ELECTION OF MAYOR
To elect the
Minutes:
Councillor Bains proposed Councillor Graham MBE be elected Mayor of the Borough until the Annual Meeting in 2020. Councillor Bains said it was an honour to propose Councillor Graham as he could not think of a better person for the role and he had been a Councillor since 1987. He referred to his own Mayoral year during which he had presented an award for 30 years service to Councillor Graham. He recalled the first time they had met and that he felt they would have nothing in common due to their different backgrounds. However since then he had received great support and guidance from Councillor Graham and implored others to seek his experienced guidance. He referred to him being the Leader of the Council for 14 years and leading the Council through the fire that devastated the previous Council offices building. Councillor Graham had been on all committees apart from Planning and was Mayor in 1993/94. He paid tribute to the support of Councillor Graham’s wife, their four daughter and four grandchildren. Should the motion be successful, he wished Councillor Graham a wonderful Mayoral year.
Councillor Chandler seconded the motion. She referred to Councillor Graham being Leader when she was first elected to the Council and that he had been a great support and was always available for good advice and help.
On being put to the vote, the motion was unanimously carried.
RESOLVED that Councillor Graham MBE be elected Mayor of the Borough of Melton for the period until the Annual Meeting in 2020.
ELECTION OF MAYOR
To elect the
Minutes:
Councillor Rhodes proposed that Councillor Chandler be elected Mayor of the Borough until the Annual Meeting in 2019. In support of his nomination, Councillor Rhodes referred to Councillor Chandler originally coming from Grantham in Lincolnshire, moving to Muston when she married her late husband who was a farmer. He went on to speak about her sporting interests and her service on the Bottesford Parish Council, having chaired the parish council from 1993 to 2003 when she had been elected to the Borough Council. Councillor Chandler had been the chair of the Council’s Planning Committee and more recently chaired the Local Plan Working Group. Councillor Rhodes paid tribute to Councillor Chandler’s thorough approach and attention to detail. He considered there was no one better qualified to be the Mayor having regard to her dedication and sense of duty.
Councillor Posnett seconded the nomination and briefly spoke on how both she and Councillor Chandler had been elected to the Borough Council in the same year and had served on the same committees. Councillor Chandler was proud to represent Bottesford but she was also equally proud to serve the whole Borough and she would carry out the role of Mayor with her usual tenacity and drive to do a good job, tempered with kindness. As a past Mayor herself, Councillor Posnett advised Councillor Chandler to enjoy her year of office.
On being put to the vote, the motion was carried.
RESOLVED: that Councillor Chandler be elected Mayor of the Borough of Melton for the period until the Annual Meeting in 2019.