Decision Maker: Council
Decision status: Recommendations Determined
Minute by the Lord Mayor
To Council:
Ms Monica Barone was appointed by Council as
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the City of Sydney on 7 August 2006. The
appointment was for a period of five years. In April 2011 and August 2015, Council
considered my Lord Mayoral Minutes on appointment of the Chief Executive
Officer and unanimously resolved to proceed with contract renewals for periods
of five years. The current contract ends on 17 August 2020.
Under the terms of the contract, the Chief
Executive Officer must advise nine months before the end of the contract if she
would like to seek a renewal. The Chief Executive Officer has advised me that
she does wish to seek a renewal. Under the terms of the contract, Council must
at least six months before the termination date advise the Chief Executive
Officer if the Council intends to renew the contract.
This Lord Mayoral Minute recommends Council
endorse renewing the Chief Executive Officer’s contact for a further five years
from February 2020, on the same terms and conditions of her current
contract. Ms Barone has not sought a
salary review or a bonus, and has not received a salary review or bonus during
her time as Chief Executive Officer of the City of Sydney.
Each year, in accordance with the Local
Government Guidelines, the Chief Executive Officer has submitted a performance
report that I have reviewed. As part of this, I ask all Councillors if they
have any matters that they wish to have considered. Each year it has been
agreed that the Chief Executive Officer’s performance has been outstanding.
I commend Ms Barone’s ability to effectively
manage this large and complex organisation and recommend her reappointment, on
the same terms and conditions of her current contract, for a further period of
five years.
Recommendation
It is resolved that:
(A)
Monica
Barone be reappointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Council
of the City of Sydney on the same terms and conditions of her current contract
for a further period of five years from February 2020; and
(B)
Council
note that the Office of Local Government’s Standard Contract of Employment for
General Managers of Local Councils in New South Wales specifies the termination
terms permitted for all General Managers, which are the same regardless of the
length of the contract.
COUNCILLOR
CLOVER MOORE
Lord Mayor
It was moved by the Chair (the Lord Mayor), seconded by Councillor Scully–
That the Minute by the Lord Mayor be endorsed and adopted.
Carried
unanimously.
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Report author: Leander Klohs
Publication date: 17/02/2020
Date of decision: 17/02/2020
Decided at meeting: 17/02/2020 - Council
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