Agenda item
Retiring Members
- Meeting of Full Council, Thursday 29 March 2018 10.30 am (Item 214.)
- View the background to item 214.
Minutes:
The Mayor reminded Members that this was the last meeting of the Council before the Municipal Election to be held on Thursday 3rd May, 2018. It would, therefore, be the last meeting to be attended by several Members prior to their retirement from the Council.
The Leader of the Council, Councillor Sir Steve Houghton CBE paid tribute to the following Members for their hard work to the Council and the local community they represented:-
· Councillor Grundy
· Councillor Mathers
· Councillor Unsworth
The Mayor and Leader of the Council wished the Members well for the future.
The Mayor presented Councillors Mathers and Unsworth, the only retiring Members present at the meeting, with a glass bowl.
Councillor Grundy would be presented with a vase at a later date.
Several other Members of the Council added their own thanks and best wishes to the retiring Members.
Councillors Mathers and Unsworth both responded and thanked both Members and Officers for their help and support they received whilst being Members of the Council.