Agenda and minutes

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

Contact: Gemma Stokley  Email: gemma.stokley@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items
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1.

Question - that the minutes of the last two Courts are correctly recorded? pdf icon PDF 323 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Resolved: That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 6th September 2022 and 10th September 2022 were correctly recorded.

 

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2.

Resolutions on retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials etc.

Minutes:

(i)          Resolved:- That in taking their leave of

 

THE RT HON THE BARONESS SCOTLAND OF ASTHAL KC

 

upon her retirement as Alderman for the Ward of Bishopsgate, this Court desires to place on record its most sincere appreciation of the service that she has given to the City Corporation and, in particular, to this Court, over the past eight years.

 

Patricia was first elected to the Court of Alderman for the Ward of Bishopsgate in December 2014, where she became the first black person and fourth woman in the Court’s history to do so. She is certainly no stranger to trailblazing throughout both her civic and professional career but a passion for diversity has ensured that she has always been willing to pave the way for others and to not be the ‘only’ in many of these fields for long.

 

Bishopsgate has long held a special place in Patricia’s heart, given that it was the first place in which she worked in the City, as a clerk in N.B. Smith & Co, at the age of just 16 in 1971. Little did she imagine then, as the 10th of 12 children, born in Dominica but growing up in Walthamstow, that this would be the beginning of such a remarkable journey.

 

Not long after her election as Alderman, international recognition of her significant talents followed, as she was elected as Secretary General of the Commonwealth in 2015 – yet more trailblazing as she became the first woman and first British citizen to hold this post - and was, in recent months, successfully elected for a second term. This has given us the opportunity to greet Patricia in a different guise and hopefully we will continue to do so and to work alongside her as the City of London Corporation, through collaboration

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3.

The Comptroller and City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Thursday, 15th September 2022 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Bishopsgate

Minutes:

The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on 15th

September 2022 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Bishopsgate.

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4.

The Comptroller and City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Thursday, 15th September 2022 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Cripplegate

Minutes:

The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on 15th

September 2022 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Cripplegate.

 

Susan Pearson was then presented to the Court of Aldermen.

 

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5.

Bridgemasters Oath

Minutes:

The Bridgemasters, Mr Martin Frank Howard and Mr Peter Gordon Bennett, made

the prescribed declaration under the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 for the due

execution of the Office.

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6.

Applications for the Freedom of the City pdf icon PDF 113 KB

Minutes:

The Chamberlain presented the names of ninety-three 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

Benjamin John Albrow

a Project Manager

Marden, Kent

Wheelwrights

 

Morgan Alexandra Allen

a Chartered Surveyor

Walthamstow, Waltham Forest

Chartered Surveyors

 

Sweyn Hamish Alsop

a Pilot

Penryn, Cornwall

Air Pilots

 

James Ellis Armstrong

a Plastic Recycling Company Director

 

County Meath, Ireland

 

Horners

Captain Paul Atkinson

an Airline Pilot, retired

 

Braintree, Essex

Air Pilots

Rollie Sebastian Attard

a Textile Manufacturer Chief Executive Officer

 

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Furniture Makers

Jacob Philip Antony Ball

an Investment Company Project Manager

 

Deal, Kent

Plumbers

Orla Catherine Bance

an Accountant

Buckhurst Hill, Essex

Constructors

 

Andrew Douglas Banks

a Software Engineering Consultant

 

Farnborough, Hampshire

Information Technologists

Michelle Annette Batho

a Dispensing Optician

 

Wrexham, Wales

Spectacle Makers

 

George Richard Beach

a Wholesale Company Managing Director

 

Dunnington, Warwickshire

Fruiterers

Donna Louise Bellingham

a Furniture Making Company Director

Lower Broadheath, Worcester

 

Furniture Makers

Dr Jing Bian

a Senior Lecturer

Hornchurch, Essex

The Worshipful Company Educators

Alexander Howard Bilbie

a Software Engineer and Entrepreneur

 

Beckenham, Kent

Information Technologists

Thomas Paul Richard Bloxham, MBE

an Architecture Firm Chairman

 

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Chartered Architects

Ian Jonathan Bond

a Police Chief Inspector

Sittingbourne, Kent

Security Professionals

 

Thomas Alick Brookes

a Managing Director

North Scarle, Lincoln

Firefighters

 

Sophie Nicole Alison Carragher

 

a Student Nurse

Clapham, Lambeth

Loriners

Richard John Chew

a National Sales Manager

 

Etwall, Derby

Carmen

James Robert Clifford Christopherson

a Management Consultant

Quainton, Buckinghamshire

 

Turners

Michael Kevin Stanley Clifford

a Chartered Fire Engineer

Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand

 

Firefighters

Brian Cohen

a Distiller

Putney, London

Distillers

 

Timon Joseph Colegrove

a Print Company Director

Westerham, Kent

Stationers & Newspaper Makers

 

Jonathan Elwood Cook

an Investment Management

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7.

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

Name                                            Company

Judith Pleasance                          Upholders

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Minutes:

Application of the following to be recorded as a Freeman of the City in the Company named:-

 

Name                                      Company

Judith Pleasance                    Upholders

 

Read and Agreed to.

 

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8.

Report: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

Minutes:

Aldermanic Qualifications - Foreign Convictions

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee concerning options and issues in relation to the risk of an Alderman with a relevant foreign conviction being elected.

 

Resolved Unanimously: - That the second qualification for the office of Aldermen be amended to add not having been convicted of an imprisonable offence in the Republic of Ireland as well as in the UK, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and that the Comptroller and City Solicitor be instructed to now undertake such further work as appropriate to action this. 

 

Quorum

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen relative to the quorum for meetings of this Court.

 

It was reported that the present quorum is the Lord Mayor or their locum tenens, together with 10 Aldermen. On reflection, the General Purposes Committee were of the view that this seemed like a large percentage of the Court and was not always conducive to the need to call special meetings at relatively short notice.

 

Resolved Unanimously: - That the quorum for future Court of Aldermen meetings be amended to the Lord Mayor or their locum tenens, together with 7 Aldermen with immediate effect and that the Town Clerk be instructed to amend and republish the Court of Aldermen’s Standing Orders accordingly. The quorum for the General Purposes Committee to also be revised with immediate effect to mirror that of the Court of Aldermen.

 

 

 

 

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