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Meeting: 02/03/2020 - Council (Item 85)

Announcements

To receive the Announcements, if any, from the Mayor, the Leader, Head of Paid Service and Returning Officer.

Minutes:

Madam Deputy Mayor

 

Madam Deputy Mayor, Councillor Henson, informed Council she was deputising in the absence of the Mayor, Councillor Kabir. The forthcoming Our Croydon concert, happening at 6pm on Wednesday 11 March 2020 at the Fairfield Halls, was highlighted. Tickets were available from the venue. Madam Deputy Mayor congratulated Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College on being the runner-up in the Jack Petchey Perfect Pitch Awards.

 

The Leader

 

Madam Deputy Mayor, invited the Leader, Councillor Newman to make his announcements. The Leader informed Council that the Croydon Partnership had issued a statement earlier in the day regarding the development of the Whitgift Centre and called for the reaffirmation of the commitment to the development to be recorded in the minutes. The Leader described how the development was subject to on-going review with the partners remaining committed to the delivery of a dynamic town centre. This was good news for Croydon during an era of Brexit and retail change.

 

The Leader expressed his personal thanks to Paula Murray, Creative Director, for her work on the London Borough of Culture bid before giving way to Councillor Lewis, the Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport to comment further. The Cabinet Member informed Council that on 11 February 2020, Croydon has been named as the London Borough of Culture 2023. Pride in having lead the bidding team was expressed and thanks given to Paula Murray and the other members of her culture team (Chetna Kapacee, Paul Hudson, Marcus Harris and Marie Rose-Tulley). Councillor Lewis also thanked the cultural partners from across the Borough that had supported the bid and without whom the bid would not have been successful. The London Borough of Culture trophy was presented to Paula Murray with Madam Deputy Mayor expressing her own thanks to all those involved.

 


Meeting: 04/03/2019 - Council (Item 18)

Announcements

To receive the Announcements, if any, from the Mayor, the Leader, Head of Paid Service and Returning Officer.

Minutes:

Madam Mayor, Councillor Bernadette Khan, provided Members of the Council with an update on the forthcoming events she would be attending. Those were a fundraising tea for International Women’s Day, a Chinese Heritage Cultural Event, and a dinner for Croydon foster carers to celebrate their support for the borough’s children.

 

Madam Mayor led the Members of Council in thanking Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer, Richard Simpson, for his service to the Council, prior to his departure. Councillors Newman, the Leader of the Council, and Tim Pollard, Leader of the Opposition Group, were invited by Madam Mayor to also speak in recognition of the officer’s work. The Leader highlighted that Richard had been an outstanding public servant for Croydon. He was particularly noted for having lead on the management of the borough’s finances during a period of austerity. Councillor Tim Pollard highlighted that Richard was known for being calm and fair. It was noted that he would be very much missed.