Issue - meetings
Announcements
Meeting: 22/06/2015 - City Council (Item 12)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
(a) To receive announcements from the Lord Mayor, Chief Executive, Assistant Director for Finance or Head of Legal Services;
(b) To receive announcements from the Leader, Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Lord Mayor –
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City Council Elections welcomed the newly elected councillors (Councillors Deacon, Fletcher and Kelly) to their first meeting of the City Council and Councillor Dann on her return to the Council; |
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HRH The Princess Royal reported that he would be welcoming Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to Plymouth next week to open ‘Genesis’ in Union Street; |
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Armed Forces Day advised councillors that he had attended the ceremonial raising of the Armed Forces Day flag at the Guildhall that morning which would remain flying until the conclusion of all civic and military events and had also presented three veterans’ badges and a children’s prize for the winner of the Armed Forces Day badge competition. The Lord Mayor also referred to the programme of events on the Hoe on 27 June 2015; |
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Royal Naval Voluntary Bands Association Festival 2015 indicated that he had been invited to the Royal Naval Volunteer Band Association Festival on the Hoe and hoped to see other councillors at the event on 28 June 2015; |
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Queen’s Birthday Honours
congratulated two City Council members of staff, Heather Ogburn (a senior education advisor) and Michelle Newman (team manager, children's social care) on their award of an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honour’s List in recognition of their work with children and young people. The Lord Mayor reported that they would be invited to attend a future meeting of the City Council after they had received their awards. |
Councillor Vincent referred to -
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the reduced grass cutting arrangements which had been implemented to meet savings but would also encourage wildlife. He reported that unfortunately officers had not liaised with councillors and that he had reminded them that in future they must brief all councillors on changes to procedures. |
Councillor Davey referred to -
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the atrocities that had been carried out in Srebenica, Bosnia, in July 1995 and that the Council was joining with the campaign ‘Remembering Srebenica’ to condemn genocide and to promise to learn lessons from the atrocious events. |
Councillor Jon Taylor referred to –
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the good progress of the Council’s apprentices in the Brathay Challenge to find the best apprenticeship team in the country. The team had made it into the final challenge and had also been chosen as the regional winners.
Councillors were asked to help the team by –
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