Issue - meetings

At the Council meeting held on 6 December 2022, the Council had considered a report on the selection of Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the Municipal Year 2023-24.  In accordance with the constitutional changes adopted by the Council in 2014, the Council had agreed to nominate the current Deputy Mayor, Councillor Masuk Miah for election as Mayor of the Borough for 2023-24, subject to the outcome of the Borough Council elections in May 2023.

However, as no nominations had been submitted in respect of the appointment of Deputy Mayor for the Municipal Year 2023-24, the matter had been deferred to this meeting for consideration of any nominations.

Councillor Paul Spooner proposed and the Deputy Leader of the Council, Councillor Joss Bigmore, seconded the nomination of Councillor Nigel Manning for Deputy Mayor for the Municipal Year 2023-24.  Councillor Manning absented himself from the meeting during the formal consideration of the nomination.

Having considered the nomination, the Council

RESOLVED: That, subject to the outcome of the Borough Council elections in May 2023, Councillor Nigel Manning be nominated for the Deputy Mayoralty of the Borough for the 2023-24 municipal year.

Reason:

To make early preparations for the selection of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the municipal year 2023-24.