Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Question - That the minutes of the last Court are correctly recorded?

Minutes:

Resolved – That the Minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 10th July 2012 were correctly recorded.

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2.

The Bridgemasters to make the prescribed declaration under the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 for the due execution of the office

Minutes:

The Bridgemasters, Mr Howard and Peter Bennett (City Surveyor) made the prescribed declaration under the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 for the due execution of the office.

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3.

The Comptroller & City Solicitor to make the prescribed declaration under the Promissory Oaths Act, 1868

Minutes:

The Comptroller & City Solicitor, Mr Michael Patrick Cogher made the prescribed declaration under the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 for the due execution of the office.

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4.

Resolutions on Retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials etc.

Minutes:

Retirement of the Town Clerk:

 

Resolved unanimously –That, on taking its leave from Chris Duffield, this Court wishes to express to him its most sincere thanks for the service that he has given over these past nine years.

 

The City Corporation is an unusual, a unique, organisation; apart from the extent of its activities and the challenges they can produce, the absence of party politics and the existence of both the Court of Aldermen and of Common Council add to the complexity of how it runs. Chris’s experience and ability enabled him very quickly to get a sense of the way in which the organisation works and he has always shown a very quick grasp of issues key to the solving of problems.  This has manifested itself in countless ways but for this Court in particular in the sensitive way in which the review of the boundaries was conducted, which had a very successful outcome, in the huge amount of behind the scenes work in preparing options for us to consider about links with magistracy and, not least, in seeking to safeguard the interests of this Court.

 

The Members of this Court are as one in expressing their warmest thanks to Chris and in wishing him, and Tricia, a long and happy retirement, with many happy memories of Guildhall and of a job very well done.

 

Mr. Duffield replied in suitable terms.

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5.

Mr Chamberlain's list of applicants for the Freedom of the City:-

Name                                                    Occupation                        Address                                Company

Constantina Daphne  Firth

a Solicitor

Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire

Wax Chandlers

Simon Andrew Dorsett

a Cleaning Company Director

Worthing, Sussex

Environmental Cleaners

Richard Michael Martin

a Commercial Director

Northampton, Northamptonshire

Environmental Cleaners

Kenneth Hugh Prosser

a Financial Advisor

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Environmental Cleaners

Barbara Mary Spiller

a Marketing Advisor

Bourne, Lincolnshire

Environmental Cleaners

Richard Michael Drabble

a Chartered Engineer

Steyning, Sussex

Engineers

Victoria Louise Oracz

a Sales Manager

Hoghton, Preston, Lancashire

Launderers

Elizabeth Shearer Currie Jennings

a Director of Projects Management

Tytherington, Macclesfield, Cheshire

Salters

Graham Neil Hicks

a Genealogist

Newtown, Wigan, Lancashire

Framework Knitters

Paul Grahame Knight

a Finance Director, retired

Caterham, Surrey

Coachmakers & Coach-Harness Makers

Robert David Vincent Garnett

a Chartered Surveyor, retired

Norwell, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Arts Scholars

Michael Roger Blayney

a Consultant Anaesthetist

Crosby, Isle of Man

Clockmakers

Daniel Matthew Tom Gwyther

an Investment Banker

Limpley Stoke, Bath, Wiltshire

Gardeners

KerttuKulasepp

a Financierl

Holborn, Camden

International Bankers

David John Lane

an Actuary

Herne Hill, Southwark

Actuaries

Stephen Kenneth Stark

a Sales Director

Bishop Sutton, Bristol

Lightmongers

Graham Elvin Lewis

a General Manager

Portslade, Brighton, Sussex

Lightmongers

David Philip Manning

a Royal Air Force Officer

Carterton, Oxfordshire

Coopers

Simon Scott Edwards

a Royal Air Force Officer

Wantage, Oxfordshire

Coopers

Robin Annis

a Security Company Director

Maldon, Essex

Security Professionals

Charles William Plant

a Solicitor

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Solicitors

Serena Belinda Leslie Fox

a Jewellery Designer

Purley, Croydon

Goldsmiths

Pauline Mavyn Lyle-Smith

a Lawyer

Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham

World Traders

Jennifer Mary Chesshire

a Secretary

Wroxeter, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Broderers

Linda Anne Palmer

a Banker, retired

Whiteparish, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Broderers

Narinder Singh Dio

a Security Company Director

Northfleet, Kent

Security Professionals

Susan Margaret Fey, OBE

a Regeneration Company Chief Executive, retired

Hornchurch, Havering

Educators

Rosemary Grace

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Minutes:

Mr. Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and fifteen persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they be admitted into the Freedom of this City accordingly, as follows:-

 

Name                                     Occupation                     Address                             Company

Constantina Daphne  Firth

a Solicitor

Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire

Wax Chandlers

Simon Andrew Dorsett

a Cleaning Company Director

Worthing, Sussex

Environmental Cleaners

Richard Michael Martin

a Commercial Director

Northampton, Northamptonshire

Environmental Cleaners

Kenneth Hugh Prosser

a Financial Advisor

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Environmental Cleaners

Barbara Mary Spiller

a Marketing Advisor

Bourne, Lincolnshire

Environmental Cleaners

Richard Michael Drabble

a Chartered Engineer

Steyning, Sussex

Engineers

Victoria Louise Oracz

a Sales Manager

Hoghton, Preston, Lancashire

Launderers

Elizabeth Shearer Currie Jennings

a Director of Projects Management

Tytherington, Macclesfield, Cheshire

Salters

Graham Neil Hicks

a Genealogist

Newtown, Wigan, Lancashire

Framework Knitters

Paul Grahame Knight

a Finance Director, retired

Caterham, Surrey

Coachmakers & Coach-Harness Makers

Robert David Vincent Garnett

a Chartered Surveyor, retired

Norwell, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Arts Scholars

Michael Roger Blayney

a Consultant Anaesthetist

Crosby, Isle of Man

Clockmakers

Daniel Matthew Tom Gwyther

an Investment Banker

Limpley Stoke, Bath, Wiltshire

Gardeners

KerttuKulasepp

a Financierl

Holborn, Camden

International Bankers

David John Lane

an Actuary

Herne Hill, Southwark

Actuaries

Stephen Kenneth Stark

a Sales Director

Bishop Sutton, Bristol

Lightmongers

Graham Elvin Lewis

a General Manager

Portslade, Brighton, Sussex

Lightmongers

David Philip Manning

a Royal Air Force Officer

Carterton, Oxfordshire

Coopers

Simon Scott Edwards

a Royal Air Force Officer

Wantage, Oxfordshire

Coopers

Robin Annis

a Security Company Director

Maldon, Essex

Security Professionals

Charles William Plant

a Solicitor

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Solicitors

Serena Belinda Leslie Fox

a Jewellery Designer

Purley, Croydon

Goldsmiths

Pauline Mavyn Lyle-Smith

a Lawyer

Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham

World Traders

Jennifer Mary Chesshire

a Secretary

Wroxeter, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Broderers

Linda Anne Palmer

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6.

Applications of the following Freemen to be recorded in the companies named:-

Name                                                   Company

Brian Martin Jones                             Fletchers

Effie Kassimiotis                                Musicians

Ian Stewart Wilson                             Poulters

 

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Minutes:

Applications of the following Freemen to be recorded in the Companies named:-

 

Name                                                   Company

Brian Martin Jones                             Fletchers

Effie Kassimiotis                                 Musicians

Ian Stewart Wilson                             Poulters

 

Read and agreed to.

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