under Section 100 (A) 4 of the Local Government Act 1972, it was likely, that if they were present, there could be disclosed to them exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs (1 and 2) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act. This was seconded and AGREED by the Committee.

Following discussions, it was proposed, seconded, and AGREED to recommend a candidate to Full Council for the appointment of Interim Monitoring Officer.

The meeting concluded at 16.13.