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Background Papers:

Admission as Honorary Freewoman - Report of the Chief Executive

submitted to the Ordinary Meeting of the Council on Thursday, 26 January 2023

The Mayor welcomed Members to the meeting, and advised that, on 26 January 2023, this Council had resolved to hold a Special Meeting to bestow the title of Honorary Freewoman of the Borough on Councillors Mrs. Heather Irene Scott O.B.E. and Mrs. Doris Mary Jones B.E.M., and on former-Councillor Dorothy Claire Long.

RESOLVED – (a) That, in pursuance of the power conferred upon the Council by the Local Government Act 1972, Councillor Mrs. Heather Irene Scott O.B.E. be admitted as an Honorary Freewoman of the Borough of Darlington in recognition of her long and eminent service to the Borough of Darlington.

(b) That, in pursuance of the power conferred upon the Council by the Local Government Act 1972, Councillor Mrs. Doris Mary Jones B.E.M. be admitted as an Honorary Freewoman of the Borough of Darlington in recognition of her long and eminent service to the Borough of Darlington.

(c) That, in pursuance of the power conferred upon the Council by the Local Government Act 1972, Dorothy Claire Long be admitted as an Honorary Freewoman of the Borough of Darlington in recognition of her long and eminent service to the Borough of Darlington.

(Note: Over two thirds of the Members present at the meeting voted in favour of each of the above Motions).