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[BLANKAUDIO] [BLANKAUDIO] [BLANKAUDIO] Here are the girls having a tea party and plotting for the next year. [BLANK_AUDIO] Okay, that's it, that's what I've done all year. So moving on to Mayor's announcements, I'd like to announce on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council, the Brockston Youth Mayor for 2024-25. I'm very jealous because I didn't have a Youth Mayor last year and Sue's going to have a Youth Mayor with her all year this year. And the Youth Mayor for 2025 is a young lady from Kimberly, she's doing her A-levels at Kimberly School. She's a member of the Girl Guides. She's hoping to study law in the future. She's involved in the Methodist youth group and so she's very eminently suited to be in a Youth Mayor representing the young people of Brockston. And her name is Libby Bales. And Libby tells us that she's looking forward to representing young people from across the borough during a year of office. And I think we've got a couple of people who are prepared to speak on behalf of Libby. So I think Councillor Chris Carr is going to speak first. Thank you, Mayor Mayor. Let's start by saying how wonderful I think it is that we have a position of Youth Mayor. So we do have a good representation of your voices on this council with four young councillors being elected last year. Or as some members like to remind me now, it's free. But that just goes to show how useful this position is as two of those young councillors have helped the position before. The Councillor will be and Adam Stockwell. I think it gives young people that opportunity to have their voices heard on the issues that matter to them, be it public transport, education, the environment. Something that I feel since I didn't quite get into politics until after I had graduated from university. I thought I'd missed out on having that at a young age. So I have a lot of respect for anyone who would come forward and make their voices heard from me on age. And that's why I'll ask you to make what the institution is all about. Thank you, Councillor. And Councillor Stockwell. Thank you, Madam Mayor. So yes, as Councillor Carr said, I very much started my political involvement in Brock Stowe as the Youth Mayor. And they rather depressingly worked out that it was 12 years ago when I was making these speeches. And there's obviously, yes. Yes, well, it was quite a shock on Election Day when they say, Oh, it's great to see some new young people involved. And they say, Well, I've been involved for the last 12 years, so I'm not that new after all, but there we go. I was 15 when I started, and I'm now heading very quickly towards 30, which is even scarier thoughts. But the main thing is, that's what I keep being told. And that we just want to say that we're very glad that we're getting this back and running. We're very warmly welcoming you to this Council, and we hope you have a fantastic year going ahead. Thank you. Thank you. So, Libby, if you would like to come forward... Libby, how are we going to come around here? It's a very beautiful necklace for you. We're going to get pictures taken, and we're going to investigate the Youth Mayor. I'm trying to go like that, aren't we? Don't we have? We're going to do a little bit of a little bit of a nice and cheerful smile. Oh, Libby, if you'd like to stand there, I can say... A few words. Madam Mayor, Madam Deputy Mayor, Councillors, officers, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for this opportunity to represent the Youth Voice and Broxibera Council. I've grown up in Nutsal, and I'm currently an A-level student at the Kimberley School. I'm also an active member of the community. I haven't been a Girls Brigade member for over 11 years. I'm being a Sunday school leader where I help children aged three to eight. My family have lived in Beeston, Nutsal, Kimberley, Whatnot, Stapleford, Bramcut and Shorewell, and so we're part of the history of the borough. I love the region, and I want to help promote it as best I can while showing the community what a positive impact human people can make. I feel it is important to have role models at all age ranges, and I hope to be able to set a good example to my peers as well as demonstrating to yourselves the importance of young people in the development of areas. I want to help showcase Broxibera to be a vibrant region with positive ideas about protecting the environment, employment and opportunities for young people, and demonstrate what a positive impact young people can have on an area. Thank you very much for your time, and I look forward to working with the new Mayor of Sioux Paterson in the coming year, and thank Teresa for everything she has done. [applause] So we're still on Mayor's announcements, and I know you used to be freestyling it, but I thought it was important enough to write a speech. Several pages long, buckle up, get comfy. Okay, so here we are, it's a year already since my absolutely done any election win in total. And my sudden and unexpected elevation to the lofty heights of Mayor of the Borough, and might I say what a year it's been. Full of joys and sorrows, I've met many fascinating people, I've met people from all walks of life, I've taken part in fascinating and unexpected experiences, I've been at events that mark local history. Poppy, my marvellous, amazing, consort, will attest that has mostly been very good. But there have been also many moments when we're on the brink of disaster. For example, likely time, we were on our way to 100th birthday party. We've founded the wrong group of people carrying baskets of flowers, assuming they must be going to the 100th birthday party. And unfortunately ended up very almost joining the burial of some ashes. Saved by the vicar, who pushed us into the church to get us out of the way. Oh, well, it's well ends well. We had a terrible moment where we wondered whether the 100 year old was actually dead. We were going to the burial of ashes, but it worked out all right at the end. There's been so many stories, I'm not going to bore you with them all now. I'm going to spend my retirement writing a book that'll turn into a movie and I'll be rich in my retirement. Okay, so during the year, as you know, I've established a new charity, the Broxdale Community Fund. And I'd like you to know that so far I've raised an amazing 22,150 pound. [applause] Not quite as much as I hoped, but nevertheless, I'll continue to raise funds for this charity going forward. And very shortly, the first grants will be made to local registered charities and voluntary organisations, whose work specifically benefits people in Broxdale borough. I'm very excited to let you know to announce that my pad, a well-known local company, has chosen Broxdale Community Fund as its charity of the year. Last year, they raised £50,000 for their charity of the year, so I'm very hopeful that this year, they'll raise at least that much and even more if I helped them with some of my marvellous skills. During this year, I've attended 219 civic engagements. It's kept me very busy, and I'd like to say at this point that I'm very thankful to my employers, the Board of Trustees at Transform Training, who have allowed me the flexibility to do this while still holding down a full-time job. As many of you know, I'm a frontline youth worker, and I think I've managed to help a large number of local teenagers to aspire to one day, to be the mayor. Mostly because they like the big gold bling and the Buffy leftovers that I've been feeding them with every week. But, joking aside, I've explained the role of the council and the mayor to so many young people, and I hope that some of them will always remember that no matter where you come from, you can be who you want to be, even if that is be the mayor. Obviously, I've got a few thank yous to say, and the first and foremost is to poppy. I'm a beautiful 15-year-old granddaughter who's sitting at the back, who supported me as consort throughout being deputy mayor and a mayor. It has been truly superb sharing all of the wonderful experiences with Poppy. She's been doing this as part of her voluntary work element of the Duke of Edinburgh's last year as bronze, and this year as silver. Of course, it's actually Poppy's fault that I'm the mayor to start with, because when she was very much younger, I think she was seven. An idea colleague, Sue Bagshaw was the mayor. Poppy was invited to the mayor's parlor in her role as school council rep at the child church of England primary school. Poppy said she really enjoyed herself, and she said afterwards. Oh, Granny, I really wish you could become the mayor. Listen, as unlikely as it seemed, because I was in my first year of being a councillor and the opposition were in control, as unlikely as it seemed at that point, never underestimate the power of grandchildren to get what they want from their grannies. Thank you, Poppy. I've got a little gift for you. If you'd like to come to the front, Poppy, she doesn't like being in the limelight. But I've got some chocolates for Poppy that say on them magnificent, because she is. And 50 pound Waterstones gift voucher, because I love sitting in the cafe at Waterstones while Poppy spends two to three hours looking for books. Thank you, Poppy. Of course, I have to thank my deputy mayor, Sue Paterson. She has been everything a spare should be, complete with ginger hair, like every good spare. But unlike some other spares, she's been a massive and loyal support to me, and as far as I'm aware, she has never complained about me to the media, and has not written a book about any of my family secrets. So, Sue, she has stepped in and covered many events, sometimes a very short notice, and willingly taken up the call of duty when ever needed. She's a really lovely person, and has been the perfect sidekick for me. We've had lots of fun all year, and I know that Sue is going to be an absolutely brilliant mayor for the coming year. Thank you, Sue. I've had a lot of help and support from my great civic team and comms team. I've worked very closely with Michelle and Anna, but have also been greatly supported by Sarah Faye and Aurora. They've worked tirelessly in the background making sure that all my mad ideas have become reality, ensuring I've got all the information I need, all the tools for the job, everything from second hand work boots, spades, cakes, baskets of flowers, anything that I needed. So I've got a little gift for them as well, so this is for you, Michelle. Are these for the rest of the team? It goes on, don't worry. I'm our chief exec. I want to thank our chief exec, Ruth, for believing in me, for backing me all the way. And your team of officers, I know you feel, I know you backed me all the way, and I've got a gift for you as well. So I'd love to grab you a month of peace. Thank you, Ruth. And thank you to all of the officers at the Council, and of course thank you to all of my fellow Councillors who have turned up on demand and helped me, and made this year really, really special. We've been to a lot of events, we've had a lot of fun together. I'm not going to go on all night. My last thank you, and I'm sorry if I missed anybody in my thank yous. I'm thanking everybody, but my last thank you I'm going to stay out down here is to my chaplain, Paul. He took on the job at Short Notice, and knowing me already, he already knew that I'm a non-believer. But he's been kind, efficient, careful of everybody's feelings and sensitivities, everything the chaplain should be, and an absolute joy to work with. So I want to say thank you, Paul. We've got a gift for you, Paul. People know if they didn't get one, won't they? We've got a clock. They never have to be late. Thank you so much. Thank you, and this will go on for the narrow vote. Oh lovely, thank you, thank you. It's quite a challenge to be my chaplain. So yeah, whatever else I can say, it's been an absolute privilege to serve this borough, and I've enjoyed it greatly, and I hope that Sue enjoys it as much as I've enjoyed it. So thank you, thank you everybody. We're going to hand over to the leader, to the deputy leader. It says leader on that thing. Thank you, Madam Mayor. It's an absolute pleasure and an honour to rise to move this vote of thanks for you as you leave the role. I was speaking to Paul on the way in, actually, and he said that you said that you're a non-believer, so you're still working progress. And I'm sure the civic team, lots of us in the room have worked with Teresa to a greater or lesser extent for a number of years. And I'm sure the civic team and Ruth and GMT wanted to kind of agree with me that, you know, she's someone who is pretty easy going, doesn't want it all her own way. You know, happy to not be in the limelight, very easy to manage at every event, doesn't cause you out to have any kittens or anything like that, doesn't want to be in control of anything often, and doesn't want to be completely dictatorial about any decision-making as far as it. And I'm sure she's been an absolute pleasure every single day to work with side-by-side in that sense. But joking aside, Teresa is a very close friend of me, and I trust her immensely. She has a deep sense of duty to wanting to help with this. She is incredibly loyal, and I often sort her counsel and will continue to seek her counsel. When I need help, and sometimes she offers her counsel, even if I don't need help. But she recognises perhaps, you know, more than anything, that the role of Mayor is a great honour. And I know that she's taken her duties incredibly seriously, and quite frankly has done a really, really remarkable job. Because she touched on the fact that, you know, we'd watched the slideshow and, you know, we'd perhaps breathed the side relief that we didn't have to sit through the 219 slides. But 219 events is a huge, huge calendar, particularly when, as she says, she's devoted a life during the day, a day job, to helping others through transform, training and helping kids who need some help and intervention. She is in that sense a force for good in a day job, and a force for good when she isn't doing her day job. And, you know, she talked about the £22,000 that she has raised during her year. Every single Mayor that I've known since I've been here works tirelessly for their charities. They do a wonderful job and are incredibly committed, and they see the importance of that. But the figure that Teresa has collected in this year is remarkable, and I'll come on to that in a bit later. I think she was a bit sad that she didn't have a youth Mayor this year, because she's trying to put young people at the forefront of the kind of idea of being involved in politics and the idea of getting involved and the idea, whichever your party is, of trying to do something good for your community and, you know, Poppy was exemplary in that. She was a fantastic ambassador for the Council, and she was a brilliant, brilliant concert. But, you know, we've had the Oldham and White School banter, and up at nearly every occasion, you know, they did the Civic event, they did the Volunteer Awards, and they did the stuff at the Holocaust Memorial Day. You know, and it's just brilliant to see, you know, kids who are actually brilliant themselves, trying and getting involved and doing music. And contributing to the community. I guess, on a more serious side, Teresa has seen the role, not just as that Civic thing, and it's about kind of portraying the values that you hold as well, and the opportunity to portray the values that you hold as well. On behalf of Brock Stowe-Buru, and I know that she holds kind of like the principles of diversity and inclusion very, very high. You know, she's shown that by the multi-fake event that she did at Plessy Club, which she was, of course, instrumental in getting built on the old Plessy site. And she talked about her mad ideas, and, you know, she did have a mad idea, and she has this annoying ability to pull off mad ideas when everyone else would bottle it, or say, you know, that's stupid, or we can't do that. Like, for instance, I'm going to get a team together and run the Robin Hood marathon. And I don't know which was a bigger achievement, whether it was the fact that she did get a team together and do the Robin Hood marathon, or whether she got Millen to put his bag out for a minute. And he's just here, as he walked, and I don't know if it was a bigger achievement. It's probably just that one, actually. I don't know if it was a bigger achievement to get Millen to pull his bag out for a minute and get him to complete the mini walk at the end, both of them remarkable achievements. But she's always practiced what she preaches, and I think never more so than at the Civic do, which was a brilliant do down at the Shed in, in, in Eastern West, in, in my ward, actually. And, you know, we're talking about inclusion, and we're talking about diversity. We're talking about, do we want it posh and glamorous, or do we want to showcase the very best things of Brockstone and the very best people of Brockstone. And she gets pulled fiction and loads of helpers there with kids with learning difficulties to do all the service and to do all the tables. And they were absolutely remarkable. And it's kind of an example of how you put into practice things that you believe in and want to do. But I've finished, I guess, on the couple of things, the stand-out things, which are, I think, certainly for me and when I look as kind of an outside of Teresa's term in office, the two things, which will be the most impressive and will hold a legacy. And she ain't about legacy for herself, despite kind of like a joke in about it, the two things which will be a legacy for Brockstone, one of them will be the Brockstone charity, the Brockstone community fund. And we've talked about the money, we've talked about the additional money that I'll have. And because Teresa's in the game and in the sector of the third sector and the voluntary sector and knowing how hard it can be to compete, to try and get stuff in places like Beeston and Kimberley and Stapleford and Eastwood, when you've got knotting them on your doorstep, in the city on your doorstep, and the pulling power they have in that sector, being able to create something specifically for people in our communities is brilliant. And I hope that other mayors and as a council will look to continue to support that venture in the future. But I'll finish on this. My very favourite event was the Brockstone Volunteer Awards, which were held at Placie Club. And, you know, I try not to well up, but there was not a dry eye in the house when we were handing awards out for support. People who worked tirelessly to support food banks, when we had community hero awards, when we had sporting awards for people who'd give up all that time, time and time again to do sports clubs for kids, when we had youth worker awards, when we had kind of like kids who were doing brilliant stuff like, like, who was it, it was just tracking. It was Christopher and Emma, two young kids who were doing the litter picking, and they got on award for being part of their communities. The boys brigade people, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house when Brian and Beryl got their Lifetime Achievement Award for the elderly club and elder barriers that they call it up at Greensong for the work that they do for 25 years, and it was just absolutely beautiful to see. A room full of love, a room full of Arab refugees doing good for doing good for the Arab community, just all everybody taking a huge amount of love and warmth in everyone else's success, and I think that was down to Theresa, and, you know, that will be a brilliant legacy, and I can't wait for it to continue into the future. So, if they were the stand-up moments for me, and it's a huge honour and a pleasure to move this vote, thanks. [applause] And I'm going to ask Lydia if she'd like to. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Well, on behalf of the Conservatives, it gives me great pleasure to say what a wonderful evening is. I know you have more than four years, I think it's playing up, it doesn't want me. Thank you very much. I'll just have to show up. Yeah, you're on. I have been given some information, and I was absolutely bowled over when the told me how much she raised, and I think it's absolutely magnificent. And I do hope it carries on. And the thing I like about it, I know that York is going to be locally in Boston, and for the work that you do with young children, I think it's to be at my Theresa. And I just think it's lovely. I just want to see what's still involved with young ones when they're helping me. Anyway, I do know that you've given out 10 volunteer awards, which Greg mentioned, and I'm sorry, I can't give you a list of the names of the people, but I'm sure you know who they are. I do know that your engagement in the community, second to none, I do know that you enjoyed the duck race. Love that. I don't know if you put your bets on it, did you or anything? No. And then I was very happy and delighted to go to York City dinner, which it was just because I'm an old just fan, and it was brilliant. I really enjoyed it. And like you said, I enjoyed it, seeing the young people who prepared those meals at the table and came around to talk to them. It was lovely. It was really different, super. So, obviously, I could go on a lot more. I do know that you spent hours with two experienced students bringing them into the council and encouraging them to be councilors, to carry on, to be involved in party politics, to be involved in the borough. And I think you're a shining example to us all, and I don't care where you sit in the council chamber, but that is great. And I would like to wish you all the best, and I know you'll carry on doing you fundraising, so please involve me. And I do know that you're going to be wonderful, because when we went to God is love, we had a great time, didn't we? We did. We were working very hard. And Theresa was wonderful, and I was able to thank her on everything she said. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody else wants to say anything? No, should we have a move to the vote now, don't we? Yeah, move that to the vote then. So you're voting on the vote of thanks, all in favour? Anybody against? Or any abstentions? No, that's carried then. Thank you very much. That was really lovely. That was really lovely. I'm going to give it all away now. So, I'm now going to ask for nominations for the election of the Mayor of the Borough Council until the annual meeting of 2025. Do I have a proposal? Councillor Boffinger. I don't understand that this time. Yes, I'd like to propose Councillor C. Patterson to be the Mayor. For those who don't know, I don't know who seems to be on the Council slightly longer than me, but not a huge long length of time. She's written a little bit about herself, and I've edited it and chased it around a little bit. She was born and grew up in Bessville Village, the youngest of four siblings. When she married Harry in 1993, they moved to Chilwell and then stayed for about 25 years ago. They're proud of their family. A lot of them have joined us this evening, especially to Faye and Evie, who sue idolizers and loves to spend so much time with them. With three older siblings, Sue said that she had to be a good listener. I expect there's probably other things as well, but anyone who knows Sue will know that she is really good at listening to us. It will really stand her in good stead as she chairs our meetings and as she meets people or continues to meet people across the borough. I'm guessing as well, knowing Sue that she did have things to say, but she probably had to make sure it was really worthwhile when she got the chance. That stayed with her too. I know lots of us value her advice on Council over the years. As a youngster, she lived in a mining village. Her father was a miner. And just 40 years ago, today, it was just over two months into a one-year strike, Sue learned then what the value of community and community support really are. This is motivator. It's never left her. It's motivated her. It's why she's stood as a Councillor and runs through all she does, both in the two Councillors she belongs to and all the other groups she's part of. We're not looking after her family. All conducting her duties as Councillor, she spends a time with a number of local volunteer organisations. There are at least 200 people in the surrounding areas who can crochet who before the lockdowns couldn't. She keeps trying to get me along as a token male. She hasn't succeeded yet, but I fear she might one day. During her mayoral year, Sue will be raising funds to the Helpful Bureau, an organisation that she's a trustee of, while also raising awareness for dystonia UK, and continuing to raise awareness and point people in the direction of the Brockstone Community Fund. Sue was diagnosed with dystonia 13 years ago. It's the third most common movement disorder behind Parkinson's and essential tremor, but lots of people don't know very much about it. She wants to make sure that as a result of this, that more people do. She's a trustee of the Helpful Bureau. She sees firsthand the amazing benefit they bring to the people in the southern part of the borough. We know there's another organisation similar in Eastwood too. They support the over 55s, people with disabilities so they can remain active, socialised, independent and arranging anything from day trips to Skegi to helping home, to gardening and all sorts of things. Sue's concert for the year will be her husband Harry. They're looking forward to attending lots of community events, especially the play days and Christmas light switch-ons. They're also looking forward to meeting people from all over the borough and learning more about the different organisations that make our borough so rich and so special. Last year, while attending all the play days, Sue challenged officers and counsellors to a hula hooping contest. I can't remember who won. I don't think it was me. This year she's going to, as well as some hula hooping, she's going to extend to juggling and diablo. I know it's not very British, that's okay or not, but I've already been practising. I suggest that anyone who might be anywhere near the play days does likewise, you've been warned. It's just a little taste of all that Sue's done in the community. We've seen what she's done in the council as well. In a view of all this, I gladly warm and hold heart of the proposed Councillor Sue Paterson to be the Brockster Borough Mayor for the coming year. [Applause] And I'm going to call on Councillor Pillipow in to second that proposal. Madam Mayor, Henri Olderman and Freeman of the Borough of Brockstow. Members of Council, ladies and gentlemen, I did second the proposal last year for Sue Paterson to become Deputy Mayor, and so I suppose it was fairly natural that I should be asked to second the proposal this year. And as you've done nothing to upset me this past year, I was more than happy to agree to do it. However, as with last year, I don't know an awful lot about you, of course, but I won't go into that this year. So again, I asked Democratic Services to send me as much information as they possibly could, and they did, but it was exactly the same as it was last year. So I assume that you've done nothing this year, or at least nothing of note that Democratic Services have recorded. So I can't really say an awful lot about you over and above what I said last year, but I thought I would perhaps focus on the role of Mayor, because, of course, as we've seen tonight, it's an extremely important role, and it's important that we get the right person for the job. And over many years, I've known many mayors, and unlike Councillor Marshall, I've come across some that should never have been Mayor. I remember one mayor, and I won't mention names, he's no longer with us, who got to the front, it was the dias then, in the old council chamber, and stood up. His first comment was, I am the Queen's representative in Broxstone. The trouble was, for most of the year, he thought he was the monarch himself, rather than just a representative. And I've come across other mayors who have been most unsuitable, and I could make comments about them, but I can already see the monitoring officer twitching, so I had better not say anymore about that. The role of mayors, I've said, is extremely important, because the mayor is the front facing part of Broxstone Borough Council. You are the number one citizen, and as we've already heard, you attend many events and functions, and represent Broxstone Borough Council at those functions, and so it's important we have someone with the right characteristics. And I don't mean just a pretty face, and I'm sure you have got a pretty face, but you are more to that very sexist, I know, but you'll have to excuse me, because I'm also looking at 30, but from the wrong side of this investigation. You have to have other characteristics as well, and I was talking to Jill before we came out as to what I should say, and she made the comments that you are pleasant and approachable, and I think those are two extremely important characteristics that you need if you are going to be the mayor of this borough. And I'm sure you will relate very, very well to residents across the borough, no matter what their background is. But in finishing, I need to remind you of perhaps your most important job, particularly when it comes to council meetings, and the most important job that you have got in a council meeting is to protect me from the abuse, the comments, the bullying, and anything else that's thrown at me, and I'm sure that I can rely upon you because you are a pleasant and approachable person. I'm delighted to second your nomination for mayor. Would anybody else like to speak at this point, Councillor Jeremiah? In this respect, I think Sue Patterson has a great, great pedigree. As you all know now, those are some of my notes. Sue's dad was a minor at Lindy Pitt in Nottinghamshire during the 1984 minor strike. In Yorkshire and elsewhere, staying out to what turned out to be the whole year was extremely difficult, but especially hard in Nottinghamshire. But the struggle to save his community was one which prevailed with commitment and perseverance for the full 12 months, which is the month's achievement. Speaking to Sue some time ago, I remember telling me about how she was picked on in the playground, but her mum, like many wives during the strike, found her voice to speak up about injustice. And I think being in local politics and a member of the Council has helped and enabled Sue to definitely follow Sue on that one. I have been on receiving end of bullet times actually. So I believe that these parental values and beliefs of community, commitment, camaraderie have been transferred to Sue, values which was important today as they were to her mum and dad 40 years ago. The values which is demonstrated at the State of the Town Council and at Rockstoke Borough. And values which I believe will make her a great, great mayor. Sue's parents would be immensely proud to see her as mayor, as I think we all are, and it's been a great pleasure to speak and support her. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody else like to speak? Oh, Councillor Marshall. Yeah, just very quickly. Councillor Jeremiah's words there were really important that should be important for all of us in the Chamber, where we find out moral compass and we find the values that we stand up for. And I have no doubt at all that Sue will do that in her role as mayor. I've learnt a lot from Sue since I've known as she's been an incredibly trusted and loyal friend as well. And I think she'll be absolutely brilliant at everything that she's done in Statefulford. She will do brilliantly in Eastwood and in Beeston and in Kimberley and everywhere else in between in Rockstoke. The two things I'm looking forward to the most are seeing which way do you place between me and Tyler in the charity snooker event that she will be hosting as part of a mayoral charity event. And the other thing I'm really looking forward to, or should I say more being a fly on the wall to the interesting discussions shall we say between Sue's consort and Councillor Philip Owen every civic dupe for the next year. Thank you. Okay. Are we ready to move this to the vote? Trying to string it out as long as I can. All in favour? That's everybody, isn't it? That's carried. So I can now declare that Councillor Sue Patterson be elected mayor of the borough of Rockstoke until the annual meeting 2025. Sue, would you like to come forward please? I will now ask the newly elected mayor to read aloud and sign the declaration of acceptance box. I, Susan Patterson, having been appointed to the office of Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Rockstoke declared that I take that office upon myself and will duly and faithfully fulfill the duties of their according to the best of my judgment and ability. I undertake to observe the code of conduct, which is expected of members of this of the City of Rockstoke for a council. Thank you. I really also want to answer that question. Right, right with me. I've got the chain and everything, isn't it? (Laughter) Congratulations. Are you ready? I don't know. Smile. I will say. I think you're in there. Eighties. Mm-hmm. I'll bring you out to each other. Yeah, please. (Laughter) It falls on me to unveil the mayor's picture. Are you ready, everybody? (Applause) (Applause) Yes. Theresa, I don't know what else I can add to what people have already said, but your energy and enthusiasm for everything you take on is to be envied by everybody else. I mean, you just are forced to be reckoned with. And you should be proud of all your attunement circuits, you've raised a record amount to your charity. And I know that you've got one thing that you're really proud of achieving, which is getting the crest put back in the chamber after a big bite. So I know you're really pleased about that. And thank you for sharing your year with me. I've had a wonderful time supporting you. And I look forward to continuing to support your charity as well, but you've set it up. And I'm really looking forward to working with you. And there's a token of our appreciation for your service as mayor for the last 12 months. We've got your gifts for you. So as your past mayor's badge. Yep. Thank you. Okay. And a certificate of your achievements. Well, and I believe that this photo album on its way. Well, they wanted to get photos from tonight. So thank you again. You've been marvelous. And please share some of your energy. And please help me raise funds for the helpful year now for their new mini boss. Thank you again. Let me go. Lots of paperwork here. So, please be with me. I'm not used to doing big public speeches. So it might take me a little time to get into my flow, but I'm sure I'll get there in the end. So I want to thank Councillor Bothinger, Councillor Owen and Councillor Jeremiah for their kind words. I remember last year, Councillor Owen, that you were meant to send me some measurements so I could crochet you at a top. You never did send them measurements through. Instead, I've made you a positive potato. [Applause] It's very, very kind. I've treasured this and showed it to my granddaughter actually. So, thank you for your kind words and things I've accepted in the spirit is meant. So, anyway, back to a series. Now, members, I'm honoured to take on this important role. I want to express my deepest thanks for your support, encouragement and belief in me. I'm truly grateful for this opportunity. As I take on this new role, I am reminded of the responsibilities that come with it. I'm committed to working tirelessly for the betterment of Albora. Together, I hope we can strive to create a more inclusive, prosperous and sustainable community for all. I look forward to attending the many wonderful events Albora has to offer. I know my granddaughters, Fay and Eva, are looking forward to the play days and the Christmas lights which are on. We had such wonderful fun last year. And as Ross has already said, can't Ross Boffinger peaked? And Chris, don't forget the challenge. I believe that they sell Diablo kits up at the DH Lawrence Museum. So, off your pop and get some practice in. This year, I will be supporting the Helpful Bureau as my chosen charity. Many of you already know of the fantastic work they do across the borough. Their main aim is to help people remain living safely and independently in their own home. They offer a range of services from practical support with cleaning, shopping and gardening to social events like lunch, club, befriending and day trips. Over the next year, we will be raising funds to help them to buy a new mini bus. I hope that you will all assist me in achieving this goal. So, if you fancy doing a coffee morning or a raffle, let me know. I will also be continuing to support Broadstone Community Fund along with Councillor Cullin. Lastly, I would like to raise awareness of dystonia, a condition I suffer from myself. Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder. In layman terms, my brain sends the wrong signals to my muscles, causing them to spasm uncontrollably. It's a third most common movement disorder after Parkinson's and essential tremor. So, I might call funny faces at you. I can't help that at all. It might actually just be me pulling a funny face. It can affect any region of the body. Personally, it affects my face, neck, torso and soft palate. Currently, there is no cure. However, there are several treatments that can help relieve symptoms. So, I actually go for Botox injections every three months. I can tell you, I've got the youngest looking soft palate in the room. So, I'd like to thank Russell Den from the Haven Church and Community Centre, who has kindly agreed to be my chaplain for the year and I value his support. Once again, I would like to thank my family and friends who have always supported me. Just before I finish, I would like to wish Councillor Marshall a happy birthday. And also, to my husband Harry, happy 31st wedding anniversary. Don't say I never take you anywhere. So, thank you and, like I say, bear with me. Hopefully, I'll get better as the year goes on. [Applause] So, we'll move on to item 9. Could I have nominations for Deputy Mayor, please? Councillor Redil a bit. Yes, Madam Mayor, I rise to propose Councillor Robert Bullock, as Deputy Mayor of the Bullock so for the Civic Year 2024 to 2025. However, it would be remiss of me, of course, if I didn't say a few thank yous. First of all, thank you to the Youth Mayor and congratulations, which we feel young again, seeing only a few years older than me getting a position like that. But also, Madam Mayor, Madam Mayor, go and make Councillor Theresa Cullen. And, like Councillor Rohan, Councillor Bawlin, many others, we've seen many mayors over the years. This is my 37th inauguration of a mayor. And I remember every one of them with great fondness when they've left office. [Laughter] But also Madam Mayor, to thank those speakers who stand up and for everybody that does so much for our community. It's something that I think is very, very important. And, of course, when we were outside, I was introduced to all your family. As you know, to your daughters, to partners, to grandchildren, everybody except Harry. So, for this year, Harry, you were now being known as poor old Harry. Oh. But Madam Mayor, Councillor Robert Bullock, and he didn't get me thinking about what I was going to say. So, I have got a few notes, but we'll come to an idea I've got for a charity event at the end. He started working outside, and as a youngster, he's actually born in February. He's a year, sorry, he's a month younger than me, would you believe? People think he's five years older, but actually he's a month younger than I am. And he joined Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service, and he spent 30 years as a firefighter, retiring in 2008. And then we're 18 sports, anti-doping and workplace clubs, and alcohol screening, until you arrive from work in 2022. Well, it's a good job, but you weren't an active duty at tonight. I'm sure that you'd find one or two transgressors, particularly on the alcohol front. But, however, Madam Mayor, he's been married for a long, long time too. He's a wonderful wife, Lenny. And of course we've got our big leafletry at tonight barrel, and of course, Matthew's now the Mayor of Eastwood. And we talk about Bob's wedding with great happiness and fun. And in the words of William Shakespeare, I think it was William Shakespeare, Bob, when he signed the declaration in 10th to his new wife, uttered the wonderful words of William Shakespeare, God, you look sweaty. It was the oddest day of the year. However, Lenny, as we all know, undoubtedly managed to get her own back on him. And one of the things that I find really funny, were when they were on a fishing trip and got caught in a thunderstorm, and Lenny was trying to bang the boot of the car down, and it wouldn't go down, 'cause he thought there was a tree-stuck in his hat from Bob's head. And although she tried her best to knock some sense into it, it worked only to a certain degree. We'll come to that again very soon. But I remember that when they looked on Castle Street, which is a street at the back of where I live, of course. And then we moved on to Guiltbrook. And of course, Madam Mayor, he's an expert in DIY. I don't know if you know this. Bob's the one who knocked the front window out, but was six inches too short. He's very tired to fit it. So that's his expertise in DIY, although he is an expert decorator now. I'm trying to set him on for myself, but the wages aren't very good. But of course, Madam Mayor, he did have one look at his skateways in the fire series. It's important to understand just how important our uniforms and services are and the risk that they do suffer from in their day-to-day career. And he was one day caught when a country collapsed onto a cart up in the young mother and child inside. And Bob and two of our firefighters escaped, or tried to get help into escape, of course. And Bob was trapped under the equipment with his head, being compressed. And it was a very serious issue. And obviously, he was rushed to the hospital. And they scanned Bob and didn't find anything in his brain. So Madam Mayor, this has really got me thinking. Well, what about this then for a charity event? So Bob's got no brain. I've got no heart. There are some people who've got no courage. And of course, Madam Mayor, the chief executive would make a wonderful Dorothy. Although in your case, you wouldn't be walking down the yellow big road, we would be trying to get you to walk down the red big road. So Madam Mayor, we then decided, I thought, who could we advertise for the Wizard of Oz for our charity plan to mine? And then I looked around for appropriate people with wisdom and knowledge and understanding. So let's just say the job is still open to applicants. So Madam Mayor, now we've got the scarecrow with no brain. That's proven. You've got the Tin Man with no heart and the job open for no courage in the Wizard of Oz. And if the chief executive will become our Dorothy, I'm sure the Christmas plan to mine this year in your authority will be well attended and well rehearsed. I hope we didn't think you were going to get off anything here tonight, Ruth. But what I wanted to finish on tonight is to say that Bob is a tremendous servant to the public and particularly to the people of Eastwood. I call him Bob, because I've called him Bob, but he's an additional address, so it's Bob from now on living. He's been involved in various roles. Trustee and Treasurer of Eastwood volunteer bureau. He's currently a trustee of Eastwood. He's concerned Chair of Eastwood and District neighborhood watch. He's served two tenths of the Councillor, a greasy parish council. Elected two were a council in 2023, of course. And he's from town council since 2019. And he was an athlete when he was younger. He was a runner in cycling. Now he spends his time playing golf fishing. And he's now got involved in running the golf society in England club. And he's never stopped, really. No, I know. So Madam Mary, just give me a great pleasure to propose to the Councillor Robert Bullock. We'd have it to be here for the year 2024-2025. And we will be your major role in this year's Broxnopan time called Wizard of Oz. Fantastic. Thank you very much. I'm looking at you, Councillor McBrail. Yes. Madam Mayor, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, what a lovely time. Could you just pop your speaker up? You think I need one? I don't think so. Madam Mayor, on behalf of our hardworking group, congratulate you on your evidence to the post of Mayor. And I'm sure you will find that wherever you come to our district, you will find the support and we will do all we can. Thank you. However, I'd like to second the motion recommending Bob Bullock to the Office of Deputy Mayor and the Board of Props to 24-25. I've known Bob for quite a while, but I think as you know, a lot of people, but you don't know much about them. Milan, thank you for what you've said. Obviously, sometimes you get speeches like this, and there's a lot of costs, comments, anyway. So, I can agree with a lot that Milan said, and it's nice words to Bob. But Bob's worked with us at Greasy Parish Council, and I can assure members here, as to his calming influence and getting things done in his quiet manner. Currently, as a member for Eastwood Town Council and being a now-retired fireman with over 30 years experience, he manages to town a lot more, shall I believe. And, of course, he's a King God himself, so I'm sure he'll be able to keep one or two BDRs on the goings of town, must be wrote. He always gets involved in many local affairs, age concern, etc, etc, etc. But, Madam Mayor, it gives me great pleasure in seconding Bob Bullock as Deputy Mayor for the quiet man. Thank you. (Applause) Council, it's Rachel. Thank you, Madam Mayor. For that, doesn't matter. No, congratulations on you. You don't realise, don't you're going to have a real job on your hand. During your period as mayor, there's going to be a general election, the county elections next year. Good luck with that. (Laughter) Anyway, I was just going to say Milan, the pantomime. Yep, absolutely. But, there are nominations open for the good witch, the bad witch, monkeys and a dog. So, I think you've got... (Laughter) I've got clue what Diablo is, so you probably count me out on that one, but you can teach me, you can teach me. The purpose is, obviously, I'm standing up to, again, the second Bob Bullock as the new deputy mayor and will be the mayor, hopefully, eventually. And after the story that we heard from the lead this night about your DIY experts, I think from now on, I'm going to call you Bob the Builder. (Laughter) Barbara says, also, she's told me to tell you that she thinks you're very good senator and appeals. I don't know what she wants, but there you go. And I've only known you since you elected a year ago, but I've always found you extremely approachable, very friendly, easy to talk to. And again, as it's already been pointed out, when people spoke about yourself there, that is a very, very good attribute to have for a deputy mayor. For a deputy mayor as well as a mayor. So, I have no hesitation in the second then, Bob Bullock to be the new deputy mayor for Proxobora Council. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause) Would anybody else like to speak? Councillor CUMMARDED. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Mayor, fellow Councillors, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to say a few words in support of our proposal and second of the one I'm donating. For a deputy mayor, I'll call him Bob as well. 'Cause he's always known him as Bob. Bob is a really committed person, deeply committed, and a passionate person. He will give great support to yourself and bring strong social and caring values to your position. I have known Bob for many years, and it's a wonderful wife, little, and a family. We're brilliant now. Commuting into groups and organisations is brilliant to support. I'm really, really well. It's a really dedication, don't be honest with that. I don't know how dangerous this is. It keeps volunteering for everything. I don't know how he's got the time. And there was doing a read-in. (Laughter) I'm both delighted and honoured to be able to support his nomination. And I urge all Councillors to commit themselves to supporting Bob. Have a new mayor. Thank you. (Applause) All those in favour? I think that's unanimous. So, the new mayor, I declare that Councillor Robert Bullock, I've called you Robert. (Laughter) We elected Deputy Mayor of the Bora, Roxo Bora Council until the annual meeting in 2025. Bob, I'm really looking forward to working with you. Sorry, that was a Bob Roth and a Robert. I'll wait. That's fine. Please come forward. I will now ask the newly elected Deputy Mayor to read aloud to decide the declaration of acceptance. I, Robert Bullock, having been appointed to the Office of Deputy Mayor of the Council of the Bora, Roxo, declare that I take that office upon myself and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it according to the best of my judgment and ability. I undertake to observe the code of conduct which is expected of members of Roxo Bora Council. Thank you. All right, I've got a copy here. (Applause) Madam Mayor, honoris freeman and alderman fellow Councillors and ladies and gentlemen. I was told I should say a few words. I thought I'd better write something down as I'd probably forget what I wanted to say. And as you heard from Miller, I don't always pick the right words at important moments. It's safe for this way. I was very surprised to be asked if I would be interested in becoming the Deputy Mayor of Roxo. I'm not sure if I detected a hint of desperation in the person who asked me. Maybe they got to the bottom of the list and were out of options. It is a great honour and privilege to be appointed as Deputy Mayor and I would like to thank my family, especially my wife Lily, for not just putting up with me for 40 plus years, but actively supporting me when I get involved in things. And as Councillors, I think we do tend to get involved in things often as volunteers. And it's not surprising as I've never met a Councillor yet who isn't highly motivated to support and improve their community. I would really like to talk about the importance of volunteers in our communities. There's currently an exhibition at Eastwood Town Council called Eastwood, the town with the big hearts. This was put together by two sisters, Leslie and Anne, and they're here tonight because they've started the latest project. I want to say what that is. But they spent all year recording the activities of over 40 voluntary groups around Eastwood. That amounts to hundreds of volunteers spending thousands of hours doing amazing work, and that sort of commitment is replicated across the whole of the towns and communities, across the whole of props. I mean, that is an amazing power for good in the community. Should anyone want to see the exhibition, I'm sure the Mayor of Eastwood, as at the back there, my son, will be pleased to welcome you. And I know it's a long way, and despite Brexit, you definitely need your passport. You've been very welcome. I'm looking forward to supporting Zoom in a civic year as Mayor, and meeting lots of amazing people throughout Roxie who do so much for others. I'd like to thank you for electing me as Deputy Mayor, and I hope it can prove worthy of the honour you've bestowed upon me. Thank you. (Applause) Item 9, which is Appointment to Cabinet and Committees of Cabinet. The information has been disputed to each Member. Councillor Redulovich, is there anything you would like to add? Nothing to add, but I may just say that the papers have been set out in front of all Councillors tonight and I therefore move. Yeah, the report is duly noted. So, Item 10, Recognition of Political Leaders. We are requested to note the leaders and Deputy leaders of the main political groups who would like to speak. Oh, Madam Mayor, to notify you that I've been re-elected as the Leader of the Opposition and Councillor Don Pringle, who you don't see here tonight. He's not transitioning or anything like that. He's in Florida, I think, has been re-elected as my Deputy. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I've been picked by this sort of against the Leader of the Brockster Independent Group, so I must be doing something like that unless they don't want to do it. And also, Councillor Liz Williamson will be our Deputy as well. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Mayor and congratulations on your new post, the Liberal Democrat leadership will stay as it was last year, myself and Councillor Land. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Appointments to committees, the suggested appointments have been handed around, and do we have a proposal? Madam Mayor, under section 11, items 1 and 2 are the appointments to committees overview and scrutiny committee, et cetera. So part 2 of that item refers to the recognition of the Leader of the Councillor and the Leader of the Opposition, or nominated representatives, be it out by the committee, or as an exhibition of our full remembrance. Okay, do we have a second there? I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Anybody else want to speak? All those in favour? Anybody against? Any abstentions? Item 12. Representation. Yes, Madam Mayor, under item 12 is representation on outside bodies. It is an up-to-date list as best that we can ascertain, where a number of positions to no longer register, charity commissions and other groups and organisations have been removed. So, therefore, I'll move the revised list as set out in front of all members tonight. Okay, do we have a second there? I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Thank you. Does anybody else want to speak on the item? No, can I take that to a vote though? All those in favour? All those against? Any abstentions? No, thank you. Scheme of delegation, item 13. We are asked... Councillor Roodoole-Bitch. Yes, Madam Mayor, the revised scheme of delegation is set out on pages 23 to 16. So, we have a second there? I'll second that. Does anybody else want to speak on the item? No. All those in favour? Any abstentions? No. Item 14, amendments to the Liberty leisure board of directors? Councillors interjecting. Yes. Councillors interjecting. Yes, the Councillors that leave in, they've declared an interest in this item, so they'll be leaving the room. So... So, we are asked to note the removal of Chris Langston Kane and resolve that Daniel Gammens be appointed to the board. Do we have a proposal? Madam Mayor, I formally move the recommendation is set out on the item 14, amendments to the board. Do we have a seconder? I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Does anybody else want to speak on the item? No. I don't care. We'll take it to the vote. All those in favour? Anybody against? Any abstentions? No. Thank you. Those members come back in. Oh, yes. We're just waiting for the members that left to return to the Chamber. Councillors interjecting. Okay. Item 15, amendments to the Constitution. We are asked to resolve that the terms of reference for the portfolio holder for resources and personnel policy be amended to include responsibilities for complaint handling. Do we have a proposal? Councillor Roodo. Yes, Madam Mayor, the recommendation is set out on the item 15.1 tonight, amendments to the Constitution. I would like to just say my thanks to all those members. It was a cross-party working group. And I would like to particularly, with the difficulties that have been raised nationally, I'm sure you're aware of the local government and social care ombudsman and the housing ombudsman. And the draft joint complaint handling code has been a bit of an legal minefield. For authorities, not just light blocks, but across the whole of the country. And so, therefore, I would like to place on record mine and the deputies and all members of this council. I thanks to those people who served on that working group for the job that they've done. It is much, much respected. Thank you very much. Thank you. Do we have a seconder? Councillor CUMM. Yes, thank you. It's been quite a job, actually, to review the Constitution, which will be coming up in a later council meeting. But it was done in good grace and the simple idea, and I think we all agreed in the end about it. This, obviously, has been brought about by a change in the law that we have to actually appoint somebody to oversee the complaint's service. One of the things we have looked at and we'll be coming back to this is that in the future, anything minor like this that we have to do as a result of changing the law can actually be done on a delegated basis by the chief executive or the monitoring officer. Because it seems a bit of a nonsense if we've got to do something to actually wait for a full council where are we five months later after the law came in to actually put it into the Constitution. Thank you. Thank you. Would anybody else like to speak? No. Okay. I'll take that to the vote. All those in favour? Anybody against? Any abstentions? Thank you. Item 16. Chetwin. Chetwin. The Chetwin and Cheerwell Neighbourhood Plan. We are asked to resolve that the Cheerwell Neighbourhood Plan be approved. Do we have a proposal? Councillor, we do have a bit. Yes, Madam Mayor. I would like to once again place on record, my sincere thanks to all those from our Planning Department from the Council. From the people of the Chetwin officers members and all those who have contributed to ensuring the success of the Cheerwell Neighbourhood Plan. And for the data's amongst us, for those people that were involved, I would like to say I did tell you we'd get there. But I think at one time you'd get out of that. But however, we did get there. But what I wanted to point out, Madam Mayor to you tonight, is that of an electorate of 11,918, the number of ballot papers received was 4,294. But to turn out of 36%, the votes for were 3,606 votes against were 552 and 136 spoiled ballots. Now, of course, it was quite famous in recent elections for some spoiled ballot papers. Wasn't it Chief Executive? I'm not going to say too much, don't worry, I know Satty's looking worried. In fact, some rather creative coloured designs on some of the ballot papers made it more than amusing for some of them. But that actually represents Madam Mayor, a vote in support of the Chetwin Neighbourhood Plan of 84%, which is an overwhelming vote of confidence in the work that new people have done. Together with everybody who's been a contribution. And I feel quite proud of, so very proud of, of what you've been able to achieve. It is by far the most difficult and complex neighbourhood plan in the borough. And I do place on record my sincere thanks. On a closing note, Madam Mayor, I'd just like to say that this forms part of the development plan, and we'll have to be considered in future planning applications and, say, as saved as any other local plan policy. Tonight, it's the final stage of formal adoption, so congratulations and thank you. Thank you. Do we have a seconder? I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Thank you. Do you have anybody else like to speak, Councillor Rowan? Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor, and we're happy to support the adoption of this neighbourhood plan. And I think, as the Leader has already pointed out, the neighbourhood forum for the area are to be congratulated on the work that they have done on their determination and persistence, and it is gratifying that they were able to get such a healthy turnout. I think it was perhaps more a case of coincidences and co-terminus with other elections necessarily than the massive interest in a neighbourhood plan, although increasingly they are becoming important, and it must be gratifying to the neighbourhood forum that they have got that level of support in their community. But I wonder for a moment, over recent weeks, there's been talk of building a football stadium, a totem, to house 50,000 spectators. Could the Leader confirm that this does not form part of the neighbourhood plan? And therefore, if such an application were to be submitted, there would be strong planning grounds for it to be rejected. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'd just like to express my thanks to David Lovett and his team for the excellent communication that we've had with him, particularly when he has attended cat meetings with our community, just to keep everybody informed and to ensure that there is that communication between us as councillors, then as the forum and also the community. Thank you. Council and the pre. Thank you, Madam Mayor again. I remember many years ago going to meeting. I think it was at the village hotel. Is that where the first one was? And Anne Subri was there. I got dragged along for someone known reason. And I've never seen so many people in a room. And I think the amount of work that's done, and why we might not always agree on where the boundary of state for doing the totem is. And I know I'm right. But I think they've done a lot of work. And I think if all the councils, you know, looked at what they've done and taught them as a model and copied it. I don't mean copied it like word for any copied off the amount of work they've done. They've had so many residents involved. I know Graham and the team. I'm sorry, I don't remember everybody else's name. But there's been so many people who put a lot of work into it from that very first meeting. They've just not stopped. So many years later to see it coming to here and we're supporting it and seeing so many people turn out. I think people did turn out to vote for it because they appreciate the work that's been done. So I just wanted to say thank you. And just to let you know that I 100% supported as well. So I just well done all of you. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor CUM. Yes, thank you. And first of all, I'd like to apologise to the group that were doing this because when I was definitely to lead at one meeting, I actually point out to them that local plans have to follow the Brocksto local plan and they didn't go down very well. Obviously it was true, but we've got there in the end anyway. I would like to bring up something, the link road, which is something that does worry me because that link road, which the shouting council gave themselves permission for, which is going to go directly on to the 852 could cause all sorts of issues along the 52 into Brancett and into the northern part of Beeston, but we'll get there when we get there. And I know this is the annual general meeting and the mayor making, but as I've said to you, Mayor, you're going to be the mayor in the general election. And that was an indication that the League of Opposition brought up the issue of Nottingham Forest and the football ground. There are only three of us, I think, now, who are both are dual hattered, both for councillors and county councillors. I received an email yesterday, which we do, notifying as of delegated decisions. And the delegated decision yesterday, Madam Mayor, was a memorandum of understanding between the county council and Nottingham Forest Football Club, limited or PLC, whatever they are now. That was signed by the Conservative cabinet member for asset management. So I don't know why you're trying to cause trouble and asking whether there are grounds to reject it or not. We haven't even had an application yet. Again, I do really sympathise, are you going to be getting this sort of thing for the next 12 months? Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Skinner. Yeah, thank you. You're worshipful. I have to just add my thanks to the people because I've been fairly involved in this and it is, again, something that members of the community have done. It's been a community thing, a piece of work by ordinary people. And it's gone on for seven to eight years and they've dedicated their time tirelessly to producing this. And the work they've done is absolutely commendable. Thank you, all of you. Thank you. Councillor Colin. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Congratulations on your appointment. I'm really delighted to be supporting the adoption as the ward member. I'd like to say thank you to everybody from the chatwin totem and to all neighbourhood plan. I grew up in totem, live in Chulwell. It's a great place. This plan is going to make it even better. And whether we get, we might have had HS2, we might have a football club, whatever we have, whatever developments we have in totem in Chulwell, there'll be magnificent developments and we'll make sure they're exactly right for the area and I'll be proud to work with you all on that. So I'm really pleased to support this. Thank you. Does anybody else want to speak? I don't know. Do you want to sum up Councillor? Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor. And I apologise most sincerely for an annual meeting, politics being dragged into what is a ceremony, a mere making event. Madam Mayor, we've all seen the press speculation about a document for its football club. I mean, Councillor, the call is quite correct. In pointing out that I have not been officially notified, but I understand that Nottinghamshire County Council's primary landowner has signed a memorandum of understanding today, or yesterday with Nottingham Forest Football Club, to develop in the advanced training and sporting facilities with an area. Now, that area to much of my knowledge is, of course, the totem side, the former site of the HS2. The HS2 site since its abandonment was purchased by Nottinghamshire County Council's respective development in the hope that the uplift in the value of the land for an HS2 would somehow have set their catastrophic financing of the way which the county Council has run. Being on the verge of the verge of bankruptcy to join, not to join the University of County Council as well, who have also offered a 93.5 million bank compensation deal, which will also bankrupt those. But Madam Mayor, we are involved in discussions around totem and cancellation of the HS2 with a railway growth point. Here we have to look at the development of the totem and checkpoint station, and now this Council's appointment tuned out. And so as a representative of this Council fight for resources to carry out a full appraisal of that site area, which has now been granted at the last board meeting. But Madam Mayor, I do not wish to speculate on whether or not Nottingham Forest Football Club would be coming to totem. That is not the role of a Council to offer speculation. What it is Madam Mayor, of course, is to take a responsible decision in the interests of all the community in our recommendation. And that's what we'll do. If a planning application is submitted, it will be given the most serious consideration. And it's the same for any development in that area. But with all these, there is an allocation, which is recognised within that plan. And the totem and growth point area around HS2, as I say, just to remind you more, in case it doesn't sunk in, 23.2 million pounds, the guarantee paid for that land, which in my opinion was 10 million pounds over the volume. So Madam Mayor, I have not already engaged in speculation about whether Nottingham Forest will be joining the totem and rockstone. Until an application is put forward, I think it's inappropriate for me to comment. I really do, especially on the affairs of other local authorities. And as Council car points are, regarding any potential development in totem, there is permission, I'm sure you're all aware for housing development. We're looking carefully in any discussions that we have about the infrastructure. And the necessity to ensure that any access does not access on to totem lane. I think that would be an absolute disaster. So Madam Mayor, we are considering my clear options carefully. But I will not be drawn into speculation on whether Nottingham Forest will come into that, for whether Nottingham Council will go bankrupt before. Thank you. I'm going to move the item to the vote, all those in favour? Anybody against? Any abstentions? Thank you. That's fine. All right. I just want to thank everybody for bearing with me. And thank you to my family who are actually all in the same room at once. They are usually like herding cats, so I'd like to close the meeting. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.