Lord Mayor's Blog 1
Tuesday May 19th is the day when Birmingham City Council holds its AGM. This is the ‘Mayor Making’ meeting, when a new Lord Mayor is installed. Mayor Making is a day of celebration for the incoming Lord Mayor and a day for thanking the outgoing Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress for their service.
I’m honoured to have been selected as Lord Mayor of Birmingham for 2009/10 and you may have seen reports and pictures in local newspapers. Vivienne and I look forward to our year as Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress and thank everyone for their support. As first citizens, we will serve the City to the very best of our abilities.
The position of Lord Mayor is a demanding one. It’s not just about robes, chain and tricorn hat, which is an ensemble that isn’t the easiest outfit to carry off in public! Lord Mayors have about 1,000 engagements during the year from meeting Royalty to attending local events which may not grab the headlines but which are just as important to the community groups involved - and to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. We also do as much as we can to raise money for our selected charities.
In addition to that heavy but enjoyable workload, Lord Mayors also take the Chair at meetings of the City Council and try to ensure good order and the efficient conduct of business - with varying degrees of success! The Lord Mayor also exercises the ultimate sanction in the Council Chamber – the power to turn off the microphones!
In my next posting, I’ll be saying a bit more about how things went as well as one or two other weighty matters!
I’m honoured to have been selected as Lord Mayor of Birmingham for 2009/10 and you may have seen reports and pictures in local newspapers. Vivienne and I look forward to our year as Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress and thank everyone for their support. As first citizens, we will serve the City to the very best of our abilities.
The position of Lord Mayor is a demanding one. It’s not just about robes, chain and tricorn hat, which is an ensemble that isn’t the easiest outfit to carry off in public! Lord Mayors have about 1,000 engagements during the year from meeting Royalty to attending local events which may not grab the headlines but which are just as important to the community groups involved - and to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. We also do as much as we can to raise money for our selected charities.
In addition to that heavy but enjoyable workload, Lord Mayors also take the Chair at meetings of the City Council and try to ensure good order and the efficient conduct of business - with varying degrees of success! The Lord Mayor also exercises the ultimate sanction in the Council Chamber – the power to turn off the microphones!
In my next posting, I’ll be saying a bit more about how things went as well as one or two other weighty matters!
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