Bull charged with Ross property probe
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THE man tasked with reducing the number of council-run properties in a Ross-shire town has been named.
Highland Council today named Graham Bull as the man appointed to spearhead plans for maximising the benefits of its property portfolio.
One of the corporate property asset manager's first tasks will be to identify options for reducing the number of properties the council operates in Dingwall and Inverness.
Plans to rationalise the council's presence in Ross-shire's county town have been on the local authority's agenda for several years.
Mr Bull, a property manager with the local authority's housing and property service, is a chartered surveyor with degrees in both architecture and building surveying.
He has worked for the Council since 2005, having previously worked in private practice.
He said, "I am delighted to have accepted the position of corporate property asset manager for the Highland Council.
"I am really looking forward to working with our members, together with colleagues within my own service and across the council, to bring about the positive changes within our property portfolio that will support the council to deliver improved services and outcomes for our customers and communities.
"The asset management team has a wide remit that will include developing our existing, as well as forming new, relationships with other organisations across the Highlands that will explore opportunities for improving how our properties can better contribute to improving our services.”
Steve Barron, director of housing and property services, said, “The post is a very important one for the council as the delivery of our asset management objectives underpin many aspects of our corporate improvement programme.”
