Agenda item

To elect a Chairman in accordance with Standing Order 29.

Being the only Member willing to serve, Andrew McMurtrie was elected as Chairman of the Benefices Sub Committee for 2017/18.

The Chairman thanked Members for their support and set out the role of the Benefices Sub Committee, which was primarily the appointment of the incumbents to the City’s Benefices.  However, the membership of the Sub Committee had expanded in recent years and now had the scope to allocate 1 or 2 benefices to each Member. 

The Town Clerk had tabled a diagram and some background information on benefices and had ordered some booklets on appointing clergy.  These documents would be forwarded to all Members of the Sub Committee.