Agenda and draft minutes

You are also summoned to attend Part 2 of the Annual Meeting of the Council which will be held on the above date at 4.00 pm in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Bury for the purpose of transacting the following business:-

1. To elect the Mayor for the Municipal Year 2024/2025

2. To elect a Deputy Mayor for the Municipal Year 2024/2025

3. To resolve that this Council hereby expresses its thanks to Councillor S Walmsley, Mrs G Hargreaves and Mr J Bentley for the diligent manner in which they have undertaken the duties of Mayor, Mayoress and Consort of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury during the Municipal Year now ending and places on record its appreciation of their devotion to and performance of the important duties attaching to their Offices and that Medallions be presented to them as tokens of their service as Mayor Mayoress and Consort.

Councillor Tahir Rafiq moved that Councillor Khalid Hussain be elected to the office of Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury for the Municipal Year 2024/2025, with Mrs Carol Bernstein as Mayoress. Councillor Russell Bernstein seconded the nomination. Councillors Roger Brown, Shabaz Arif, Alan Quinn, Ayesha Arif and Mike Smith spoke in support of the nomination. Councillor Walmsley, after calling for and not receiving any other nominations, declared the nomination carried and it was:-

RESOLVED: That Councillor Khalid Hussain be duly elected Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury for the Municipal Year 2024/2025, and Mrs Carol Bernstein as Mayoress.

The newly-elected Mayor then occupied the Chair, read and signed the Declaration required by the Local Government Act 1972 and thanked the Council for the honour conferred on him in electing him Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.

VOTE OF THANKS TO THE RETIRING MAYOR AND CONSORT:

It was moved by Councillor Lucy Smith, seconded by Councillor Jo Lancaster and supported by Councillors Martin Hayes, Debra Green and Mike smith and it was:

RESOLVED: That this Council hereby expresses its thanks to Councillor Sandra, Mr James Bently and Mrs Gillian Hargreaves for the diligent manner in which they have undertaken the duties of Mayor, Consort and Mayoress of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury during the Municipal Year now ending and places on record its appreciation of their devotion and performance of the important duties attaching to their offices and that medallions be presented to them as tokens of appreciation of their services as Mayor, Consort and Mayoress.

APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR 2024/2025

It was moved by Councillor Luis McBriar and seconded by Councillor Imran Rizvi and supported by Councillors Elizabeth FitzGerald and Mike Smith,  and it was:-

RESOLVED: That Councillor Noel Bayley be appointed as Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury for the Municipal Year 2024/2025, with Mrs Gillian Campbell as his Deputy Mayoress. The newly-elected Deputy Mayor then occupied the Chair, read and signed the Declaration required by the Local Government Act 1972 and thanked the Council for the honour conferred on him in electing him Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury