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After many years at the council, the Isle of Wight chief exec is off
John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe has been at the Isle of Wight council since 1997. He held the position of Deputy Managing Director prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer to the Isle of Wight council on 2nd December 2015.
His LinkedIn profile states that he was ‘Head of Leisure Services’ at Chester-le-Street District Council prior to that, spending eleven years there.
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Group has been formed to try to save the Winter Gardens
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Several Scrutiny Committee members said the consultation had failed the people of Ryde, but that IWC had to go ahead with the scheme
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"Cumbria is gaining one of our best" was just one of the many tributes for outgoing CEO John Metcalfe as he attended his last Full Council meeting this week
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The detail behind the decision-making at last night's emergency Executive meeting to agree the transfer of Cowes Enterprise College to Ormiston Academies Trust.
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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.
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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.
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Isle of Wight Council’s Chief Executive, John Metcalfe, has written to the Government asking them to urgently clarify how it will judge that any council: “has reached the ‘tipping point’ where it has insufficient resources available to meet its legal obligations”.
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Today sees the deadline for bids to take over the Winter Gardens
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Leader of Isle of Wight council says "it's not a priority for us to get to 5G", the CEO says they do not have the power to restrict the rollout, and some residents say "our health and environment come before faster Internet speeds".
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After a long search and selection process, the council have this evening voted in a new Chief Executive to run Isle of Wight council, effective 1st December 2015.
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The proposed budget sees a council tax rise of 3.99 per cent and £4.5m of 'savings' across all areas. Read the papers below
