Agenda item - Mayor's Communications.

14.1 The Mayor gave the following communication:

Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Parking Services Group who picked up the award for Best Report at the ‘Parking Annual Report Awards by Councils’ event held at the Houses of Parliament last week. It is the third time the council has won the award. The annual awards which are organised by PATROL (Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London) recognises the local authorities who have published the best reports on their parking services, as part of their civil enforcement reporting. Can I ask team members along with Councillor Pissaridou to come up to accept the award?

Secondly, I wanted to say and for new councillors in particular – the full council meeting requires people to respect the Chair and listen, not to chat. This requires your discipline. I hope to strike a balance between allowing debate and also getting through the agenda as quickly as possible.

In the new Mayoral year over a hundred engagements have taken place up to the 25 July, encompassing arts/creative, business, communities, equalities, young people, schools and graduation ceremonies.

The Mayor’s charities are working well together preparing for the gala dinner at the Royal Pavilion on the 27 September. Support from councillors for all the charity events taking place in the Mayoral year will be much appreciated as all proceeds from the events will go to the charities.

Blatchington Mill School will hold a competition in the autumn and the winning student(s) will be selected to attend full council on the 25 October to read a poem.

Can I also draw Members’ attention to the wonderful Moulsecoomb Forest Garden Nature Trail, which is one of the city’s best kept secrets.  I would encourage all councillors to visit.