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| Troubled council names new boss | Troubled council names new boss |
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| Aberdeen City Council has appointed its new chief executive. | Aberdeen City Council has appointed its new chief executive. |
| Sue Bruce, who currently holds the same post at East Dunbartonshire Council, has worked in local government for 28 years. | |
| She has experience in social work and education, which both came in for criticism in an Accounts Commission report into Aberdeen council. | |
| The local authority is £50m in debt, and has said that cuts, including redundancies, will have to be made. | |
| Ms Bruce replaces Douglas Paterson, who announced in May he was taking early retirement as a probe was launched into the council's finances. | Ms Bruce replaces Douglas Paterson, who announced in May he was taking early retirement as a probe was launched into the council's finances. |
| Robert Coomber had been serving as interim chief executive until a permanent successor was found. | Robert Coomber had been serving as interim chief executive until a permanent successor was found. |
| Some of the services in Aberdeen are among the best in Scotland. I am quite confident this situation can be turned around Robert CoomberInterim chief executive | Some of the services in Aberdeen are among the best in Scotland. I am quite confident this situation can be turned around Robert CoomberInterim chief executive |
| The council has been told by consultants that redundancies will have to be made to meet the £49.7m of savings required, leading to several months of public protests. | The council has been told by consultants that redundancies will have to be made to meet the £49.7m of savings required, leading to several months of public protests. |
| But speaking to the media as Ms Bruce's appointment was announced, Mr Coomber insisted the council's problems were "unusual but not extraordinary". | But speaking to the media as Ms Bruce's appointment was announced, Mr Coomber insisted the council's problems were "unusual but not extraordinary". |
| He said he was "confident" the local authority could meet its savings target, but added that it may take longer than the current financial year to do so. | He said he was "confident" the local authority could meet its savings target, but added that it may take longer than the current financial year to do so. |
| Mr Coomber added: "It is public knowledge that there is a significant level of risk about whether savings can be achieved in the current financial year. | Mr Coomber added: "It is public knowledge that there is a significant level of risk about whether savings can be achieved in the current financial year. |
| "Aberdeen has got some problems, and one or two came out at the same time, which led to a lack of public confidence. | "Aberdeen has got some problems, and one or two came out at the same time, which led to a lack of public confidence. |
| "But some of the services in Aberdeen are among the best in Scotland. I am quite confident this situation can be turned around." | "But some of the services in Aberdeen are among the best in Scotland. I am quite confident this situation can be turned around." |
| Earlier, the council's deputy leader Kevin Stewart praised Mr Coomber, as well as the new chief executive. | Earlier, the council's deputy leader Kevin Stewart praised Mr Coomber, as well as the new chief executive. |
| He said: "She will bring a wealth of experience of local government." | He said: "She will bring a wealth of experience of local government." |
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