Dave Burbage announced he was going to be leaving the Isle of Wight council at the end the year, but he's agreed to stay on until the end of the financial year. OnTheWight explains why.
It's not a huge surprise - he'd wanted to promote an internal officer to Chief Exec. Councillors said they'd like to look at fresh talent. Here's what we know so far.
Private Eye asserts that by working through a Ltd company, none of his previous Chief Exec pension payments would be lost, as they would do if he worked directly for the council
Having made it through all of the stages, John Metcalfe, who has been at the council since 1997, is nearly the council's new CEO. Just what is widely-thought to be the formality of the Full Council meeting to go. Here's the story to date.
The ambition to lead the Isle of Wight council forward as Chief Executive attracted a whopping 26 applications. Three candidates have been shortlisted and will take part in final interviews tomorrow (Thursday).
A recruitment campaign to find a new Isle of Wight Chief Executive will be initiated immediately to replace the MD who plans to leave the council in the next six months.
There were calls for the Paper to go back to the Employment Committee and for the role of MD to be market tested rather than recruited from within the council, but the proposals were voted through.