Minutes:
Consideration was given to the election of a Mayor for the Municipal Year 2020/21.
RESOLVED – That Councillor McEwan be elected Mayor of the Borough of Darlington for the Municipal Year 2020/21.
Following his election, the Mayor made and subscribed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office, and:-
(i) Was invested with the Chain of Office;
(ii) Tendered his thanks to the Members of the Council for having elected him;
(iii) Announced his decision to support the charities relating to youth unemployment, Dementia Friendly Communities, grass roots health and well-being schemes, and the Lullaby Trust (formerly the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death); and
(iv) Announced that his Mayoress for the Mayoral Year would be his wife, Mrs. Amanda McEwan.