Issue - meetings

Election of Civic Mayor

Meeting: 28/05/2019 - Council (Item 4)

Election of Civic Mayor

To elect the Civic Mayor for the ensuing Municipal Year. 

 

(Note:  Members of the Cabinet are not permitted to be the Civic Mayor.)

Minutes:

Councillor Steve Darling proposed and Councillor Cowell seconded a motion, which was agreed (unanimously) by the Council as follows:

 

That Councillor Margaret Douglas-Dunbar be elected The Worshipful The Mayor of Torbay for the Municipal Year 2019/2020.

 

(The Civic Mayor, Councillor Douglas-Dunbar, in the Chair)

 

The Civic Mayor took the Declaration of Acceptance of Office and Oath of Allegiance and thanked the Council for the honour bestowed upon her.

 

The Civic Mayor also announced that Councillor Carter would be her Escort during her term of office and her charities would be Torquay Museum and RNLI Brixham.  The Civic Mayor advised that she had appointed Reverend Nicholas Pearkes to be her Chaplain.