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Election of Lord Mayor
The CEO advised that he had
received 2 nominations for Lord Mayor and sought advice as to whether any
further nominations were to be submitted.
There being no further
nominations, the CEO advised that the nominations he had received for Lord
Mayor, in alphabetical order, were:-
(1) Councillor J Chedid
and;
(2) Councillor J D Finn
The CEO then advised that as a
ballot was required, Council needed to determine the method of election.
RESOLVED (Wilson/Wearne)
That the method of
voting for election of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor proceed by open
ballot in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 7 of the Local
Government (General) Regulations 2005.
An open ballot (show of hands)
was then held for the election of Lord Mayor and the following votes were
recorded:-
Councillor J Chedid - 9 votes
Councillor J D Finn - 6
votes
The CEO then declared Councillor
J Chedid duly elected as Lord Mayor for the next 12 months.
Note
At this time, the newly
elected Lord Mayor, Councillor J Chedid assumed the Chair.
Election of Deputy Lord Mayor
The CEO advised that he had
received 2 nominations for Deputy Lord Mayor and sought advice as to whether
any further nominations were to be submitted.
There being no further
nominations, the CEO advised that the nominations he had received for Deputy Lord
Mayor, in alphabetical order, were:-
(1) Councillor P B Barber
(2) Councillor M D McDermott
The CEO then advised that
voting would proceed in accordance with the earlier resolution (Minute No
11825 refers).
An open ballot (show of hands)
was held and the following votes were recorded:-
Councillor P Barber – 6 votes
Councillor M McDermott – 9
votes.
The CEO then declared
Councillor M D McDermott duly elected as Deputy Lord Mayor for the next 12
months.
The meeting terminated at 8.20 pm
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