Issue - meetings

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

Meeting: 19/10/2009 - Full Council (Item 38)

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

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Minutes:

 

  1. The Mayor, with great sadness reported the death of Yuniea Semambo - Head of Local Democracy and Member Services, whose funeral took place on Friday 16th October. The Mayor commented that Yuniea joined the Council in 2000 and would be fondly remember for her enthusiasm, her dedication and total professionalism.   On behalf of all the members and the officers who worked with Yuniea the Mayor would send this Authority’s sincere condolences to Yuniea’s family.

 

The Council stood and observed a one minute’s silence in memory of Yuniea Semambo.

 

  1. The Mayor was delighted to announce that Haringey Council’s website has been ranked the second best in the country by a new independent survey.  The site was rated highly by web usability agency ‘Webcredible’.  The site was also rated as a national Top 20 best practice local authority website by the Society of Information Technology Management. The Mayor also passed on her congratulations to all the Web team staff for their hard work and this well deserved recognition.