To appoint a chair of the Lord Mayor’s Selection Committee for the current municipal year.

Having been proposed by Councillor Drean and seconded by Councillor Peter Smith, it is agreed that Councillor Evans is appointed Chair of the Lord Mayor’s Selection Committee for the Municipal Year.

Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this agenda.

There were no declarations of interest made byCouncillors in accordance with the code of conduct in relation to items under consideration at this meeting.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2013.

Agreed the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2013.

To recommend to City Council a suitable person to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the year 2014/15.

The Chair referred to the recent death of the Lord Mayor’s husband.  He and the Committee joined in expressing their sadness at her loss and stated that their thoughts were with her at this difficult time.

The Committee then went on to consider nominations for the Lord Mayoralty 2014/15.   Having been nominated by Councillor Peter Smith and seconded by Councillor Wright, and in the absence of any other nominations, it is unanimously agreed to extend a cordial invitation to Councillor Fox to accept the office of Lord Mayor for the following Municipal Year.

The Chair drew members’ attention to the fact that Councillor Fox had previously been nominated for Lord Mayor but had unfortunately missed out on undertaking the role due to not being re-elected.  It was therefore a welcome opportunity to be able to extend this offer to him again.

The Committee waited upon Councillor Fox whom, on arrival, expressed his appreciation at the nomination which he was delighted to accept.  He added that he hoped he would be able to reward the Committee’s confidence in him during his role in office, and in serving the citizens of Plymouth.

Agreed that it is unanimously recommended to City Council that it approves the appointment of Councillor Fox as Lord Mayor for the ensuing year.

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s)   of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

There were no items of exempt business.