Issue - meetings
Election of Chairman 2014/15
Meeting: 08/05/2014 - Council (Item 2)
ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN 2014/15
It is a legal requirement that the first formal business at the Annual General Meeting shall be the election of a Councillor to be the Chair(man) of the Council. The term of office of the Chair(man) expires on the election of his/her successor at the Annual Meeting of the Council in 2015.
The present Chair(man) of the Council is Councillor Neil Butters who will preside over the election of his successor.
Once the new Chair(man) is elected, he will make and sign the Declaration of Acceptance of Office, and receive the Chain of Office from the former Chair(man), after which he may address the Council.
The newly elected Chair(man) will preside from this point in the proceedings.
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It was proposed by Councillor Tim Warren, seconded by Councillor Sarah Bevan and supported by Councillors Dave Laming and John Bull and
RESOLVED that Councillor Martin Veal be elected Chairman of the Council for the year 2014/15.
Councillor Veal made and signed his Declaration of Acceptance of Office and received the chain of office from Councillor Neil Butters and presented the consort’s badge to his wife, Sarah.
Councillor Veal then addressed the Council.
FROM THIS STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS, COUNCILLOR MARTIN VEAL, AS CHAIRMAN, PRESIDED AT THE MEETING.
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