Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Christine Charnock-Jones 

Items
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1.

Welcome to new Members:

Minutes:

On behalf of the Committee, the Chairman extended a warm welcome to Councillors S F Ell, Mrs S Loudon and R T Splaine, new Members of this Committee.

2.

Apologies for absence:

Minutes:

Councillor S F Ell.

3.

Minutes: 4 March 2009: pdf icon PDF 71 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of this Committee held on 4 March 2009 were approved as a correct record.

4.

Review of appointment of Honorary Alderman criteria and update on outstanding nominations: pdf icon PDF 182 KB

Report of the Principle Committee Services Officer enclosed.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Principal Committee Officer, Christine Charnock-Jones,  which detailed the existing eligibility for appointment as Honorary Aldermen of this Borough (Council minutes 45 (2006 refers) and 73(j) (2009 refers)) and any need for a review of the criteria.

 

The report also set out to review the position of the outstanding Honorary Alderman nominations.

 

The Principal Committee Services Officer reported that former Councillor J A O’Neill had previously asked for a deferment of the honour for the time being and former Councillor D M Brown had failed to provide the additional information to support the appointment as Honorary Alderman as requested at the last meeting.

 

In addition, she reported that the Council had received a letter from the Atherton Ward Councillors dated 16 May 2010, requesting that consideration be given to the title of Honorary Alderman being conferred on former Councillor Mrs A Turnock in view of her past service which was listed in the report. The Committee considered the service against the approved criteria.

 

The report set out details of the alternative option to be considered.

 

Resolved: The Committee agrees:-

 

(1)       that the existing eligibility criteria for appointment as an Honorary Alderman of this Borough remain unchanged;

(2)       to confirm that based on the information provided, the two outstanding former Councillors be not now awarded the title of Honorary Alderman; and

(3)       to approve the appointment of former Councillor Mrs A Turnock as Honorary Alderman and therefore agrees:-

 

(i)         to hold a special meeting of the Council at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 September 2010, for the purpose of formally conferring the title of Honorary Alderman on former Councillor Mrs Anne Turnock;

(ii)        to suspend Rule of Procedure 1.1(iii) to allow the normal meeting of the Council previously fixed for 8 September 2010 to be held following the special meeting; and

(iii)       to approve the provision of appropriate refreshments in the Mayor’s Parlour prior to the special meeting of the Council referred to above.

 

 

 

 

 

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