Economy, Environmental and Finance

Rhona Gunn, Depute Chief Exec (Economy, Environment & Finance)
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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
Edward Thomas

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