Agenda item

Report of the Clerk to the Joint Committee.

The Clerk to the Joint Committee, Sharon Spence referred Members to the report within the agenda papers, noting her retirement from the Local Authority on 31 January 2014.  Councillors noted that Durham County Council’s Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer, Colette Longbottom had asked for expressions of interest from solicitors within Durham County Council, to take on the role of Clerk to the Joint Committee..  Accordingly, it was noted that an appropriate Officer would be provided in due course to the Joint Committee. 

Resolved:

That an Officer from the Durham County Council’s Legal and Democratic Services Section be appointed Clerk to the Joint Committee.