Announcements by:

(1)          The Lord Mayor

(2)          The Sheriff

(3)          The Leader of the Council

(4)          The Chief Executive, Chief Finance Officer, Monitoring Officer

The Lord Mayor welcomed the newly elected councillors, Linda Smith and Sian Taylor, to the Council.

He announced that former councillor Stuart McCready had recently died. Councillor Fooks paid tribute to Mr McCready’s service to the Council, and members stood for a minutes’ silence in his memory.

The Lord Mayor announced;

-       visits from the four twin city mayors or their representatives for the Remembrance Day services;

-       he had the honour of meeting HRH Princess Anne when she visited Oxfordshire Youth Offending Service

-       a recent multi-faith meeting and service, very well attended by faith and non-faith communities, to show solidarity against extremism.

The Leader of the Council announced:

-       the Low Carbon Hub share offer was oversubscribed and the projects would go ahead;

-       he would take up the issue of power cuts and their impact on vulnerable people with the energy companies, as there had been several recently;

-       awards from Institute of Rating, Revenues and

-       Valuation awards: the welfare reform team won the Excellence in Partnership Working award and a silver in the Excellence in Staff Development category;

-       it would be helpful to have shadow portfolio holders for the Crime and Communities portfolio;

-       he would invite health partners to take forward the initiatives suggested by the parliamentary group, sent to mark World Aids Day, to tackle HIV rates in the city.

Announcements may be made by the Lord Mayor, The Sheriff, The Leader of the Council, Chief Executive, Chief Finance Officer and Monitoring Officer

Announcements may be made by the Lord Mayor, The Sheriff, The Leader of the Council, Chief Executive, Chief Finance Officer and Monitoring Officer

Announcements by:

(1)          The Lord Mayor

(2)          The Sheriff

(3)          The Leader of the Council

(4)          The Chief Executive, Chief Finance Officer, Monitoring Officer

The Lord Mayor, Councillor Abbasi, announced:

·         Prince William had visited the city to open the University of Oxford’s China centre and Princess Anne had attended the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s conference in the town hall;

·         the annual St Giles Fair had taken place;

·         he had attended a reception for London Welsh Rugby Club and a reception at the Ashmolean museum.

He notified Council of the resignation of Councillor Val Smith and paid tribute to her as the representative of Blackbird Leys for 27 years and her time as Lord Mayor. 

Councillor Bob Price (Leader of the Council), Councillor Jean Fooks, and Councillor Craig Simmons paid tribute to Councillor Val Smith and her service to the city and its residents as a parish, district and county councillor and as officer holder over many years. They sent their good wishes to her and her family.

The Sherriff, Councillor announced he had attended the AGM in Canterbury.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Bob Price, announced:

·         congratulations to the Motor Transport team who won the Best Service Team in the Transport & Fleet category and the Youth Ambition Team who won the Best Service Team for the Sports, Leisure & Culture category at the recent public service excellence awards;

·         an opportunity to invest in the low carbon hub’s community share offer to finance renewable energy projects;

·         he hoped the council could support World Cancer Day on 4^th February 2015 by supporting local charities.