To receive such communications as the Mayor may lay before the Council
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Minutes:
- The Mayor congratulated Joe Goldberg on his
election as the new Labour Councillor for the Seven Sisters Ward at
the by-election held on 15 January 2009. The Mayor welcomed
Councillor Goldberg to the Council and wished him every
success.
- The Mayor
also congratulated all those local residents who had been honoured
in the New Year honours list including May Richards, who had received an MBE for her work since
retiring, raising thousands of pounds for Sickle Cell and
Thalassemia, as well as organising the annual Haringey Gospel
Festival. Also to PC Elizabeth Kenworthy, a serving police officer
in Haringey, who had received an MBE for her efforts helping
injured passengers during the July 2005 tube bombings; as well as
to other honoured residents charity workers Tamsila Tauqir,
Narendra Mehta, Jennifer Bell, and pianist and composer Howard
Shelley.
- The Mayor
expressed his sadness at the sudden death of the serving Mayor of
Croydon, Councillor Jonathan Driver. The Mayor reported that he had
got to know Councillor Driver at a number of engagements over the
past year and had sent his condolences to the family and colleagues
at his untimely death.
- The Mayor
reported that, on behalf of the Council, he had passed on sincere
condolences to the family and colleagues of Cadet Corporal Anthony
Smith a member of the 16F Wood Green and Hornsey Cadets who had
died in a tragic accident in Scotland.
- The Mayor
wished good luck to Councillor Matt Davies and Councillor Emma
Jones who would be running in the forthcoming London Marathon. He
expressed the hope that all his Member colleagues would show their
support and sponsor them for their respective
charities.