Authorisation to sign and seal
August 27, 2025 Monitoring Officer (Officer) Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to delegate the power to sign and seal documents on behalf of the Council to a list of named legal officers, superseding all previous delegations.
Full council record
Purpose
To update the list of legal officers
authorised to sign and seal on behalf of Bath & North East
Somerset Council.
This decision is a formal delegation of the Monitoring Officers
powers for signing and sealing document on behalf of the
council.
Decision
To delegate the power to sign and seal
documents on behalf of the Council to the following legal
officers.
Donna Marks Head of Legal Services & Deputy Monitoring
Officer
Carrie-Ann Evans Service Manager – Legal Services –
[Regulatory, Property & Planning]
Rachel O’Sullivan – Service Manager – Legal
Services (Adult, Children Services & Education)
Nicola Scott - Team Manager
Simon Elias – Team Manager
Zoe Hughes – Team Manager
Rebecca Jones – Team Manager – Legal Services
Annemarie Strong, Senior Lawyer
Charlotte Truman, Senior Lawyer
Imran Qureshi, Senior Lawyer
Nazia Ali, Senior Lawyer
Claire May, Senior Lawyer
This delegation supersedes all previous delegations.
Alternative options considered
Option 1 - Not delegating the power would slow
the administration of signing and sealing formal documents
Option 2 -
Option 3 -
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Approved |
| Decision date | 27 Aug 2025 |