Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence:

Minutes:

Councillors Winstanley and Whiteside.

2.

Welcome to new Members:

The Mayor (Councillor R Conway) and Councillor M W Winstanley.

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed the Mayor (Councillor Ron Conway) to his first meeting of the Committee.

3.

Minutes: pdf icon PDF 66 KB

The minutes of the meeting held on 21 August 2014 are attached.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of this Committee held on 21 August 2014, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

4.

Appointment of Honorary Alderman:

Report of the Acting Assistant Director - Legal

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Assistant Director – Legal (Monitoring Officer), Brendan Whitworth, presented by the Democratic Services Manager, Christine Charnock-Jones, which detailed the existing eligibility criteria for the appointment as Honorary Alderman of this Borough. This was last revised at minute 23(b) of the Council meeting held on 12 September 2012.

 

In accordance with the criteria, it was reported that a nomination had been received from the Labour Group for the Committee to give consideration to the title of Honorary Alderman being conferred on former Councillor Susan Loudon, in view of her past service, which was listed in the report. The Committee considered the service against the criteria.

 

The report set out details of the alternative option to be considered which would include not considering to appoint a further Honorary Alderman.

 

Resolved:  The Honorary Alderman Nominations Committee is requested to recommend to Council:-

 

(1)       that based on the criteria, the Honorary Aldermen Nominations Committee is requested to recommend to the Council, the appointment of former Councillor Susan Loudon as a Honorary Alderman and therefore agree to the following:-

 

  • agree to hold a special meeting of the Council at 5.30 p.m. on 19 April 2017 for the purpose of formally conferring the title of Honorary Alderman on the former Member;
  • to suspend Rule of Procedure 1.1(ii) to allow the normal meeting of the Council previously fixed for 6.00 p.m. to be held following the special meeting; and
  • 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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