{"id":233613,"date":"2019-04-23T10:48:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T00:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=233613"},"modified":"2020-07-31T12:50:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:50:46","slug":"ceos-contract-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/04\/23\/ceos-contract-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO&#8217;s Contract Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_269226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-269226\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-269226\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/brian-pidgeon-200x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/brian-pidgeon-200x320.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/brian-pidgeon-200x320-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-269226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toowoomba Regional Council CEO Brian Pidgeon<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>April 23, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toowoomba Regional Council chief executive officer Brian Pidgeon has had his contract renewed for another three years.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pidgeon was appointed CEO in July 2013 after serving as Acting CEO for 11 months following the resignation of former CEO Ken Gouldthorp.<\/p>\n<p>He has had a long involvement with Toowoomba council and more than 35 years&#8217; experience in local government.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pidgeon was the Manager of Health Services at Toowoomba City Council for six years and was appointed Director of Community and Environmental Services in October 1998.<\/p>\n<p>The role of CEO at TRC has had a chequered recent history.<\/p>\n<p>The last three CEOs have resigned before their contract\u2019s completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba Regional Council chief executive officer\u00a0Brian Pidgeon has had his contract renewed for another three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":269227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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