Election of Chair for the 2022/23 Council Year
Decision:
Councillor Susanna Pressel was elected as Chair for the 2022/23 Council Year.
Minutes:
Before nominations were invited for the office of Chair of the Council, Councillor John Howson (the retiring Chair) took the opportunity to reflect on his year in office as Chair of the Council, and in particular his civic duties promoting Oxfordshire County Council and meeting a broad spectrum of people across the County. He thanked those who had acted as his consorts and drivers during the year, and Anita Bradley the Monitoring Officer and Sara Lenihan, his personal assistant for their guidance and support. He thanked the Vice-Chair (Councillor Pressel) for deputising for him on a number of occasions. He was proud that the Council had raised the flag of Ukraine above County Hall and of the work the Council was doing to support displaced people from Afghanistan and Ukraine.
Councillors Leffman, Brighouse and Reeves paid tribute to the outgoing Chair thanking him for his fairness, hard work, and effort over the year.
The Monitoring Officer, Anita Bradley then invited nominations for the office of Chair of the Council for the 2022/23 Council Year
Councillor Brighouse moved and Councillor Leffman seconded that Councillor Susanna Pressel be elected as Chair of the Council for the 2022/23 Council Year.
There being no other nominations and no dissent, Councillor Pressel was duly declared elected by a show of hands (nem con). Upon election, Councillor Pressel read out and signed the Statutory Declaration of Acceptance of Office
RESOLVED: (nem con) that Councillor Susanna Pressel be elected as Chair for the 2022/23 Council Year.
(Councillor Susanna Pressel in the Chair)