This meeting of the full council was an extraordinary meeting called to discuss two appointments.

Appointment of Monitoring Officer and Section 151 Officer

The main purpose of the meeting was for the council to consider the appointment of Louise Humphreys as Monitoring Officer and Director of Legal, Democratic & Electoral Services and Naeem Ahmed as Section 151 Officer and Group Director of Finance & Corporate Resources.

The appointments had been recommended by the Appointments Sub-Committee at a meeting on 8 July 2024.

The Appointments Sub-Committee interviewed candidates for the Monitoring Officer and Director of Legal, Democratic & Electoral Services on 19 November 2024, and candidates for the Section 151 Officer and Group Director Finance & Corporate Resources on 3 December 2024, before making their recommendations.

In accordance with the Local Authorities’ (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001 as set out in the Council's Constitution (Officer Employment Procedure Rules), the name of the person to be offered the appointment was sent to all members of the Executive asking for any objections. No objections were raised. —Appointment of O and S151 ¹