Incumbents forego job ambitions

摘要

The chief executives of Forest Heath DC and St Ed-mundsbury BC have said they will not apply for the newly-created joint chiefs post. The authorities have confirmed they expect to appoint a new joint chief by 15 February, but neither incumbent - David Burnip at Forest Heath, and Geoff Rivers at St Edmundsbury - has entered the competition for the post. A joint statement by the serving officers stated: '[The councils] are at a watershed and we have decided it is in the best interests of both organisations if they have an opportunity to appoint a new chief.'