Agenda item - To Consider Nominations for (a) the Mayor-Elect and (b) the Deputy Mayor-Elect

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Agenda item

To Consider Nominations for (a) the Mayor-Elect and (b) the Deputy Mayor-Elect

Note:  The convention has been for the out-going Mayor to be nominated as the Deputy Mayor-Elect.

 

Minutes:

36.1       The Mayor noted that three nominations had been received for the Mayor-Elect and stated that in view of the number of nominations he would ask the Monitoring Officer to explain the process for determining the matter.

 

36.2       Councillor Mears requested that in order to help Members with the voting process, a recorded vote be taken in accordance with procedural rule 29.2, seconded by Councillor Oxley which was accepted.

 

36.3       The Monitoring Officer thanked the Mayor and explained that once the nominations had been confirmed, the names of the nominees would be put forward in alphabetical order and Members would need to indicate who they were voting for.  Following the vote, should one nominee secure a majority of the votes cast they would be appointed, however in the event that a majority was not secured a second vote would be held between the two nominees who had secured the most votes in the first round. 

 

36.4       The Mayor then invited nominations for the Mayor Elect for the municipal year 2009/2010. 

 

36.5       It was moved by Councillor Mitchell and seconded by Councillor Morgan that Councillor McCaffery be Mayor Elect for the municipal year 2009/2010. 

 

36.6       It was moved by Councillor Drake and seconded by Councillor Janio that Councillor Ann Norman be Mayor Elect for the municipal year 2009/2010. 

 

36.7       It was moved by Councillor Wrighton and seconded by Councillor Elgood that Councillor Randall be Mayor Elect for the municipal year 2009/2010. 

 

36.8       The Mayor noted that a recorded vote be held and asked Members to give the name of their preferred nominee when they were called to vote.

 

NAME

MCCAFFERY

ANN norman

Randall

Cllr

Alford

 

x

 

 

Allen

x

-

-

 

Barnett

 

x

 

 

Bennett

 

x

 

 

Brown

 

x

 

 

Carden

x

 

 

 

Caulfield

 

x

 

 

Cobb

 

x

 

 

Drake

 

x

 

 

Duncan

 

 

x

 

Elgood

 

 

x

 

Fallon-Khan

 

x

 

 

Fryer

 

 

x

 

Hamilton

x

 

 

 

Harmer-Strange

 

x

 

 

Hawkes

x

 

 

 

Hyde

 

x

 

 

Janio

 

x

 

 

Kemble

 

x

 

 

Kennedy

 

 

x

 

Kitcat

 

 

x

 

Lainchbury

 

x

 

 

Lepper

x

 

 

 

Marsh

x

 

 

 

McCaffery

x

 

 

 

Meadows

x

 

 

 

Mears

 

x

 

 

Mitchell

x

 

 

 

Morgan

x

 

 

 

Norman, Ann

 

x

 

 

Norman, Ken

 

x

 

 

Older

 

x

 

 

Oxley

 

x

 

 

Peltzer Dunn

 

x

 

 

Pidgeon

 

x

 

 

Randall

 

 

x

 

Rufus

 

 

x

 

Simpson

x

 

 

 

Simson

 

x

 

 

Smart

 

x

 

 

Smith

 

x

 

 

Steedman

 

 

x

 

Taylor

 

 

x

 

Theobald, Carol

 

x

 

 

Theobald, Geoffrey

 

x

 

 

Turton

x

 

 

 

Wakefield-Jarrett

 

 

x

 

Watkins

 

 

x

 

Wells

 

x

 

 

West

 

 

x

 

Wrighton

 

 

x

 

Young

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

Total

12

27

13

 

36.9       The Mayor informed the council of the result and declared that having secured a majority of the votes cast, Councillor Ann Norman had been nominated as the Mayor-Elect for the municipal year 2009/10. 

 

36.10    Councillor Ann Norman thanked the Mayor and the council for her nomination and stated that she looked forward to undertaking the role following the Annual Council meeting in May.

 

DEPUTY MAYOR ELECT

 

36.11    The Mayor invited nominations for the Deputy Mayor Elect for the municipal year 2009/2010.

 

36.12    It was moved by Councillor Oxley and seconded by Councillor Mrs Brown that Councillor Peltzer Dunn be Deputy Mayor Elect for the municipal year 2009/2010. 

 

36.13    The Motion was carried.

 

 


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