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Argyll and Bute Council Constitution Part 4 - Officers

11. Officers

Chief Executive

  1. The Chief Executive is the head of paid service and is principal advisor to the Council on all matters of policy and strategic direction and is responsible for the implementation of Council aims and priorities, including leading the delivery of Best Value and Community Planning.
  2. The Chief Executive provides leadership, direction and motivation for staff and is responsible for the management of other resources to ensure that the Council’s policies and priorities are delivered in an efficient and effective manner.

Executive Directors

  1. The Executive Directors (Customer Services and Development & Infrastructure Services) are the Heads of the Council’s Service Departments.

Executive Leadership Team

  1. The Chief Executive, the Executive Directors, and the Chief Officer – Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) collectively form the Council’s Executive Leadership Team.
  2. The Executive Leadership Team will act as programme board for change and improvement activity, consider strategic issues, oversee budget planning and deal with any urgent issues (ie. those issues currently raised through departmental updates).

12. The Monitoring Officer

  1. The Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support Services is the Council’s Monitoring Officer in terms of Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and has the following functions –

    1. the statutory functions prescribed in that Act
    2. to report to the Council if s/he considers that any decision or proposed decision would be contrary to law or any decision, proposed decision or omission would be likely to give rise to maladministration on the part of the Council or any of its Members or Officers
    3. to maintain the Council’s Constitution and its governance arrangements
    4. to deal with any matter in terms of the Council’s Public Interest Disclosure Policy
    5. to deal with any matter referred to him/her by the Council, the Chief Executive, the Ombudsman or the Standards Commission.
  2. A report prepared by the Monitoring Officer relating to circumstances outlined in subparagraph (b) above for submission to the full Council will have the effect of stopping the proposal or decision from being implemented until the report has been considered by the Council.
  3. The Council has agreed a protocol to support the role of the Monitoring Officer and this is detailed in Section F.

13. The Chief Finance Officer

The Executive Director with responsibility for Development and InfrastructureFinancial Services is the Council’s Chief Financial Officer in terms of Section 95 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended and has responsibility for the administration of the financial affairs of the Council and for the provision of financial advice to the Council. 


 

 

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