Issue - meetings

To receive such communications as the Mayor may lay before the Council

 

 

Meeting: 30/03/2009 - Full Council (Item 119)

To receive such communications as the Mayor may lay before the Council

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Minutes:

  1. The Mayor advised that, on behalf of the Council, he had sent a message of condolence to the parents of Sapper Patrick Azimkar who lost his life tragically on 7 March in Northern Ireland.  Patrick was a local Wood Green lad. As a sign of respect the Council stood and observed a minute’s silence.

 

  1. The Mayor thanked the staff at Bruce Castle for allowing him to host a Showcasing Event in the Museum the previous week. The Mayor was delighted to have welcomed to Haringey the Mayors and Escorts from 17 Boroughs. The Mayor also passed his congratulations to Haringey Young Musicians for another excellent performance and to the Parks Department, as the Park looked stunning.

 

  1. The Mayor asked Members to note his final Fundraising event on 9 May - a fabulous 3 course dinner at the Pumphouse in Hornsey - more details would follow.

 

  1. The Mayor also passed on his congratulations to the Procurement Team, who had won a Government Business Award for their energy improvement programme cutting CO2 and saving taxpayers’ money and to Haringey Website Team who had helped Haringey make it into the top 20 local authorities’ websites in the country out of a total of 468.  Haringey had been graded as “Excellent”  in the latest Society of Information Technology and the Mayor on behalf of the Council said well done to all those who had contributed to this success.

 

  1. The Mayor advised of a Thanksgiving Service at 3.00pm in St Mark’s Church Wood Green on 17th May, in celebration of his Mayoral year. The service would be conducted by his Chaplain - Father Simon Clark.