Issue - meetings

That Councillor A. Minshull be elected Chair of the Council for the municipal year 2012/13.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Evans and seconded by Councillor J.B. Attridge that Councillor A. Minshull be elected Chair of the Council for the municipal year 2012/13.  Councillors Evans and Attridge spoke in support of their nomination. 

            The motion was put to the meeting and it was:

RESOLVED:

That Councillor A. Minshull be elected Chair of the Council for the municipal year 2012/13.

Councillor Minshull was invested with the Chain of Office by the retiring Chair and signed her Declaration of Acceptance of Office in the presence of the Chief Executive.

(At this point Councillor Minshull chaired the remainder of the meeting)

The Chair then presented Councillor H.J. McGuill with her retiring Chair’s Badge of Office and her Consort’s retiring Badge of Office. 

The Chair responded and thanked Members for their support in electing her as Chair for the year ahead.  She took the opportunity to pay tribute to the manner in which Councillor H.J. McGuill had carried out her role as Civic Leader with the support of her Consort.  They had both been exemplary ambassadors for the County and proposed a formal vote of thanks to Councillor McGuill for her term of office.

Councillor M.J. Peers, on behalf of the Independent Alliance Group, congratulated Councillor Minshull on her appointment and paid tribute to the out-going Chair, who he said had held the position with great professionalism and integrity and had raised an impressive amount of money for her named charities.  He also paid tribute to the out-going Vice-Chair, Councillor F. Gillmore and his consort who he said had also held the position with great professionalism during his term of office.

Councillors R.J.T. Guest, C.S. Carver and L.A. Sharps also congratulated Councillor Minshull and paid tribute to the out-going Chair and Vice-Chair on behalf of the other political groups, as did Councillor H.G. Roberts.   

The Chief Executive, on behalf of the officers, thanked the out-going Chair, Vice-Chair and their consorts and said that it had been a pleasure working with them during their term of office.