The posts of the Monitoring Officer (MO) and Chief Finance Officer (CFO) were two of three statutory posts which the Council was required to have and as such appointment to these posts needed to be approved by full Council.

Following the Council’s restructure and appointment of the new Deputy Chief Executive / designated MO and reintroduction of the Deputy Monitoring Officer (DMO) role, Cabinet recommended the appointment of Lorna Ford as the MO and Lisa Cooper as the DMO with effect from 17 January 2022.  The Council’s current Section 151 Officer, Robin Vennard was retiring and would formally leave the Council on 31 December 2021.  Cabinet recommended the appointment of Antony Baden as the CFO / Section 151 Officer with effect from 1 January 2022 or an earlier date as agreed by the Chief Executive.  Full Council would be meeting on 20 December 2021 to formally ratify the appointments.

RECOMMENDED: That Lorna Ford, Deputy Chief Executive be designated as the Council’s Monitoring Officer and Lisa Cooper be designated as the Council’s Deputy Monitoring Officer with effect from 17 January 2022 and Antony Baden be designated as the Council’s Chief Finance Officer (Section 151 Officer) with effect from 1 January 2022 or an earlier date as agreed by the Chief Executive.