Issue - meetings

Announcements

 

 

Meeting: 21/03/2022 - City Council (Item 47)

Announcements

(a)        To receive announcements from the Lord Mayor, Chief Executive, Service Director for Finance or Head of Legal Services;

 

(b)        To receive announcements from the Leader, Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs.

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Minutes:

The Lord Mayor made the following announcements to Members –

 

(a)

she took this opportunity to with the best of luck for those councillors standing in the forthcoming Elections and would also like to recognise those Councillors who were retiring from service –

 

Councillors Dr Pam Buchan, Margaret Corvid, Derrick and James;

 

 

(b)

she extended her personal thanks and thanks on behalf of the Council for the many years of service they had all given; in that time they had made a vast contribution to the Council, communities and the City of Plymouth.

 

Councillor Tudor Evans OBE wished to pay tribute to –

 

(c)

the following Councillors who were retiring from the Council, Councillors Margaret Covid,  Dr Pam Buchan, Gareth Derrick and Jonny Morris and thanked them for their service to the city and the Labour Party;

 

 

(d)

Councillor Ian Bowyer; when he first came onto the Council he had been quite disruptive and had led a change movement but now he had become more of an elder states person; he wished to thank him for his cross party working, as well as his leadership of the Council in tough times and under difficult circumstances; they managed to work together on the important issues for the city which they felt strongly about such as co-designing The Box; that was the depth of trust they had in each other and their determination for Plymouth; there were also many other achievements;

 

 

(e)

Councillor Kevin Neil who had been through some challenging health issues and thanked him for his service to the Stoke Ward and also the City Council; he also thanked Councillor Mrs Johnson for her services to the Compton Ward.

 

Councillor Patrick Nicholson took this opportunity to pay tribute to Councillor David James who had served this authority for 25 years.  Councillor David James had indeed worked hard for the authority and tirelessly for the people of Plymouth and in his role as chief scrutineer.  He thanked him for his service as a Councillor, Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor and wished him a happy retirement.

 

Councillor Bingley (Leader of the Council) made the following announcements to Council –

 

(f)

wished to record his thanks for all those Councillors that took part in the earlier debate, whilst it had been turbulent it was also cathartic;

 

 

(g)

it was a privilege to be the Leader of this Council and serving this wonderful city sandwiched between Dartmoor and the ocean; when he first came down to study, he definitely left his heart in Plymouth;

 

 

(h)

he considered that Councillor Nick Kelly’s passion as Council Leader over the past 10 months had demonstrated how much all Councillors cared about the city and how they wished to drive it forward;

 

 

(i)

he emphasised stability over the next few weeks; the line of business that had been planned before the pre-election period which had already been debated and agreed by Council, would absolutely take place; moving forward, he would lead the Council based on the Nolan  ...  view the full minutes text for item 47