New chief wants Brighton and Hove's potential fulfilled (From The Argus)
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New chief wants Brighton and Hove's potential fulfilled
9:40am Tuesday 18th December 2012 in News
A new council chief has pledged to “help the city achieve its potential”.
Penny Thompson, who was the head of the General Care Social Council, was appointed as Brighton and Hove City Council’s chief executive in October.
After six weeks of meeting and listening to people, she gave her first interview to The Argus yesterday.
Ms Thompson, who officially took up the £150,000 post on December 1, said: “It is a privilege and challenge being a local authority chief executive with such a diverse and fascinating set of responsibilities and demands.
“Brighton and Hove is a truly wonderful city with a huge potential for the future and the city council has an important role to play.
"I plan to build on progress made recently and to honour my commitment to leading an organisation where accountabilities and purpose are clear and delivery is our main focus.
“I look forward to working with staff, partners and elected members of all political parties to help the city fulfil its potential.”
A 30-day consultation on reshaping the senior management structure at the local authority began yesterday. The Argus understands this will see the creation of a deputy chief executive post.
However, unlike the previous “intelligent commissioning” model introduced by previous chief executive John Barradell, there will be no additional costs to the taxpayer.
To see a full in-depth interview with Ms Thompson, see the Wednesday, December 19 edition of The Argus.
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Comments(10)
Hove Actually
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9:51am Tue 18 Dec 12
Why does she feel the need to pledge to do the job she was recruited to do? unless she has a cunning plan to recruit a deputy to do the work....Oh yes she does
Crystal Ball
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9:55am Tue 18 Dec 12
Don't you love the vagueness and ambiguity the Council tends to use in so many matters?
SGK2000
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10:02am Tue 18 Dec 12
funkyyoyo
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10:07am Tue 18 Dec 12
she pledges to sort the illegally marked parking bays out as that last muppet ignored weatherleys lettters!!!
peterthomas
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10:20am Tue 18 Dec 12
pperrin
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10:58am Tue 18 Dec 12
I'd still like to know what return we council tax payers got from Barradell's 'intelligent commissioning' didn't he bail just before it was supposed to start paying us back for the investment?
Fairfax Sakes
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12:06pm Tue 18 Dec 12
it's like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think.
-Dylan Moran-
B G Gruff
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6:21pm Tue 18 Dec 12
trystero
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9:52pm Tue 18 Dec 12
SGK2000 wrote:Indeed - that £320K "retirement" package was four years ago, and she's only had the one Quango "job" since....
I expect she soon spotted the potential for another early retirement & huge severence package.
".. and what happened to 'intelligent commissioning'?" Ah, that'd be down to the last lot, under Mears. Still, I blame "The Greens". For everything.
NickBrt says...
9:45am Tue 18 Dec 12