Barry Horne to quit Nottingham City Council
BARRY Horne is to quit his job in charge of Nottingham's City Council's environment and regeneration services.
His departure from the £145,000-a-year job follows a decision to restructure his department which embraces development, regeneration and services such as street cleaning and refuse collection.
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Barry Horne is looking to leave the city council by mutual consent
He leaves on February 5 "by mutual consent", the city council said in a statement.
A severance package has yet to be agreed. Nottingham City Council is to create a new development department which will embrace planning, economic development, transport and regeneration.
Council chief executive Jane Todd stressed that the parting was "amicable".
The council recently announced plans to restructure the authority, which is due to move in April to Capital One's former purpose-built offices on Station Street. Ms Todd praised Mr Horne's "professionalism" and his contribution to the tram and transport system, the new Old Market Square and bio-tech incubation park, Bio City.
"Nottingham has come on tremendously as a major UK city in the time that Barry has been responsible for the council services that have most impact in this area of our work," she said.
Mr Horne. 48, has overseen a department of 1,200 staff and a £200m budget.
He said: "After seven years in the driving seat it will be nice to take a back seat and watch Nottingham go from strength to strength. While I will move on to other opportunities outside Nottingham – I will continue to enjoy living in this fabulous city."
Mr Horne's job as corporate director of environment and regeneration will be filled on a temporary basis by Jennifer Dearing, who joined the authority last summer as interim planning director.
The re-shaped development department will face tough challenges such as overhauling problem companies owned by the authority – including the loss-making district heating system EnviroEnergy and Nottingham City Homes.
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by m, gedling
Saturday, January 23 2010, 12:54PM
“albert no point applying for it because it doesnt exist anymore (restructuring an all that),
wasnt there a rule of thumb where the top brass were paid 5 times the amount of the lower paid workers ?”
by Frustrated Council Tax payer, Nottingham
Friday, January 22 2010, 10:16PM
“Nice story but Guess whats missing.
*****The answer is HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST us Council Tax payers.
Come on Jon Come clean its our money you know.******”
by Lesta, Lace Market
Friday, January 22 2010, 9:22PM
“Isn't the top of NCC getting a bit overloaded with "wimmin" ? What ever happened to equal opportunities and representation ? Maybe, so-called "equalities" doesn't work all ways.”
by Albert, In the Bunker
Friday, January 22 2010, 9:01PM
“m,
So you'd do that job for £50k?
Go on, make Jon Collins' day and apply for it.”
by m, gedling
Friday, January 22 2010, 8:52PM
“albert 50K tops, or is that what the front line staff like binmen get these days ?”
by David, Notts
Friday, January 22 2010, 7:34PM
“Jon Collins described the Trinity Square project as "the worst piece of urban planning he'd seen in Nottingham for twenty years" so Barry Horne is unlikely to be JC's Employee of the Month.”
by Albert, In the Bunker
Friday, January 22 2010, 5:05PM
“"if the little fish on the ladder are earning £145,000 a year plus perks what are the big fish earning ?"
Considering he ran "a department of 1,200 staff and a £200m budget", he was hardly a little fish.
What would you have expected him to be paid if he had that level of responsibility in the private (non-banking) sector?”
by m, gedling
Friday, January 22 2010, 4:55PM
“if the council is "restructuring" then why does his old job need filling on a temporary basis by someone else ?
surely his post has gone ?
if the little fish on the ladder are earning £145,000 a year plus perks what are the big fish earning ?”
by Hombre, Lobo
Friday, January 22 2010, 2:53PM
“Que Pasa?!”
by 8ace, In the shed at the bottom of the garden
Friday, January 22 2010, 1:19PM
“Fair play it should have been 'cue' but you get the drift.”