a) To elect the
Mayor for the Municipal Year 2022/23.
b) To invest the
Mayor and Mayoress.
(New Mayor in the Chair)
c) The new Mayor to
give thanks for their election.
d) To receive a
vote of thanks for the retiring Mayor.
e) The new Mayor to
make any announcements.
Minutes:
Councillor
Chandler proposed Councillor Hewson be elected Mayor of the Borough until the Annual
Council meeting in 2023. Councillor Orson seconded the motion and Council
RESOLVED
that
Councillor Hewson be elected Mayor of the Borough of Melton for the period
until the Annual Council meeting in 2023.
The Mayor signed the Declaration of
Acceptance of Office and he and his consort, Mrs Jane Hewson, were invested
with the Chains of Office. Once invested, Councillor Hewson stated the
following:
“Thank you for electing me as Mayor of the Borough of Melton
Mowbray for the coming Municipal year.
Thank you to Jane, family, friends & invited guests both
here tonight or at home supporting me in this role.
As many of you will know I am a farmer.
Farmers constantly face many challenges, in his book the
'Resilient Farmer' Doug Avery makes the wise comment that if we only bounce
back, we just get to the place that got us into a mess before. We need to
bounce forward to a better place.
Covid has hit many hard, but together we can help our
communities to bounce forward, to the benefit of those who chose us to
represent them on Melton Borough Council.
My charities for the year are LOROS and Dove Cottage.
I would now like to invite Georgina Sanders from LOROS to the
lectern to give a speech.”
Georgina Sanders from LOROS gave a presentation explaining the
work of the charity.
Councillor Graham proposed and Councillor Douglas seconded a
vote of thanks for Councillor Faulkner as the retiring Mayor.
The
Mayor, Councillor Hewson, read out his announcements and said:
“During
Covid, the Council meetings were made available for all time through the audio visual system. Enabling the community to watch
meetings at home and see how their Council operates. Given this increased
public awareness I am keen that Members are seen to be taking their
responsibilities seriously, treating each other with respect, acting
professionally, dressing appropriately and upholding
the highest standards of conduct at all our meetings.
The
constitution is a document which sets out how we should conduct our business
and I will use this as a reference tool and take advice from Officers during a
meeting, where appropriate.
As
Mayor I commit to presiding over these meetings with integrity and whilst I
recognise that robust debate is a good thing, I feel that ensuring our business
is conducted in an effective and professional way is equally as important.
I
will endeavour to make myself available to any Councillor or Council staff who
have ideas to help Melton Borough Council work more effectively and provide a better
service for the benefit of our community.
Our
primary focus should be that our constituents are represented
and I welcome all Members support with this for future meetings. These are some
of my aims and prayer for our future year together.
There
are a number of upcoming events, they are:
Finally,
I would like to add that we have so much to be proud of as a community & a
Council, I am looking forward to representing the Council & the whole of
the Borough over the coming year.”