Economy, Environmental and Finance
Rhona Gunn, Depute Chief Exec (Economy, Environment & Finance)
Rhona Gunn, Depute Chief Exec (Economy, Environment & Finance)
Remit:
- Housing Services
- Corporate Property Services
- Property Design & Construction Services
- Building Services DLO
- Economic Development
- Planning
- Social Enterprise / Third Sector Development
- Development Control
- Related Regulatory Services
- Resilience / Civil Contingencies
- Transportation
- Civil Engineering Consultancy
- Fleet Management
- Waste Management
- Harbours
- Flood Alleviation & Coastal Protection
- Lands, Parks & Cemeteries
- Facilities Management - Janitorial & Building Cleaning Services
- Community Safety / Anti Social Behaviour
- Commercialisation
- Corporate Finance & Budgeting
- Procurement
- Environmental Health
- Trading Standards
- Taxation
- Catering Services
- Corporate Transformation & Modernisation
- Refugee & Resettlement
Responsible for:
- Head of Housing & Property Services
- Head of Economic Growth & Development
- Head of Environmental Services & Commercial Services
- Chief Financial Officer (S95 Officer)
Reports to:
Chief Executive
Beverly Smith, Acting Head of Economic Growth & Development
Remit:
- Economic Development & Regeneration
- Employability / Employment Tourism
- Social Enterprise / Third Sector Development
- Structure / Local Development Plan
- Planning
- Development Quality & Control
- Conservation
- Building Standards
- Environment Health
- Trading Standards
- Community Safety / Anti-Social Behaviour
- Related Regulatory Services
- Climate Change
- GIS/Street Naming & Numbering
Responsible for:
- Environmental Health & Trading Standards Manager
- Development Man. & Building Standards Manager
- Economic Growth & Regeneration Manager
- Strategic Planning & Delivery Manager
Reports to:
Depute Chief Exec.(Economy, Environment & Finance)
Staff
Karen Sievewright, Environmental Health & Trading Standards Manager
Remit:
- Food safety
- health and safety at work
- public health (including infectious disease investigation; smoking ban in certain enclosed public spaces and water supplies)
- housing standards
- licensing of houses in multiple occupation
- animal health and welfare
- pest control
- dog warden
- contaminated land
- environmental protection (including statutory nuisance noise control and air quality)
- abandoned vehicles
- street traders
- licensing and arranging funerals under the National Assistance Act 1948
- community safety/anti-social behaviour.
Neal Macpherson/Willie Clark, Acting Development Management & Building Standards Manager (job share)
Remit:
Development Management
- Determine applications for planning permissions, listed building consent.conservation area consent, advertisement consent, high hedges and all other related consents including S.36 consultations from the Energy Consent Unit.
- Planning enforcement and condition monitoring.
- Statutory and non-statutory pre-application advice and requests for non-material variations advice.
- Appointed Officer in terms of the Delegation Scheme.
Building Standards
- Protecting the public interest by providing an independent check of applications for building warrants, completion certificates and letters of comfort
- enforcement of the Building (Scotland) of 2003
- secure the health, safety, welfare and convenience of persons in or about buildings and of others who may be affected or buildings or matters connected with buildings; further the conservation of fuel and power
- further the achievement of sustainable development.
Kirsty Conti, Economic Growth & Regeneration Manager
Remit:
- Business Gateway
- external funding
- regeneration
- economic growth
- museums service.
Gary Templeton, Strategic Planning & Development Manager
Remit:
- Local Development Plan and delivery of projects.
- Master planning and strategic infrastructure planning.
- Developer Obligations.
- Housing and employment land development.
- Natural and built heritage conservation.
- Delivery of Moray Growth Deal projects.
Micheal Kelly, Moray Growth Deal Programme Manager
Remit:
- Realising Growth Deal objectives and outcomes for Moray
- Delivery of the Deal programme, consisting of 8 strategic projects:
- Bus Revolution
- Business Enterprise Hub
- Cultural Quarter
- Digital Health
- Early Years STEM
- Housing Mix
- Manufacturing Innovation Centre for Moray (MICM)
- Skills and innovation intervention
Kevin Belton, Systems Manager
Remit:
- Street Naming
Nicola Moss, Head of Environmental & Commercial Services
Remit:
- Public Roads Asset Management & Operations
- Fleet Procurement & Asset Management
- Civil Contingencies / Emergency Response
- Transportation (Transport Development, Sustainable Travel and Road Safety)
- Traffic Management & Car Parks
- Public Transport
- Civil Engineering Design
- Road Construction Consents
- Marina Services, Harbours & Dredger
- Waste Management & Operations
- Open Spaces Management & Cemeteries
- Countryside Amenities & Access
- Catering Services
- Commercialisation
- Facilities Management - Janitorial, Building Cleaning
- Winter Maintenance
- Flood Alleviation & Coastal Protection
Responsible for:
- Roads Maintenance Manager
- Environmental Protection Manager
- 0.91 FTE Consultancy Manager
- Transportation Manager
Reports to:
Depute Chief Exec. (Economy, Environment & Finance)
Staff
Mark Atherton, Roads Maintenance Manager
Remit:
- Fleet Services
- Local Stores
- Management & maintenance of local authority public roads, including winter maintenance and street lighting
- Provision of emergency response, e.g. flooding
Paul Wolverson, Service Manager (Waste, Open Spaces, Catering & Facilities)
Remit:
- Waste Management & Operations
- Lands, Parks & Cemeteries
- Countryside Amenities & Access
- Facilities Management – Janitorial & Building Cleaning
- Catering services
Debbie Halliday, Consultancy Manager
Remit:
- Flood Alleviation & Coastal Protection Maintenance
- Major Flood Alleviation Schemes
- Harbours Maintenance
- Management Systems
- Road & Bridge Design & Maintenance
- Civil Engineering Design
- Project / Contract Management
Vacant, Strategic Transport Services Manager
Remit:
- Traffic (road signs, lines etc.)
- Public transport
- Development control (roads)
- Harbours
- Off-street car parks
- Transport Strategy
Edward Thomas , Head of Housing & Property
Remit:
- Housing Strategy & Asset Management
- Industrial / Commercial lets
- Strategic Housing Investment Plan
- Homelessness & Allocations
- Gypsy / Travellers Encampments
- Housing Tenancy & Estate Management
- Sheltered Housing
- Corporate Property Asset Management
- Property Energy Management
- Consultancy Design Services - Property
- Corporate & Capital Project Management
- Building Services DLO
- Refugee & Resettlement
Responsible for:
- Housing & Strategy Development Manager
- Property Resources Manager
- Design Manager
- Building Services Manager
- Housing Services Manager
- Housing Needs Manager
Reports to:
Depute Chief Exec. (Economy, Environment & Finance)
Staff
Fiona Geddes, Housing & Strategy Development Manager
Remit:
- Local Housing Strategy
- Provision of New Build Housing
- Housing/Homelessness Policies & Procedures
- Information and data collection relating to housing activities
- Oversight of Housing ICT Systems
Neil Strachan, Property Asset Manager
Remit;
- Provision of Property Asset Management Services to the Council
- Manage Corporate repair budgets
- Manage all properties leased out by the Council
- Manage HRA Investment Programme
- Provide professional valuation services to the Council
Moray McLeod, Design & Construction Manager
Remit:
- The provision of property-related design services and provision of an estates service to the council.
Mike Rollo, Building Services Manager
Remit:
- Responsibility for Building Services DLO
- carrying out response repairs
- planned and cyclic maintenance and improvements
- gas servicing
- disability adaptations etc. to Council housing stock.
David Munro, Housing Services Manager
Remit:
- Estate management
- reducing rent arrears
- tenancy management
- Gypsy/Travellers
- unauthorised encampments
- oversight of antisocial behaviour & neighbour disputes.
Gordon McCluskey, Housing Needs Manager
Remit:
- Allocations and homelessness teams
- temporary accommodation and sheltered housing wardens
- homelessness strategy development and implementation
- performance management of the Housing Needs team and Housing Support team.
Lorraine Paisey, Chief Financial Officer
Remit:
- Strategic Finance
- All Directorates Finance & Accountancy
- Budgeting
- Special Project Finance
- Statutory/Group Accounts
- Creditors
- Insurance
- Treasury Management
- Banking Services
- Debt Recovery
- Common Good
- Procurement Strategy
- Corporate Procurement and Buying
- VAT
- Community Asset Transfer Co-ordination
- Council Tax Administration & Collection
- Non-Domestic Rates Administration & Collection
Responsible for:
- Payments Manager
- Principal Accountant (x 2)
Reports to:
Depute Chief Exec. (Economy, Environment & Finance)
Staff
Jamie Fraser, Finance Manager
Remit:
- Management, development and delivery of Payments section
- Procurement Strategy
- Procurement support
- Buying Team
- Online Payments
- Treasury Management
- Banking Services
- Insurance
- VAT, landfill tax, CIS
- Sundry debt recovery
James Taylor, Taxation Manager
Remit:
- Management, development and delivery of taxation service to the Council
- Administer, bill and enforce Council Tax collection
- Administer, bill and enforce Non Domestic Rates collection
- Support Elgin BID and tourism BID