Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 9th February, 2021 12.30 pm

Venue: Public Virtual Meeting

Contact: Lorraine Brook
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Question - That the minutes of the last Court are an accurate record? PDF 159 KB

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Minutes:

Resolved:- That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 8^th December 2020 were correctly recorded.

[The minutes of the Court of Common Council were accessible throughout the meeting.]

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Mr. Chamberlain's List of Applicants for the Freedom of the City

Name	Occupation		Address		Company
Christopher Andrew Antoniou		a Security Company Director		Hornchurch, Essex		Security Professionals
James Anthony Baker		a Maritime Arbitrator		Marylebone		Shipwrights
Michael Edward Belcher		a Professional Genealogist		Belton, Texas, USA		Spectacle Makers
Damian Matthew Arundell Benson		a Company Secretary		Camberwell, Victoria, Australia		Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Richard Carl Beyer		a Solicitor		Frensham, Surrey		Shipwrights
Malcolm David Bint		an Electrical Engineer, retired		Petersfield, Hampshire		Painter-Stainers
Alan Brian Blanchard		a Business Developer		Woking, Surrey		International Bankers
Helen Mair Braiden		a Nurse, retired		Woking, Surrey		Nurses
Robert Fergus Buchanan		a Meat Operations Manager		Wimbledon		Butchers
William George Carrington		a Data Analytics Company Chairman		Cornhill On Tweed, Northumberland		Painter-Stainers
Emilio Antonio Chiquito		a Barrister		Canary Wharf		International Bankers
Peter Clement Crump		a Design Company Managing Director		Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire		Goldsmiths
Bernard Francis Cunningham		a Plasterer		Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland		Plaisterers
Rachel Louise Daly		a Dementia Specialist Nurse		Cheddington, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire		Nurses
David Dancy		a Freight Trader		Battersea		Grocers
Julia Margaret Davies		a Computer Software Company Director		Swallowfield, Berkshire		Painter-Stainers
Professor William David Drury		an Electrical Engineer		Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire		Engineers
Simon Elliott		a Historian and Archaeologist		Mereworth, Kent		Communicators
Robert Allen Fell		a Trade Association Chief Executive Officer		Wantage, Oxfordshire		Tin Plate Workers Alias Wire Workers
Peter Anthony Ferrigno		a Tax Partner		Pollenca, Balearic Islands, Spain		Tax Advisers
Mohamed Faizal Gara		a Commercial Manager		Isleworth, Middlesex		Marketors
Kevin Leslie Gardiner		an Economist and Banker		Maida Vale		Curriers
Professor Julian William Gardner		a University Professor		Kineton, Warwickshire		Engineers
Brian John Garwood		a Postal Officer, retired		Great Livermere, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk		Spectacle Makers
Mihail Florin Gavrila		a Notary Public and Solicitor		Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey		Solicitors
Kenneth Corbett Gray		a Brewing Company Managing Director		Bearsden, Glasgow		Brewers
Alison Louise Griffiths		a Technology Strategy and Marketing Director		Itchenor, West Sussex		International Bankers
The Hon. Alexander

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Minutes:

Mr Chamberlain presented the names of sixty-six 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
Christopher Andrew Antoniou		a Security Company Director		Hornchurch, Essex	Security Professionals
James Anthony Baker		a Maritime Arbitrator		Marylebone	Shipwrights
Michael Edward Belcher		a Professional Genealogist		Belton, Texas, USA	Spectacle Makers
Damian Matthew Arundell Benson		a Company Secretary		Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Richard Carl Beyer		a Solicitor		Frensham, Surrey	Shipwrights
Malcolm David Bint		an Electrical Engineer, retired		Petersfield, Hampshire	Painter-Stainers
Alan Brian Blanchard		a Business Developer		Woking, Surrey	International Bankers
Helen Mair Braiden		a Nurse, retired		Woking, Surrey	Nurses
Robert Fergus Buchanan		a Meat Operations Manager		Wimbledon	Butchers
William George Carrington		a Data Analytics Company Chairman		Cornhill On Tweed, Northumberland	Painter-Stainers
Emilio Antonio Chiquito		a Barrister		Canary Wharf	International Bankers
Peter Clement Crump		a Design Company Managing Director		Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire	Goldsmiths
Bernard Francis Cunningham		a Plasterer		Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland	Plaisterers
Rachel Louise Daly		a Dementia Specialist Nurse		Cheddington, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire	Nurses
David Dancy		a Freight Trader		Battersea	Grocers
Julia Margaret Davies		a Computer Software Company Director		Swallowfield, Berkshire	Painter-Stainers
Professor William David Drury		an Electrical Engineer		Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, Hertfordshire	Engineers
Simon Elliott		a Historian and Archaeologist		Mereworth, Kent	Communicators
Robert Allen Fell		a Trade Association Chief Executive Officer		Wantage, Oxfordshire	Tin Plate Workers Alias Wire Workers
Peter Anthony Ferrigno		a Tax Partner		Pollenca, Balearic Islands, Spain	Tax Advisers
Mohamed Faizal Gara		a Commercial Manager		Isleworth, Middlesex	Marketors
Kevin Leslie Gardiner		an Economist and Banker		Maida Vale	Curriers
Professor Julian William Gardner		a University Professor		Kineton, Warwickshire	Engineers
Brian John Garwood		a Postal Officer, retired		Great Livermere, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	Spectacle Makers
Mihail Florin Gavrila		a Notary Public

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Application of the following to be recorded as Freeman of the City, and in the Company Named:-

Name Company

Mary Hill Nurses

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Minutes:

Name Company

Mary Hill Nurses

Read and Agreed to.

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Precepts for Common Hall for the Election of Sheriffs and other Officers and for the Election of a Lord Mayor to be issued

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Minutes:

The draft of a Precept to the Masters, Prime Wardens, Upper Bailiff and Wardens of the several Livery Companies requiring the attendance of the Livery on 24^th June next for the election of Sheriffs and other Officers for the year ensuing and on 29^th September next, for the election of a Lord Mayor of this City, for the year ensuing, was read, agreed to and ordered to be issued.

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Order for keeping the Hustings clear to be passed

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Minutes:

An Order against persons crowding upon the Hustings at elections at Common Hall was passed.

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Report: Privileges Committee of the Court of Aldermen

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Minutes:

(i) Change of Name: Privileges Committee of the Court of Aldermen

The Chairman of the Privileges Committee of the Court of Aldermen advised the Court of the Committee’s recommendation arising from its meeting on 8th December 2020, that the name of the Committee be retitled the Nominations Committee of the Court of Aldermen in order to better reflect the work of the Committee in respect of Shrieval and Mayoral progression.

Resolved Unanimously:- That –

(i) the Privileges Committee of the Court of Aldermen be retitled the Nominations Committee of the Court of Aldermen with immediate effect; and

(ii) all relevant materials containing references to the Committee to be amended.

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Report of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen: The Emanuel Hospital Management Sub-Committee

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Minutes:

With the Court’s consent an additional item, notice of which did not appear on the agenda, was considered.

The Court of Aldermen considered a number of recommendations of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen, following earlier consideration of recommendations of The Emanuel Hospital Management Sub-Committee. In relation to the Charity’s funds held and a review of key financial policies, the Court of Aldermen RESOLVED that:-

(i) the Revised Reserves Policy be adopted as follows:

“The permanent endowment funds are held in perpetuity. It is the Trustee’s policy to invest the assets of the Charity held within this fund to retain the real value of the endowment, whilst generating sufficient income to fund the activities undertaken both now and in the future. The free reserves of the Charity are held to cover working capital needs. The Trustee believes that an amount of £45,000 should be held at present, which will be subject to annual review.”

(ii) the designation on the unrestricted designated (income) funds currently held and invested to generate further income for application on the Charity’s purposes be removed as the Charity’s permanent endowment fund generates sufficient income to meet the agreed level of support to the Lady Dacre Pensioners on an on-going basis.

(iii) the current Investment Policy of the Charity, stated below, be endorsed – “The Emanuel Hospital’s funds are invested in the City of London Charities Pool (Charity reg. no. 1021138). The investment policy is to provide a real increase in annual income in the long term, while preserving the value of the capital base.”

(iv) having regard to the preceding decisions such that the Charity currently has approximately £1.27m available for expenditure on the Charity’s widened purposes, and taking account of projected income and expenditure on Lady Dacre Pensioners and operational costs, the Charity adopt a

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