Purpose

1.1 Following the resignation of the Deputy
Chief Executive (Strategic Director Stronger Communities) and the
end of the secondment of the Corporate Director Community Safety
and Resilience, the Chief Executive needs to urgently make interim
appointments to these positions.

1.2 These appointments can currently only be made by Staffing
Committee (or a sub-committee of the Staffing Committee). However,
to allow the Chief Executive to make the necessary interim
appointments to the positions, a decision under the Council’s
Urgency Provisions is required.

1.3 This decision is urgent in order to provide the Chief Executive
with the flexibility to move quickly to secure the appropriate
agency or short to medium fixed term interim in a highly
competitive market to cover these vital two posts within the senior
management structure. Furthermore, convening a Staffing Committee
during the summer recess is unlikely to be completed in time to
ensure an appointment can be made before September.

Content

2.1 That the Chief Executive, in consultation
with the Leader of the Council, agree that the Chief Executive make
the following appointments under the Urgency Procedure Rules:
2.1.1 Temitope Ademosu be appointed (interim) to the position of
Strategic Director Stronger Communities (formerly Deputy Chief
Executive), and
2.1.2 Ian Billham be appointed (interim) to the position of
Corporate Director Community Safety and Resilience.