Agenda item

To Elect A Lord Mayor For The Municipal Year 2021-22

Minutes:

2.1

Councillor Tony Downing, the retiring Lord Mayor, took the Chair and the Chief Executive announced that the first business to be transacted was the appointment of a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year.

 

 

2.2

Whereupon it was:-

 

 

 

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:  On the motion of Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed, seconded by Councillor Tony Damms, that Councillor Gail Smith be appointed Lord Mayor of the City of Sheffield for the Municipal Year 2021/22.

 

 

2.3

The Council adjourned briefly whilst the Lord Mayor Elect was robed and invested with her Chain of Office.

 

 

2.4

On resuming, Councillor Gail Smith, the Lord Mayor Elect, then made and subscribed to the declaration required by law to qualify her to act as Lord Mayor.

 

 

2.5

Whereupon the retiring Lord Mayor vacated the Chair, which was then taken by Councillor Gail Smith, the Lord Mayor.  The Lord Mayor addressed the Council.