Minutes:
1. Mr Roy Wayling Ford
The Chairman informed the County Council with sadness and regret of the death on 9 October 2010, of Mr Roy Ford, the Labour Member for the Margate Central electoral division from 1993 to 2005. He advised that the funeral was taking place on Friday 15 October at 11.15am at St John’s Church, Margate.
After tributes from a number of Members, all present stood in silence in memory of Mr Ford and the County Council passed a resolution in the following terms:
Resolved unanimously: that this Council desires to record the sense of loss it feels on the death of Mr Roy Ford and extends to his family and friends its heartfelt sympathy to them in their sad bereavement.
2. Chief Constable’s Commendation for senior KCC lawyer Karina Vickerman
The Chairman advised Members that Karina Vickerman, Senior Legal Officer within KCC Legal Services, had been awarded a Chief Constable's Commendation in relation to a joint prosecution with Kent Police.
The commendation was recommended as a result of work Karina did with Kent Police's financial unit on a trade mark case, which led to £3.3million Confiscation Order.
The Chairman stated that, unfortunately, Karina could not be
present today, but he met with her earlier in the week: she said
that she was delighted about her award and the County Council
agreed to offer their sincere thanks and congratulations to Karina
on her achievement.
3. Award for the preservation of windmills
The Chairman stated that he had been advised by Mr Brazier that he attended Cranbrook Windmill on 17 September in his role as Heritage Champion and received an award on behalf of Kent County Council from The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in recognition of its conservation work in respect of all eight of its windmills. The award consisted of a certificate and was displayed in the Chamber during the meeting.
4. New Chief Executive of the Connexions Service
The Chairman stated that he was pleased to introduce the new Chief Executive of the Kent and Medway Connexions Service, Mr Sean Kearns, who was present at the meeting. The Chairman added that Mr Kearns would be present for the lunch so that Members may have the opportunity of meeting him.
5. Commonwealth Games
The Chairman stated that there were a number of athletes with Kent connections who were competing and doing exceptionally well at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi – too many to mention, but there had been some medal success for Kent-based competitors and the County Council offered their sincere congratulations to all of the competitors in the Games.
6. South East Employers’ Member Development Charter
The Chairman stated that he was delighted to advise Members that Kent County Council had been awarded the South East Employers’ Member Development Charter following many months of hard work by both Members and Officers. The Chairman offered his particular thanks and congratulations to Mary Cooper, Member Liaison Manager, and Coral Ingleton, Learning and Development Manager, for their work on the award submission and preparation for the inspection, which took place approximately 3 weeks ago.
The Chairman then introduced the Chairman of South East Employers, Councillor Rory Love, who spoke about what was involved in being awarded the Charter and then made the formal presentation of the Award to the Chairman.
(In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 1.11, the Chairman proposed to vary the order of the agenda in order to take item 8 at this point, whilst Councillor Love was present. This was agreed).