Agreed that Councillor Wendy Foster is elected Lord Mayor and Councillor Nick Kelly is elected Deputy Lord Mayor of the city for the ensuing year.

The Lord Mayor announced the appointment of Reverend Dave Appleby of St John the Evangelist's, Hooe, as her Chaplain.

Warrant Officer David Halliday RM, on behalf of the Royal Navy, presented Drake’s Sword to the Lord Mayor to symbolise the key links between the Royal Navy and the City of Plymouth.

Agreed that –

1.    the Council accords to Councillor Pauline Murphy the sincere thanks of the citizens of Plymouth for the invaluable services she has rendered to the city as Lord Mayor since May 2016, and for the able manner in which she has presided over the deliberations of the Council during that period;

2.    the Council also expresses its indebtedness to Councillor Sam Davey for his diligent and efficient discharge of the duties of Deputy Lord Mayor.

The Lord Mayor presented the retiring Lord Mayor and the retiring Deputy Lord Mayor with gifts to commemorate their time in office for the 2016-2017 civic year.

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

The membership of Cabinet was noted.

There were no changes to the scheme of delegation for executive functions.

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

Agreed that –

1.    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.

Agreed the changes to the Planning Committee Terms of Reference and Code of Practice and subsequent amendments to the Council’s Constitution.