Minutes:
Councillor Sir Steve Houghton CBE (Leader of the Council) stated that this would be the last Council meeting to be attended by Ms D Terris (Chief Executive) prior to her retirement from the Council.
He asked to place on record his thanks and appreciation on behalf of all Councillors and Officers to Ms D Terris for all her hard work and dedication and in enabling the Council to become one of the best performing in the Country. He gave her his best wishes for a long and happy retirement.
Thanks best wishes were extended to Ms Terris by several other Members.
In recognition of her services to the Council Ms Terris was presented with an inscribed glass bowl.
Ms Terris responded by thanking Members for their kind words and she stated that it had been both a pleasure and a privilege to be the Chief Executive of the Council over the last seven years. She commented that without the help, support and commitment of both Members and Officers the Council would not have received the accolades it had in becoming a high performing Council.