Agenda item - Mayor's Communications.

55.1         The Mayor announced that she wished to hold a minute’s silence as a mark of respect for former councillor Gwenda Beishon who had died recently.  She had served on Brighton Borough Council in 1973 representing Hollingbury Ward and then again on the Shadow Unitary Authority in 1996, and Brighton & Hove Council until 2003, representing Hollingbury & Stanmer Ward.

55.2         Following the minute’s silence, the Mayor stated that she wished to offer the Council’s congratulations to Jess Wood, who recently received an MBE for her work with the Allsorts Youth Project for LGBT young people.