To elect the Mayor for the ensuing year.
1. 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.
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Minutes:
ELECTION OF MAYOR: The Mayor called for Nominations for the Office of Mayor for the Municipal Year 2009/10.
Councillor Haley moved and Councillor Lister seconded that Councillor Vanier be elected Mayor.
Councillor Mughal moved and Councillor Alexander seconded that Councillor Baker be elected Mayor.
Having put the vote to the meeting there being 22 votes for Councillor Baker, and 30 for Councillor Vanier, the Council:
RESOLVED:
1. That Councillor Bernice Vanier be elected Mayor for the Municipal Year 2009/10.
2. The Mayor made and signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office, which was witnessed by Councillors Haley and Lister.
3. The Mayor then addressed the Council, gave thanks for her election and outlined her objectives for her year of office.
4. The Mayor’s consort Mr Vernon King was then invested with his Badge of Office.