Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Paid Service

The Head of Paid Service, introduced the report and explained the Councillor Klara Sudbury had served as Deputy Mayor since last year’s Annual Council Meeting and Members would be asked to elect her as Mayor at this year’s Annual Meeting. She referred Members to the list of Members in Appendix 2 who had been approached in order of Precedence to ascertain if they were willing and able to have their name put forward for appointment as Deputy Mayor for 2017-18. Councillor Bernard Fisher had indicated a willingness to put his name forward as Deputy Mayor subject to no other eligible councillor wishing to do so.

RESOLVED (unanimously) THAT

the Order of Precedence in Appendix 2 be noted and that Councillor Klara Sudbury and Councillor Bernard Fisher be put to the Annual Council Meeting for election as Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively for the municipal year 2017-2018.