Executive structure adopted by Central Coast Council

An interim executive structure has been adopted at the first meeting of the Central Coast Council on May 25.

The new structure changed the name of Mr Noble's position from interim general manager to chief executive officer.

The interim structure does not include the position of interim deputy general manager which was the position to which the former chief executive officer of Gosford Council, Mr Paul Anderson, was appointed when the new LGA was proclaimed.

Mr Noble and Mr Reynolds confirmed that Mr Anderson, who is currently on leave, would need to apply for one of the new executive roles, if he chose to continue with the new council.

"Not only is there no deputy general manager in the new structure but no position in the new structure is exactly the same as any of the existing positions," Mr Noble said.

"We will populate that from inside the organisation initially and then underneath that once we have identified the subsidiary structures and there will be other people competing for those positions," he said.

"Paul is a highly intelligent and very competent senior executive.

"He was interested in the interim general manager's position so you would have to imagine that he was disappointed and upset but questions about what he intends to do really should be directed to Paul."

Mr Anderson was not available for comment.

The new senior executive structure abolishes the positions of the seven director that existed across both former councils and replaces them with a chief financial officer and three group leaders.

The three group leaders will head up customer and community relationships; assets, infrastructure and business; and environment and planning.

"We have a process, of necessity we must, and we want to, consult with staff about which functions will be reporting up to those senior roles and there is a recruitment process associated with that," Mr Noble said.

"We intend to have the top end appointed by June 17 using an internal recruitment process so potential aspirants will be competing if they wish and employees will be participating in the conversation to help determine the best fit," he said.

Interviews, 26 May 2016

Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Council

Rob Noble, Central Coast Council

Proposed interim organisational structure, 25 May 2016

Reporter: Jackie Pearson