Teen beauty spot drinkers are ramblers, not rebels
- Dave Burrows
Telford & Wrekin Council to appoint interim chief
Thursday 28th July 2011, 12:29PM BST.
Richard Partington
The appointment of a new interim chief executive at Telford & Wrekin Council is expected to be rubber-stamped today.
The authority’s ruling Labour group has recommended Richard Partington, 45, currently assistant chief executive, should take on the role for a period of six to nine months following interviews this week.
He will replace his former boss Victor Brownlees, if the recommendation is approved at a full council meeting tonight.
Telford & Wrekin Council leader Councillor Kuldip Singh Sahota said: “The council’s personnel board interviewed an extremely strong field of five candidates on Tuesday as part of the thorough recruitment process necessary to determine the right person for this challenging role.
“My cabinet colleagues and I are very much looking forward to working with Richard during the period that the interim chief executive is in post.
“Richard will use this time to accelerate our progress towards becoming a truly co-operative council. This will include undertaking the review of our senior management arrangements.”
The married father-of-two was born in Wrexham and began his career in local government as an administrative assistant at North Shropshire District Council before joining Telford & Wrekin in 1991.
He will be the council’s third chief executive in two years after Mr Brownlees offered to quit his £149,000-a-year job less than two months after Labour wrested control of the council from the Tories at the May elections.
Sponsored Links
Most Commented
- Leader: Hospital parking suggestion simply nonsense
- Leader: Crimewave goes up with the mercury
- MP Owen Paterson opposed to same-sex marriages
- Teen beauty spot drinkers are ramblers, not rebels
- Hospital 18-week waiting list down to 800
- Parking zones fear for Shropshire hospital workers
- Protesters: We await problems at Shropshire hospitals
Shropshire Star on Twitter
Keep updated with the latest breaking news and content on our Twitter feed.
Lifestyle
Interactive Dining Out map
Hundreds of reviews by the Shropshire Star and Express & Star's teams to help you decide where to eat.
LIVE traffic updates
Road, rail and airport - latest
Our new, live traffic and travel updates service - check before you set out.
OUR NEW APP
Get the new Shropshire Star app
Download the Shropshire Star’s new app to your iPad or iPhone to get one week of access to our digital newspapers absolutely FREE.
shropshirestar.com
Popular sections
Useful links
