The Council stood in silence for two minutes in memory of the Plymothians and all allied compatriots who had lost their lives on 6 June 1944 in the D Day landings at Normandy.

The Lord Mayor welcomed the Deputy Mayor of Brest, France, the Chair of the Board of Selectmen and the delegation from Plymouth Massachusetts USA from cities twinned with Plymouth. 

Agreed that Councillor Fox is elected Lord Mayor and Councillor Murphy is elected Deputy Lord Mayor of the city for the ensuing year.

Commodore Graeme Little presented Drake’s Sword to the Lord Mayor to symbolise the key links between the Navy and the City of Plymouth.

Agreed that –

The Lord Mayor presented the retiring Lord Mayor and the retiring Deputy Lord Mayor with gifts to commemorate their time in office for the 2013-14 civic year.

Councillor Evans’ continuing position as Leader of the City Council was noted.

The Council received the report of the Council Leader (Councillor Evans) which advised that changes had been made to Cabinet which would comprisethe following Members –

The membership of Cabinet was noted.

Changes would be made to the Leader’s scheme of delegation for executive functions and the revised scheme would be published in the near future.

A schedule of the nominations to committees, joint committees, panels etc was submitted.

Agreed that approval is given to the appointments to committees, joint committees, panels etc and their chairs and vice chairs for the transaction of the business of the council until the next Annual Meeting as set out in the list circulated.

A schedule of the nominations to outside bodies was submitted.

Agreed that approval is given to the appointments and nominations of councillors and others as representatives on outside bodies as indicated.