Agenda item

To elect a chairman in accordance with Standing Order No.29.

In accordance with Standing Order No.29, the Board proceeded to elect a Chairman for the year ensuing. The Town Clerk read a list of Members eligible to stand and Deputy John Tomlinson, being the only Member expressing his willingness to serve, was duly elected as Chairman.

The Chairman thanked Members for their support and welcomed those new Members to the Board, viz.:

·         Tom Sleigh, newly elected to the Board

·         Wendy Mead, now elected to the Board in her own right having previously served as the Policy & Resources Committee’s representative

·         Michael Welbank, the new representative  of the Policy & Resources Committee; and

·         Deputy John Bennett, on the Board in an ex-officio capacity as the new Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

He also took the opportunity to thank Deputy Richard Regan, who had not been successful in achieving re-election to the Board, for his contribution over the years. It was noted that Alderman David Graves and Jeremy Simons, both also having now left the Board, had been thanked at the previous meeting.