Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 7th March, 2017 12.30 pm

Venue: Aldermens' Court Room

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 1^st February 2017 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.

Vote of thanks to James North (former Swordbearer)

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Minutes:

Resolved unanimously - That, on the occasion of his recent departure from the City of London Corporation, this Court takes great pleasure in conveying to James North its sincere appreciation of his service to the Corporation and to this Court during the past four years as The Swordbearer. As the principal adviser on ceremonial and protocol in Mansion House, James performed, at all times, his ceremonial duties with great confidence and panache.

The first non-military Swordbearer since at least 1957, in his capacity as Senior Programme Manager, a role that he had performed since 2008, James was very proactive in strengthening the Mansion House’s links with a broad range of external bodies including the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council. He also worked closely with the Foreign Commonwealth Office to streamline the Mayoral visits programming arrangements, advising senior officers and Members about the new programming agenda ahead of, and during, its introduction in 2016.

As the first Chairman of the City Corporation’s LGBT Staff Network, James was indeed an assertive and vibrant diversity champion, leading the network’s meetings, priorities and work plans.

Members have valued and benefited from his professionalism and sound advice on a variety of issues. James’ knowledge of ceremonial and protocol and his familiarity will be missed. The Members therefore welcome this opportunity to thank James for his contribution to the work of this Court and for the extremely capable way in which he has carried out the role of The Swordbearer over the past four years. They warmly express the hope that he will retain many happy memories of his time spent with the City of London Corporation.

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

Name	Occupation		Address	Company
Peter Gavin Black		a Dispensing Optician	Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire	Spectacle Makers
Michael Alexander Reid		a Writer	Wapping	Horners
Florian Gottfried Maximilian Othmar Schratt		a Technology Consulting Company Director	Lambeth	Information Technologists
Debbie Waldron-Hoines		a Management Services Director	Bramhope, Leeds	Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Dr Brian Gilvary		a Finance Director	Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire	Tallow Chandlers
Angela Jane Peacock		a Training Company Chairman	Allens Green, Hertfordshire	Insurers
Simon Boycott Jones		a Ship Broker	Flimwell, Wadhurst, East Sussex	Shipwrights
Sally Anne Flanagan		a Executive Director	Golden Green, Tonbridge, Kent	Fruiterers
Jeffrey David Gardner		a Consultant	Aylesford, Kent	Security Professionals
Samuel Peter Rhodes		a Sales Director	Hampton, Middlesex	Brewers
Stephen Young		a Sales Director	Edwalton, Nottingham	Brewers
Charles David Rhoades Collinge		a Weaver	Huntingdon Hall Lane, Dutton, Preston	Weavers
Ian Michael Bickers		a Prison Governor	Ledburn, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire	Drapers
Professor David Martin Howard		an Engineer	Laleham Reach, Chertsey, Surrey	Engineers
Craig Alexander Holloway		an Electronics Company Director	Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire	Hackney Carriage Drivers
Thomas Buchanan Jenkins		an Accountant	Hinderton Road, Neston, Cheshire	Management Consultants
Matthew James Pryor		a Construction Company Managing Director	Witham, Essex	Paviors
Jonathan Hilary Paul Stuart		an Information Technology Director	Pattishall, Towcester, Northamptonshire	Scientific Instrument Makers
Simon James Thomas Ralphs		a Solicitor	Wimbledon	Pattenmakers
Timo Felix Haedrich		an Architect	Kensington	Chartered Architects
Emma Jane Hartley		a Journalist	Bow	Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Mark Frederick Walden		a Design Manager	Benfleet, Essex	Masons
Nicholas John Stretton		a Loss Adjuster Company Vice President	Croydon, Surrey	Insurers
John Geoffrey Smith		a Rail Freight Company Director	Naseby, Northants	Paviors
Richard Daniel Grimes		a Navigator	Horn Hill, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire	Shipwrights
SherifWadie Hanna Narouz		a Railway Company Executive	Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire	Paviors
Daniel Jon Campbell		an Architect	Richmond Upon Thames	Chartered

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Minutes:

Mr Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and twenty-four 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
Peter Gavin Black	a Dispensing Optician	Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire	Spectacle Makers
Michael Alexander Reid	a Writer	Wapping	Horners
Florian Gottfried Maximilian Othmar Schratt	a Technology Consulting Company Director	Lambeth	Information Technologists
Debbie Waldron-Hoines	a Management Services Director	Bramhope, Leeds	Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Dr Brian Gilvary	a Finance Director	Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire	Tallow Chandlers
Angela Jane Peacock	a Training Company Chairman	Allens Green, Hertfordshire	Insurers
Simon Boycott Jones	a Ship Broker	Flimwell, Wadhurst, East Sussex	Shipwrights
Sally Anne Flanagan	a Executive Director	Golden Green, Tonbridge, Kent	Fruiterers
Jeffrey David Gardner	a Consultant	Aylesford, Kent	Security Professionals
Samuel Peter Rhodes	a Sales Director	Hampton, Middlesex	Brewers
Stephen Young	a Sales Director	Edwalton, Nottingham	Brewers
Charles David Rhoades Collinge	a Weaver	Huntingdon Hall Lane, Dutton, Preston	Weavers
Ian Michael Bickers	a Prison Governor	Ledburn, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire	Drapers
Professor David Martin Howard	an Engineer	Laleham Reach, Chertsey, Surrey	Engineers
Craig Alexander Holloway	an Electronics Company Director	Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire	Hackney Carriage Drivers
Thomas Buchanan Jenkins	an Accountant	Hinderton Road, Neston, Cheshire	Management Consultants
Matthew James Pryor	a Construction Company Managing Director	Witham, Essex	Paviors
Jonathan Hilary Paul Stuart	an Information Technology Director	Pattishall, Towcester, Northamptonshire	Scientific Instrument Makers
Simon James Thomas Ralphs	a Solicitor	Wimbledon	Pattenmakers
Timo Felix Haedrich	an Architect	Kensington	Chartered Architects
Emma Jane Hartley	a Journalist	Bow	Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Mark Frederick Walden	a Design Manager	Benfleet, Essex	Masons
Nicholas John Stretton	a Loss Adjuster Company Vice President	Croydon, Surrey	Insurers
John Geoffrey Smith	a Rail Freight Company Director	Naseby, Northants

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Thanks to the Spital Sermon Preacher

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Minutes:

At the direction of the Lord Mayor this matter was deferred until such time that the service had been delivered by The Right Reverend Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark on 9^th March 2017.

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Reports:-

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Minutes:

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE OF ALDERMEN

(i) Options for the closure of the Charity: Emanuel Hospital (206952)

To consider, as Trustees of the Emanuel Hospital charity (206952), recommendations of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen in respect of the closure of the charity.

Resolved:- That –

(i) the annual pension to existing pensioners be increased to £1,600 from 1 April 2017;

(ii) it is expedient and in the best interests of Emanuel Hospital and its beneficiaries that trusteeship of the Charity should be transferred to Friends of the Elderly, or alternatively the charitable objects of the charity should be widened by scheme and its assets should be transferred to Friends of the Elderly (either subject to or freed from the current permanent endowment restrictions) and the Emanuel Hospital charity closed;

(iii) all investments held in The City of London Charities Pool be sold and authority delegated to the Chamberlain to take all actions necessary to give effect to this decision; and

(iv) authority be delegated to the Comptroller and City Solicitor to act on the charity’s behalf with the Charity Commission, and to settle the basis and terms of the transfer of Emanuel Hospital with Friends of the Elderly, including carrying out any due diligence on Friends of the Elderly to ensure that it is a suitable recipient, with any further decisions arising being referred back to the Court of Aldermen.

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Urgent Item:- Letter

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Minutes:

The Town Clerk lay before the Court a letter from Alderman Nicholas Anstee offering to surrender his Office of Alderman of the ward of Aldersgate.

RECEIVED.

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