Councillors learnt last night who the new Chief Executive will be - some chap from Westminster City Council, a Council which is busy outsourcing their staff to the north of Scotland.
The appointment was made by a panel of seven - five Tories, one Independent and my Labour colleague Cllr Gardiner. Haven't had the chance to speak to her about it yet.
However, it is interesting how this appointment will be recommended to Full Council next week with so little involvement of all the Councillors. Good practice would have ensured that the other 41 councillors would have had the opportunity to meet the candidates informally and feedback their impressions to the panel, but this did not happen. At least it didn't happen to a significant number, including at least one Cabinet member and myself - who does have an allegedly important role in this Council as Scrutiny Chair.
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