The first event of the week, and one of the last responsibilities as Mayor, I was invited to launch a new free App for smart-phones that contains
information about council matters, such as news on waste & recycling, local news feed, listings for Cineworld and the Arts Complex, tourist info and a business directory. Already installed on my iPhone and very useful.
information about council matters, such as news on waste & recycling, local news feed, listings for Cineworld and the Arts Complex, tourist info and a business directory. Already installed on my iPhone and very useful.The next day was…..
Annual Council
This is usually the meeting in the Council year when the appointment of the new Mayor is celebrated, and there is a little time for the outgoing Mayor to reminisce on his year. Sadly, the new Mayor could not be there because of her eye operation, so we elected her in office and the Chief Executive replaced my gold chain with the Deputy’s badge. I then finished the meeting, when the new Cabinet and composition of committees and boards was settled. This is such bad luck for the new Mayor: this business of Mayors having to have operations when they take on must not set a trend for the future! Hopefully, the new Mayor will be back in action very soon.
This is usually the meeting in the Council year when the appointment of the new Mayor is celebrated, and there is a little time for the outgoing Mayor to reminisce on his year. Sadly, the new Mayor could not be there because of her eye operation, so we elected her in office and the Chief Executive replaced my gold chain with the Deputy’s badge. I then finished the meeting, when the new Cabinet and composition of committees and boards was settled. This is such bad luck for the new Mayor: this business of Mayors having to have operations when they take on must not set a trend for the future! Hopefully, the new Mayor will be back in action very soon.
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Sheila and I then completed various functions as Deputy Mayor & Mayoress – first of all, a return to Berkswell and the Felons: usually the first engagement of the Mayoral calendar; in the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, it was also one of my last: a speech to the Association for the Apprehension of Felons, to celebrate their 222nd anniversary. Now the police do the job of catching law- breakers, this ancient society meets annually to dine on boiled ham and potatoes, with speakers usually on a law and order theme. During the remainder of the week, we went to the Solihull Sixth Form College and enjoyed a performance of “Our Country’s Good”, well acted by a group of Year 13 Performance Arts Students; finally, we attended the cheque presentation event by Gentlemen’s Night Out charity, which was both fun, but also so moving. Then on holiday…
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