Agenda item - Council Business

(a)               Newly Elected Councillors

            The Mayor will invite the newly elected councillors to come forward and take their respective seats in the Council Chamber.

(b)              Statutory or Voluntary Disclosure by Councillors of Interests in Maters Appearing on the Agenda.

            Declarations of Interest by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as personal and/or prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

(c)               Vote of Thanks to Past Councillors

            The Mayor will move a vote of thanks for the previous councillors.

(a)               Newly Elected Councillors

1.1             The Mayor welcomed the newly elected councillors to the Council Chamber and introduced them to the council:

            Councillor Bowden representing Queen’s Park Ward;

            Councillor Buckley representing Goldsmid Ward;

            Councillor Farrow representing Moulsecoomb & Bevendean Ward;

            Councillor Fitch representing Hangleton & Knoll Ward;

            Councillor Follett representing Hanover & Elm Grove Ward;

            Councillor Gilbey representing North Portslade Ward;

            Councillor Hawtree representing Central Hove Ward;

            Councillor Jarrett representing Goldsmid Ward;

            Councillor Jones representing Preston Park Ward;

            Councillor Kitcat representing Regency Ward;

            Councillor Littman representing Preston Park Ward;

            Councillor MacCafferty representing Brunswick & Adelaide Ward;

            Councillor Pissaridou representing Wish Ward;

            Councillor Powell representing Queen’s Park Ward;

            Councillor Robins representing South Portslade Ward;

            Councillor Shanks representing Withdean Ward;

            Councillor Summers representing Hollingdean & Stanmer Ward;

            Councillor Sykes representing Brunswick & Adelaide Ward;

            Councillor Wakefield representing Hanover & Elm Grove Ward;

            Councillor Wealls representing Central Hove Ward.

(b)              Declarations of Interest

1.2             There were no declarations of interest in items appearing on the agenda.

(c)               Vote of Thanks to Past Councillors

1.3             The Mayor stated that he wished to move a vote of thanks those previous councillors who had chosen not stand in the recent elections and to those past councillors who had not been re-elected on this occasion.  In so doing he also wished to present a certificate of thanks in recognition of the service given by those previous councillors to the council, their respective wards and the city itself as listed below:

            Trevor Alford, Kevin Allen, Maria Caulfield, Melanie Davis, Pat Drake, Paul Elgood, Ayas Fallon-Khan, Rachel Fryer, Steve Harmer-Strange, Pat Hawkes, Ted Kemble, Juliet McCaffery, Averil Older, Christine Simpson, Paul Steedman, Vicky Wakefield-Jarrett, David Watkins, Georgia Wrighton and Jan Young.

1.4             The Mayor noted that the vote of thanks had been moved and sought confirmation from the council.

1.5             The vote of thanks was duly agreed.