Agenda item

To elect a Chairman in accordance with Standing Order 29.

Following the resignation of Alderman Robert Hall as Chairman, the Committee proceeded to elect his replacement in accordance with Standing Order 29. Mrs Wendy Mead moved that Mrs Barbara Newman take the Chair whilst the election was conducted, which was agreed. The Town Clerk read out a list of Members eligible to stand and Alderman Ian Luder, being the only Member expressing his willingness to serve, was declared the duly elected Chairman for the remainder of the year.

The Town Clerk then informed the Committee that Alderman Robert Hall had chosen to exercise his right as immediate past Chairman to become the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the remainder of the year in accordance with Standing Order 30 (3) (a).