Agenda item

The Chairman to be heard.

The Chairman referred to the information circulated by the Town Clerk ahead of the meeting detailing which Committees now had Aldermanic representation following appointments made at the April Court of Common Council meeting. He stated that it was helpful to have this information brought together in one document.

In response to a question regarding the recording of any outside bodies that Aldermen also sat on by virtue of holding the office, the Chairman reported that there was a central list of Outside Bodies and their representatives kept by the Town Clerk. The Committee asked whether this information could also be drawn together such that the aggregate of all Aldermanic commitments could be set out within one document.

The Chairman went on to refer to the list of all Committee Chairs and Deputy Chairs that had also been circulated by the Town Clerk. He highlighted that this was a live document and could be recirculated to future meetings when the election cycle would be complete. The Chairman also took the opportunity to congratulate Aldermen Gregory Jones on his recent election as Deputy Chairman of the Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood and Queen’s Park Committee.

An Alderman made the point that membership of the various Aldermanic Sub-Committees was also not registered on the City Corporation’s webpages at present. He questioned whether this could be amended such that a true representation of all work undertaken by the Court of Aldermen could be more visible. The Town Clerk reported that, historically, those meetings which took place in private had not been included here but that this could be revisited if it was the wish of the Court.

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