Agenda and draft minutes

Extraordinary Meeting, Council - Monday, 6th January, 2025 6.00 pm

Venue: Chamber - Quadrant, The Silverlink North, Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside, NE27 0BY. View directions

Contact: Sonia Stewart Tel: (0191) 643 5359 Email:  soniastewart@northtyneside.gov.uk  Email: democraticsupport@northtyneside.gov.uk

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C59/24

To receive any Declarations of Interest

You are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest.

 

Please complete the Declarations of Interests card available at the meeting and return it to the Democratic Services Officer before leaving the meeting.

 

You are also invited to disclose any dispensation from the requirement to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests that have been granted to you in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.

 

Minutes:

None were declared.

C60/24

Designation and Appointment to Statutory Roles pdf icon PDF 60 KB

Council is requested to designate an officer of the Authority to the statutory role of Head of Paid Service, in the light of the departure from the organisation of Paul Hanson on 5 January 2025. Mr Hanson currently holds the designation of Head of Paid Service.

 

Council is also requested to appoint an officer of the Authority to undertake the roles of Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer for the Authority. These are roles also held by Mr Hanson.

 

The responsibility for the designation and appointment of the roles referred to above is reserved to full Council.

 

Minutes:

Council was requested to designate an officer of the Authority to the statutory role of Head of Paid Service, in the light of the departure from the organisation of Paul Hanson on 5 January 2025. Mr Hanson held the designation of Head of Paid Service.

 

Council was also requested to appoint an officer of the Authority to undertake the roles of Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer for the Authority. These were roles also held by Mr Hanson.

 

The responsibility for the designation and appointment of the roles referred to above is reserved to full Council.

 

Council resolved to:

(i)  Designate Jacqueline Laughton, Assistant Chief Executive as the Head of Paid Service for the Authority with effect from 6 January 2025; and

(ii) Appoint Jacqueline Laughton, Assistant Chief Executive, as

Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer for the Authority with

effect from 6 January 2025.

 

The recommendations were approved unanimously.