Issue - meetings

That Councillor C.A. Thomas be elected Chair of the Council for the municipal year 2013/14.

It was proposed by Councillor P.G. Heesom and seconded by Councillor J.B. Attridge that Councillor C.A. Thomas be elected Chair of the Council for the municipal year 2013/14 and on being put to the vote, was carried.  Councillors Heesom and Attridge spoke in support of their nomination. 

RESOLVED:

That Councillor C.A. Thomas be elected Chair of the Council for the municipal year 2013/14.

Councillor C.A. Thomas 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.

(From this point Councillor C.A. Thomas chaired the remainder of the meeting.)

The Chair then presented Councillor A. Minshull with her retiring Chair’s Badge of Office and her Consort’s retiring Badge of Office. 

Councillors M.J. Peers, L. A. Sharps, R.J.T. Guest, C.S. Carver, C. Legg and H.G. Roberts congratulated Councillor C.A. Thomas on her appointment and paid tribute to the out-going Chair.

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 A. Minshull had carried out her role as Civic Leader with the support of her Consort, both of whom had been exemplary ambassadors for the County.

She provided details of her three chosen charities for the year, which were Nightingale House Hospice, Cancer Research UK and MoldCommunity Hospital.