Agenda item

Minute Silence - Deaths of Former Councillors Henry Sturrock and Martin Brelsford

Minutes:

1.1

The Lord Mayor (Councillor Gail Smith) reported with sadness, the deaths of former Councillor Martin Brelsford who died on 6th September 2021, and former Councillor and Alderman of the City, Mr Henry Sturrock, who died on 25th June 2021.

 

 

1.2

The Lord Mayor reported details of the service provided to the Council by Mr. Sturrock, indicating that he had served on the Council from 1952 to 1974, and had been appointed as an Alderman of the city in 1970.  He was the last surviving Alderman of the city.

 

 

1.3

Members of the Council observed a minute’s silence in memory of former Councillors Brelsford and Sturrock, and this was followed by a tribute to former Councillor Sturrock given by Councillor Peter Price.

 

 

1.4

Time was allocated later in the meeting for Members to pay tribute to former Councillor Brelsford.