Monday, 10 October 2011

It's a thought...do Councils need Chief Executives?

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I'm not yet convinced but Wiltshire County Council might have hit on an idea:


Wiltshire Council will operate without a chief executive after the authority ‘deleted’ the post.

As part of a radical management restructure which will see the departure of current chief Andrew Kerr within weeks, it has also reduced the number of corporate directors from five to three in a bid to save £1.4m by 2015.

Since leadership should come from members (don't all rush), is the Chief Executive role limited to the management and direction of senior officers?  Thoughts welcome!

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2 comments:

  1. Shades10 October 2011 at 13:09

    Bring back the Town Clerk!

    It is worth £50k/year, no more.

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  2. Clarissa10 October 2011 at 22:14

    Ideally all management should be done via elected politicians rather than appointees with the jobs being up for renewal on a yearly basis...

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