Agenda item

Joint report of the Town Clerk, the Remembrancer and the Comptroller and City Solicitor.

The Committee considered a joint report of the Town Clerk & Chief Executive, the Remembrancer and the Comptroller and City Solicitor regarding Aldermanic resignations under the 70-year convention.

RESOLVED – That the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen formally agree that:

i)              For the reasons set out within this report, the long-standing convention around the need to surrender office at the age of 70 e increased to age 75 with immediate effect and that the Aldermanic Undertakings be updated accordingly; and

ii)             The Town Clerk be instructed to establish a dedicated Working Party to consider future issues concerning Aldermanic Terms of Office/Tenure.