COUNCIL DECISION ON BOSS DELAYED
10 January 2006 - Evening Post
Swansea Council boss Tim Thorogood will have to wait until the end of the week to find out if he is to be suspended. The chief executive is at the centre of a planning probe after complaints about a garage built at his Rhossili home.
A panel of councillors met yesterday to decide whether there was a case to answer and whether or not Mr Thorogood should be suspended while an investigation is carried out.
But the meeting ran longer than expected and had to be stopped without a decision being reached because Mr Thorogood's representative was due elsewhere, according to a source at County Hall.
She said: "Everyone had expected there to be some progress by the end of the day, but we will have to wait until Friday for any news."
Mr Thorogood is understood to be on "gardening leave" until the panel of three councillors reaches a decision on the claims which focus on a planning application for a garage at his home.
A spokesman for Swansea Council said: "Swansea Council's General Purposes Panel met yesterday to consider a planning issue at the home of chief executive, Tim Thorogood.
"The meeting has now been adjourned until 10am this Friday."
Swansea Council boss Tim Thorogood will have to wait until the end of the week to find out if he is to be suspended. The chief executive is at the centre of a planning probe after complaints about a garage built at his Rhossili home.
A panel of councillors met yesterday to decide whether there was a case to answer and whether or not Mr Thorogood should be suspended while an investigation is carried out.
But the meeting ran longer than expected and had to be stopped without a decision being reached because Mr Thorogood's representative was due elsewhere, according to a source at County Hall.
She said: "Everyone had expected there to be some progress by the end of the day, but we will have to wait until Friday for any news."
Mr Thorogood is understood to be on "gardening leave" until the panel of three councillors reaches a decision on the claims which focus on a planning application for a garage at his home.
A spokesman for Swansea Council said: "Swansea Council's General Purposes Panel met yesterday to consider a planning issue at the home of chief executive, Tim Thorogood.
"The meeting has now been adjourned until 10am this Friday."
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