Agenda item

To elect a Chairman in accordance with Standing Order 29.

The Board proceeded to elect a Chairman in accordance with Standing Order 29 and the Town Clerk advised that the position was uncontested. 

The Chair thanked retiring Member, Ian Seaton and noted that the Board was carrying a vacancy.  The Chair further advised that Tony Lyons had stood down as Chairman of the Billingsgate Market Tenants Association, who would be electing a new Chairman and possibly a Deputy Chair in due course.  

The Board noted that the Chairman and Deputy Brian Mooney would remain on the Capital Buildings Board for 2024-25. 

RESOLVED, that – being the only Member expressing a willingness to serve, Henry Pollard be elected as Chairman of the Markets Board for 2024/25.