To receive Mayor’s Announcements.

The Deputy Mayor paid tribute to a former Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer, Dick Taylor who had sadly died recently.  Dick served the Council with great distinction in a wide variety of roles for 32 years, until his retirement on 29 February 2004.  He had continued to support the Council during his retirement as Deputy Returning Officer, carrying out various reviews at the invitation of the Monitoring Officer and until recently he was a serving member of the Independent Remuneration Panel.  The Council stood in silence in his memory and as a mark of respect.