Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 28th October, 2014 12.30 pm

Venue: Committee Rooms, 2nd Floor, West Wing, Guildhall

Contact: Lorraine Brook
tel. no.: 020 7332 1409 Email: lorraine.brook@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items

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

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Minutes:

Resolved – That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 9^th September 2014 were correctly recorded.

The minutes of the Court of Common Council were laid upon the table of the Court.

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Resolutions on Retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials etc.

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Minutes:

There were none.

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

Name	Occupation		Address		Company
Stephen Bruce Ray		a Corporate Affairs Director		Windmill Hill, Alton, Hampshire		Brewers
Heather Mary Newton		a Head of Stonemasonry and Conservator		Herne Bay, Kent		Carpenters
Jonathan Mark O'Neill		a Fire Protection Company Director		Harvington, Evesham, Worcestershire		Firefighters
William David March		a Fire Safety Inspection Officer		Knaphill, Woking, Surrey		Firefighters
Allen Jones		an Electrical Mechanical Engineer, retired		Goring By Sea, Sussex		Firefighters
Dame Susan Ruth Street, DCB		a Civil Servant, retired		St. John's Wood		Firefighters
Sean Bartholomew Daly		an Engineer		Sutton, Norwich		Engineers
Michael Burdett Ward		an Actuary		South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey		Actuaries
Katherine Anne Smart		a Group Chief Brewer		Rempstone, Loughborough, Leicestershire		Brewers
Michael Gordon Chennells		a Farmer		Eagle, Lincoln		Farmers
Hillary Ann Russell		a Farming Company Secretary		Thriplow, Royston, Hertfordshire		Farmers
Ralph John Booth		a Banker		Wandsworth		Ironmongers
Simon John Cox		a Solicitor		Hove, East Sussex		Solicitors
Timothy John Gregson		a Livery Company Clerk		City of London		Carpenters
David Robert Ing		a Marketing Agency Managing Director		Maidstone, Kent		Paviors
Shaun Thomas Elliott		a Waste Company Director		East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent		Paviors
Sharon Field		a Head of Corporate Social Responsibility		Hayesford Park, Bromley, Kent		Paviors
Jordan William Relfe		a Surveyor		Tunbridge Wells, Kent		Paviors
Geoffrey Anderson		a Street Lighting Company Managing Director		Matlock, Derbyshire		Lightmongers
Karen Georgina Smith		a Project Development Manager		Hayes, Middlesex		Management Consultants
Robert John Gay		a Solicitor		Leytonstone		Arbitrators
Michael Siddique Khan		a Director of Technology and Software Development		Croydon, Surrey		Information Technologists
Heather Jill Hartwell		a Professor		Poole, Dorset		Cooks
Zoe King		an Investment Manager		Blackheath		Musicians
Matthew Samuel Johnson		a Gunmaker		Penn, Buckinghamshire		Gunmakers
Jin Jun Zhang		a Medical Researcher		Surbiton, Surrey		Spectacle Makers
Samantha Jane Waller		an Aviation Consultant		Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent		Air Pilots
David Allen		a Part Time Lecturer		Lindley, Huddersfield

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Minutes:

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

Name	Occupation		Address		Company
Stephen Bruce Ray		a Corporate Affairs Director		Windmill Hill, Alton, Hampshire		Brewers
Heather Mary Newton		a Head of Stonemasonry and Conservator		Herne Bay, Kent		Carpenters
Jonathan Mark O'Neill		a Fire Protection Company Director		Harvington, Evesham, Worcestershire		Firefighters
William David March		a Fire Safety Inspection Officer		Knaphill, Woking, Surrey		Firefighters
Allen Jones		an Electrical Mechanical Engineer, retired		Goring By Sea, Sussex		Firefighters
Dame Susan Ruth Street, DCB		a Civil Servant, retired		St. John's Wood		Firefighters
Sean Bartholomew Daly		an Engineer		Sutton, Norwich		Engineers
Michael Burdett Ward		an Actuary		South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey		Actuaries
Katherine Anne Smart		a Group Chief Brewer		Rempstone, Loughborough, Leicestershire		Brewers
Michael Gordon Chennells		a Farmer		Eagle, Lincoln		Farmers
Hillary Ann Russell		a Farming Company Secretary		Thriplow, Royston, Hertfordshire		Farmers
Ralph John Booth		a Banker		Wandsworth		Ironmongers
Simon John Cox		a Solicitor		Hove, East Sussex		Solicitors
Timothy John Gregson		a Livery Company Clerk		City of London		Carpenters
David Robert Ing		a Marketing Agency Managing Director		Maidstone, Kent		Paviors
Shaun Thomas Elliott		a Waste Company Director		East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent		Paviors
Sharon Field		a Head of Corporate Social Responsibility		Hayesford Park, Bromley, Kent		Paviors
Jordan William Relfe		a Surveyor		Tunbridge Wells, Kent		Paviors
Geoffrey Anderson		a Street Lighting Company Managing Director		Matlock, Derbyshire		Lightmongers
Karen Georgina Smith		a Project Development Manager		Hayes, Middlesex		Management Consultants
Robert John Gay		a Solicitor		Leytonstone		Arbitrators
Michael Siddique Khan		a Director of Technology and Software Development		Croydon, Surrey		Information Technologists
Heather Jill Hartwell		a Professor		Poole, Dorset		Cooks
Zoe King		an Investment Manager		Blackheath		Musicians
Matthew Samuel Johnson		a

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Thanks to the Chaplain to The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor for the Sermon preached by him on 29th September 2014 at the Guild Church of St.Lawrence Jewry.

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Minutes:

Resolved unanimously – That the thanks of this Court be given to The Reverend Canon David Parrott, Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, for the sermon preached by him before her Lordship and this Court and the livery of the several companies of this City at the Guild Church of St Lawrence Jewry on 29^th September 2014, prior to the election of a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing.

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Urgent Business - Letters:-

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Minutes:

The Town Clerk lay before the Court a letter from Alderman Alison Gowman offering to surrender her Office of Alderman of the Ward of Dowgate.

The Town lay before the Court a letter from Alderman Neil Redcliffe offering to surrender his Office of Alderman of the Ward of Bishopsgate.

RECEIVED.

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