It’s worthy of a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
The Council’s Constitution at Part 8; which deals with Council Officers states:
The public is entitled to expect the highest standards of conduct from all employees who work for local government.
Local government employees are expected to give the highest possible standard of service to the public.
It would appear from the evidence in the public domain, the Chief Finance Officer, Charlotte Spendley (pictured) , who is a Statutory officer, and responsible for signing off the accounts, did not meet the highest possible standards, as it took her three attempts to get the accounts right. Ms Spendley who tendered her resignation in Jan 2023, will be leaving the building in March 2023.
In 2021/22 her Council salary was £109,665, including fees and allowances.
It is more likely than not she’ll walk away with a non disclosure agreement (now known as a Settlement Agreement) and a possible golden handshake. Would she be deserving of any sum which might be offered given it took three attempts to produce a set of accounts? And let’s not forget all the financial irregularities
You can mull that over.
This is the second hat trick of own goals the Council have managed in the last week. If they carry on like this, perhaps Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, might be seeking a transfer to replace their striker Erling Haaland
