To formalise the appointment of the Chief Finance Officer, Office of Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC)
November 1st, 2018
Decision
To formalise the appointment of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Chief Finance Officer through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Police and Crime Commissioner and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority
Decision Summary
Interim arrangements for the appointment of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (the “Commissioner”) Chief Finance Officer have been in place since 1st February 2017. This arrangement was for Matthew Warren, the Deputy Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, and Treasurer to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority (the “Fire Authority”), to become the Commissioner’s Acting Chief Finance Officer (and consequently the Section 151 Officer). This arrangement was governed through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Commissioner and the Fire Authority.
Reports and Decision Notices, including the MoU regarding these arrangements, have been submitted to the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Business Co-ordination Board.
The appointment of Matthew Warren as the Commissioner’s Chief Finance Officer through the continuation of a MoU between the Commissioner and the Fire Authority was considered and endorsed by the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel at their meeting on the 12th September 2018, with the Panel’s decision and the Commissioner’s response being provided.
The arrangements for the appointment of the Commissioner’s Chief Finance Officer are formalised through a MoU with the Fire Authority.
