The Council Management Team is the most senior officer group in the council providing a corporate setting for advising the Executive on the business cycle, Forward Plan and policy options.
Led by the Chief Operating Officer, Ian Floyd, it includes the following officers:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Integration
- Corporate Director of Children and Education
- Corporate Director of Place
- Director of Public Health
- Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer
- Director of Customer and Communities
- Chief Finance Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Ian Floyd
Statutory responsibility - Head of Paid Service
As Head of the Council’s Paid Service, Ian is responsible for securing staff and other resources needed to deliver high quality, cost effective services to the people of York.
Working closely with the Corporate Management Team and the Leader and Executive Team, he ensures those resources support the Council’s vision, policies and goals.
Ian's responsibilities include acting in the capacity of Returning Officer for Local, Parliamentary and European elections and Counting Officer for referendums.
He is also the North Yorkshire and York Lead for the regional Climate Change Commission and Chair of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum Recovery Group.
- Email: ian.floyd@york.gov.uk
- Executive assistant: Sarah Butcher, email: sarah.butcher@york.gov.uk
- Address: West Offices
Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Integration
Sara Storey
Statutory responsibility - DASS
Sara's responsibilities include:
- All aspects of Adult Social Care assessment and delivery as the DASS
- Market Management in line with the Care Act
- Contracts and Quality Assurance
- Statutory Delivery CQC
- All Age Commissioning
- Adult Provider Services
- Responsible Individual
- Mental Health Services
- Hospital Discharge
- Learning Disabilities and Transitions
- Adults Safeguarding
- Reablement and Early Intervention
- Corporate Director lead for Health Integration (ICS) and Place
- Email: sara.storey@york.gov.uk
- Executive Assistants: Sarah Bentley (Monday to Wednesday), email: sarah.bentley@york.gov.uk, and Sue Hull (Wednesday to Friday), email: sue.hull@york.gov.uk
- Address: West Offices
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Corporate Director of Children and Education
Martin Kelly
Statutory responsibility - Director of Children's Services
The role's responsibilities include:
- Early Years
- Children's Social Care
- Youth Justice Service
- Fostering and Adoption
- Special Educational Needs and Skills
- School Improvement and School Organisation and Support
- Safeguarding
- Email: martin.kelly@york.gov.uk
- Executive assistant: Ethan Mantle, email: ethan.mantle@york.gov.uk
- Address: West Offices
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Corporate Director of Place
Neil Ferris
Neil is responsible for the majority of physical Council assets in the City and the regulation of public spaces and commercial activity in the City.
His responsibilities cover the following service areas:
- Planning Policy
- Building Control
- Land and Property Gazetteer
- City Development and Regeneration
- Commercial Property Portfolio
- Neighbourhood Planning
- Spatial Evidence
- Transport and Parking
- Conservation and Sustainability
- Travel Planning
- Road Safety and Rights of Way
- Cycling Policy
- Traffic Management
- CCTV and Street Lighting
- Flood Risk and Water Management
- Waste Collection, Disposal and Recycling
- Fleet Management
- Public Protection
- Business and Economic Policy and Strategy
- Housing and Homelessness
- Building Services
- Emergency Planning
- Community Safety
- People and Neighbourhoods Strategy and Policy
- Email: neil.ferris@york.gov.uk
- Executive assistant: Shirley Simpson, email: shirley.simpson@york.gov.uk
- Address: West Offices
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Director of Public Health
Peter Roderick
Statutory responsibility - Director of Public Health
As senior advocate for the health of the population across the city of York, Peter is accountable for all City of York Council’s responsibilities for public health. They include promoting and protecting the health of residents and reducing health inequalities.
Peter is the lead for the commissioning of a range of public health services including:
- Sexual Health
- Substance Misuse
- Stop Smoking Support
- NHS Health Checks
- Healthy Child Service
The responsibilities also include the delivery of public health programmes such as public mental health, suicide prevention, healthy weight and oral health.
- Email: peter.roderick@york.gov.uk
- Executive assistant: Christina Ravenhill, email: christina.ravenhill@york.gov.uk
- Address: West Offices
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Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer
Bryn Roberts
Bryn is the Council's Director of Governance (Chief Legal Officer) and Monitoring Officer (statutory role). In addition, he is appointed as Senior Information Risk Owner and Deputy Returning Officer (full powers).
Bryn is responsible for the following services:
- Legal services
- Information Governance, Customer Feedback and Complaints
- Governance and Decision-Making of the Council
- Democratic and Scrutiny Services
- Civic Office
- Internal Audit
- Elections
- Corporate Strategy and City Partnerships
- Communications
- Business Intelligence
- Carbon Reduction
- Email: bryn.roberts@york.gov.uk
- Executive assistant: Megan Spendlow, email: megan.spendlow@york.gov.uk
- Address: West Offices
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Director of Customer and Communities
Pauline Stuchfield
Pauline is responsible for Customer Services and Strategy including:
- Customer and Web Services
- Mansion House
- Register Office (including role of Proper Officer)
- Bereavement Services
She is responsible for Exchequer Services including revenue collection and recovery, adults income and court of protection. In addition to Welfare Benefits delivery and leadership around Financial Inclusion Pauline's responsibilities also include Business Support including payroll and creditors functions.
Pauline is responsible for ICT operations (and provision of services to Harrogate Borough Council), Digital Services Programme and Digital City delivery.
Her Communities and Equalities responsibilities include:
- Adult Education and Skills
- Leisure and Community Centres
- People and Neighbourhoods Strategy
- Policy Commissioning and Contract/SLA Management across Explore York
- Leisure Facilities
- York Museums Trust
- York CVS
- Citizens Advice York
- Welfare Benefits Unit
- Make It York
- Email: pauline.stuchfield@york.gov.uk
- Executive assistant: Cath Loseby, email: cath.loseby@york.gov.uk
- Address: West Offices
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Chief Finance Officer
Debbie Mitchell
Council’s Section 151 Officer (statutory role)
Debbie is responsible for ensuring the Council has arrangements in place for the proper administration of all financial matters. She is lead officer on all aspects of finance, procurement, insurance and risk.
- Email: debbie.mitchell@york.gov.uk
- Address: West Offices
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