Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive

The Chief Executive presented the report, explaining that it was a constitutional requirement for Council to elect its Mayor and Deputy for the forthcoming council year at its annual meeting on the 15^th May 2023. The council maintained an Order of Precedence for fulfilling these ceremonial roles which recognised councillors’ length of service, and this was attached as an appendix. He added that the order of precedence had been updated after it was originally published to reflect Cllr. Chidley’s election.

Cllr. Matt Babbage had served as Deputy Mayor since last year’s Annual Council, and Members would be asked to elect him as Mayor in May. The Members shown towards the head of the Order of Precedence had been approached to ascertain if they were willing and able to have their name put forward for appointment as Deputy Mayor for 2023-24, and Cllr. Paul Baker had put his name forward.

One Member queried what the ballot referred to in the Order of Precedence. The Chief Executive clarified that, when more than one Member was elected at the same time, their names were put into a hat to decide their order in the line of succession.

RESOLVED THAT:

1.    the Order of Precedence in Appendix 2 be noted;

2.    Councillor Matt Babbage be put to the Annual Council Meeting for election as Mayor for the Municipal year 2023–2024

3.    Councillor Paul Baker be put to the Annual Council Meeting for election as Deputy Mayor for the Municipal year 2023-2024

FOR: 33

AGAINST: 0

ABSTAIN: 0