To receive any announcements from the Chairman and/or Head of Paid Service
Minutes:
The Chairman thanked Members for appointing him as Chairman of Bromsgrove District Council in the 2025/26 municipal year, which he commented would be an honour and a privilege. The Chairman pledged to work with all Members equally and fairly during his term of office. Members were informed that the Chairman had grown up in the District and attended local schools during his childhood and he was proud of these roots. Council was informed that the Chairman would be announcing his consort and the charity(ies) that he would be supporting in due course.
During consideration of this item, on behalf of the Council, the Chairman paid tribute to Ms Betty Webb MBE who had sadly passed away since the previous meeting of Council at the age of 101. Council was informed that Ms Webb, from Wythall, was among the last surviving Bletchley code breakers. She had spent her youth during the Second World War deciphering enemy messages and later went on to work at the Pentagon, and subsequently at a school in Shropshire.
On behalf of the Council, the Chairman offered congratulations to Councillor R. Hunter and his wife on the birth of their daughter, Isla, since the previous meeting of Council.
The Chairman also led Members in congratulating Councillor H. Rone-Clarke and his partner on their forthcoming wedding, which was due to take place in June 2025.
The Head of Paid Service highlighted that a Member Briefing was due to take place on 21st May 2025 and would focus on the subject of Local Government Reorganisation. All Members were invited to attend this briefing.