This in from the council, in their own words. Missing from the list are current Executive members, Cllr Richard Priest and Cllr Jon Gilbey. Ed
Isle of Wight Council leader Ian Stephens has commenced a process of reorganisation of the council’s Executive including bringing about a number of structural changes to the allocation of responsibilities amongst Executive members.
In addition fresh appointments will also be made to some committees.
Reorganised Executive
Details of the Executive members and their roles announced so far are as follows:
- Councillor Ian Stephens – Leader
- Councillor Steve Stubbings – Deputy leader and Executive member for adult social care and community wellbeing
- Councillor Phil Jordan – Executive member for fire an rescue services and public health and safety
- Councillor Jonathan Bacon – Executive member for education and children’s services
- Councillor Shirley Smart – Executive member for economy and tourism
- Councillor Luisa Hillard – Executive member for sustainability
- Councillor Paul Fuller – Executive member for planning and licensing
- Councillor Gordon Kendall – Executive member for human resources and organisational change
Details of the other Executive posts, the allocation of responsibilities and committee chair roles will follow in due course.
Councillor Ian Stephens, said:
“It is clear there are difficult times ahead as we face dealing with massive budgetary pressures in the next few months. I have decided upon changes as I need to ensure that we have the right focus to meet these challenges and to enable the Executive to work together as effectively as possible to this end.”
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