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Council received a report requesting it to consider and ratify the recommendations of the Special Meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee held on 4 July 2022 with regard to the Chief Executive Officer recruitment.

Councillor Neil Dallen MOVED the recommendations put forward by the Strategy and Resources Committee.

Upon being put the recommendations were CARRIED by a majority vote, with 26 votes for, 1 abstention and the Mayor not voting.

Accordingly it was resolved to:

(1)          Agree to go out to recruit a permanent Chief Executive Officer and that in the interim period appoint the Director of Corporate Services for a 6-month period as the Interim Chief Executive Officer and Head of Paid Service, with a 10% uplift to her salary, and provide a budget of up to £50,000 funded from the Corporate Projects Reserve to provide additional support.

(2)          Agree to release the existing Chief Executive from her role as Head of Paid Service and Returning Officer from 4 July and to appoint the Director of Corporate Services as Returning Officer with effect from 5 July 2022 until a permanent Chief Executive Officer is recruited in accordance with recommendation (1).