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.]
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Minutes:
The Chief Executive reported that the Mayor had signified in writing the appointment of Councillor Kaushika Amin Deputy Mayor for the ensuing year.
Councillor Amin was invested with her Badge of Office. A posy was presented to the Deputy Mayor by Leah Grosskopf.
The Mayor announced that the Deputy Mayor would have two Deputy Mayoresses – the Deputy Mayor’s two twin daughters – Sitara and Zakeeya Amin-Tilly. The Deputy Mayoress present – Sitara Amin-Tilly was then invested with her badge of office.
Two posies were presented – one to to Sitara Amin-Tilly, and the other to the Mayor, by Miri Grosskopf.
NOTED