Decision details
Appointment of the Deputy Monitoring Officer
Decision Maker: Chief Finance Officer (S151)
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Council is required to appoint a
Monitoring Officer (Section 5 Local Government & Housing Act
1989). The Council appointed the Monitoring Officer, Michael Hewitt
as Monitoring Officer from the 1 December 2020.
Section 5(7) of the 1989 Act provides that the duties of a
monitoring officer must be performed by him personally or, where he
is unable to act owing to absence or illness, personally by such
member of his staff as he has for the time being nominated as his
deputy for the purposes of this section.
This report seeks to appoint the postholder of the role of Legal
Services Manager as the Deputy Monitoring Officer.
Decision:
To appoint the post holder of the role of
Legal Services Manager as the Deputy Monitoring Officer.
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - Not appointing a deputy exposes the
Council to unnecessary risk in the event of absence or illness of
the Monitoring Officer.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -
Publication date: 01/02/2024
Date of decision: 01/02/2024