Issue - meetings

To elect the Chairman of the Council.

Cllr Beck will move:

That Cllr Melville Kendal be elected Chairman of the Council for the Municipal year 2018/19, to hold office until his successor is elected at the annual meeting of the Council in 2019.

Cllr Wise will second.

The motion will be put to the meeting.   If adopted, Cllr Kendal will be declared duly elected.   He will sign the declaration of acceptance of office and will be invested with the chain of office.   He will then take the chair.

Cllr Beck moved that Cllr Kendal be elected Chairman of the Council for the ensuing municipal year. The motion was seconded by Cllr Wise.

RESOLVED:

That Cllr Kendal be elected Chairman of the Council to continue in office until his successor becomes entitled to act as Chairman at the next annual meeting of the Council.

Cllr Kendal took the chair and signed the declaration of acceptance of office, which was formally witnessed by the Monitoring Officer.  He was then invested with the Chain and Badge of Office.