Paul Cresswell, Corporate Director (s151)
Paul was appointed as Corporate Director (s151) in April 2008,
prior to that he was Head of Financial Services at Scarborough
Borough Council.
He acts as the Council’s Chief Finance Officer, a statutory role
called the Section 151 Officer. The statutory duties of the Section
151 Officer are set out in various Local Government Acts and
include:
- Responsibility for the proper administration of the financial
affairs of the Council.
- Duty to report on a Council decision or likely decision which
would lead to the Authority incurring unlawful expenditure or would
cause a loss or deficiency to the authority or entry of an unlawful
item of account.
- Duty to report if the expenditure of the Council incurred in a
financial year is likely to exceed the resources available to meet
that expenditure.
- Duty to report on the robustness of the Authority’s budget
calculations.
- Duty to report on the adequacy of the Authority’s proposed
financial reserves.
Paul also has overall responsibility for the following services:
Financial Services; Corporate Services; Health and Environment. He
is also the Council's lead officer for the North Yorkshire Audit
Partnership, North Yorkshire Building Control Partnership and North
Yorkshire Joint Procurement Committee.
Contacts:
Corporate Director (s151)
Paul Cresswell
01653 600666 ext 214
cmt@ryedale.gov.uk.
PA to Corporate Director (s151)
Jane Graham
01653 600666 ext 201
jane.graham@ryedale.gov.uk.
Head of Corporate Services
Clare Slater
01653 600666 ext 347
clare.slater@ryedale.gov.uk
Head Health and Environment
Phil Long
01653 600666 ext 461
phil.long@ryedale.gov.uk.
Finance Manager
Peter Johnson
01653 600666 ext 385
peter.johnson@ryedale.gov.uk.
North Yorkshire Building Control Manager
Les Chapman
01347 822703
les.chapman@ryedale.gov.uk.