TO RECEIVE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR
[The Local Government Act 1972 provides as follows with regard to the appointment of Deputy Mayor:-
Schedule 2, paragraph 5(1) – The Mayor may appoint a Councillor of the Borough to be Deputy Mayor, and the person so appointed shall, unless he/she resigns or becomes disqualified, hold office until a newly elected Mayor becomes entitled to act as Mayor (whether or not he/she continues until that time to be a Councillor).
Schedule 2, paragraph 5(2) – The appointment of a Deputy Mayor shall be signified to the Council in writing and be recorded in the minutes of the Council.]
Minutes:
The Assistant Chief Executive reported that the Mayor had signified in writing the appointment of Councillor Sheila Peacock as Deputy Mayor for the ensuing year.
Councillor Peacock was invested with her Badge of Office. The Deputy Mayor’s consort was then invested with his badge of office.