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Appointment of Mayor Elect and Deputy Mayor Elect

Meeting: 19/02/2018 - Council (Item 14)

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Report of the Chief Executive

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The Chief Executive introduced the report and reminded Members that Councillor Bernard Fisher had served as Deputy Mayor since last year’s Council meeting and that Members would be asked to elect him as Mayor at this year’s Annual meeting.

 

With regard to the appointment of Deputy Mayor for 2018-19, she explained that the Members listed at Appendix 2 to the report had been approached, in order of precedence, to ascertain if they would be willing and able to have their name put forward for that appointment. In so doing, some Members had highlighted that their decision on whether to put themselves forward for the role may depend on the results of the borough elections this May. Therefore, having consulted informally the Group Leaders in January, it was now proposed that no nomination for Deputy Mayor elect was put forward at this stage and that the nomination for Deputy Mayor be put to Annual council in May following the borough elections.

 

RESOLVED THAT

 

i)             The Order of Precedence in Appendix 2 be noted.

ii)            That Councillor Bernard Fisher be put to the Annual Council Meeting for election as Mayor for the Municipal year 2018 - 2019.

iii)           That the nomination for Deputy Mayor for the Municipal year 2018 – 2019 be put to the Annual Council Meeting.