TO ELECT THE MAYOR FOR THE ENSUING YEAR 2012/13
To elect the Mayor for the ensuing year.
[The Local Government Act 1972 provides as follows with regard to election of Mayor:-
Schedule 2, paragraphs 2(1) and 13(3) – The Mayor shall be elected annually by the Council from among the Councillors.
Schedule 2, paragraph 3(1) – The election of the Mayor shall be the first business transacted at the Annual Meeting of the Council.
Schedule 2, paragraph 3(3) – In the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall give a casting vote in addition to any other vote he/she may have.
Minutes:
The Mayor called for Nominations for the Office of Mayor for the Municipal Year 2012/13.
Councillor Kober moved and Councillor Meehan seconded that Councillor David Browne be elected Mayor.
RESOLVED:
1. That Councillor David Browne be elected Mayor for the Municipal Year 2012/13.
2. The Mayor made and signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office, which was witnessed by Councillors Kober and Meehan.
3. The Mayor then addressed the Council, gave thanks for his election and outlined his objectives for his year of office.
The Mayoress, Ms Elin Weston was then invested with her Badge of Office.