Issue - meetings

7.27 pm – Under Standing Order 15(e) iii, Councillor Mark Loveday moved and Councillor Brocklebank-Fowler seconded a motion “that Special Motion 7.1 related to the Appointment of a Leader take precedence on the agenda and be considered”.  This was agreed.

Councillor Nicholas Botterill moved, seconded by Councillor Mark Loveday, the special motion standing in their names.

"This Council agrees the appointment of Councillor Stephen Greenhalgh as the Leader of the Council”.

The motion was put to the vote:

            FOR                            Unanimous

            AGAINST                   0

            ABSTENTIONS         0

The motion was declared CARRIED.

On behalf of the Council, the Mayor congratulated Councillor Stephen Greenhalgh on his election as the Leader of the Council for the next four years.

7.27 pm RESOLVED:

This Council agrees the appointment of Councillor Stephen Greenhalgh as the Leader of the Council.