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ANY OTHER UNRESTRICTED BUSINESS CONSIDERED TO BE URGENT
Meeting: 14/01/2013 - Audit Committee (Item 6)
ANY OTHER UNRESTRICTED BUSINESS CONSIDERED TO BE URGENT
Minutes:
The Service Head Finance, Risk and Accountability (FSRA) was asked about interim arrangements following the departure of the Corporate Director – Resources. He replied that he had been appointed Interim S151 Officer on a three-month basis pending the appointment of a new Director of Finance. In this regard access had been granted to all necessary decision making mechanisms. Additionally he had met with the Monitoring Officer and Interim Head of Paid Service. The management of Resources Directorate, in the inter-regnum, was divided between the relevant service heads and routine management of the directorate would continue unchanged.
The Service Head, FSRA also reported that levels of organisational risk relating to the numbers of interim staff at senior level had been noted and was being monitored by the Council’s auditors.