Election of Chair for the 2024-25 Council Year
Decision:
Councillor Alison Rooke was elected Chair for the 2024/25 Council Year.
Minutes:
The Right Reverend Gavin Collins, Bishop of Dorchester, opened the meeting with a prayer.
Before nominations were invited for the office of Chair of the Council, Councillor Felix Bloomfield (the retiring Chair) thanked all staff at County Hall, the Democratic Services and Facilities Management Teams and his Vice-Chair, Councillor Rooke, for their support over the year. It was noted that over £8,000 had been raised for the Chair’s chosen charities over the year, and the retiring Chair thanked all for their support.
The Monitoring Officer invited nominations for the office of Chair of the Council for the 2024/25 Council Year. Council Leffman moved, and Councillor Brighouse seconded that Councillor Alison Rooke be elected as Chair of the Council for the 2024/25 Council Year. There being no other nominations and no dissent, Councillor Rooke was duly declared elected.
RESOLVED: (unanimously) that Councillor Alison Rooke be elected as Chair for the 2024/25 Council Year.
(Councillor Alison Rooke in the Chair).