Minutes:
The Mayor made the following announcements.
Reverend Michael Edge from St Andrews Church, was thanked for offering the blessing at the start of the meeting.
1. The Mayor informed Members that:
a. Armed Forces Community Covenant signing ceremony
On Wednesday 26 June 2013, he had hosted a reception for representatives from the military (Army, Navy and Air Force), reserve forces and cadets, armed forces charities (including the Royal British Legion), and other local dignitaries, as part of the signing ceremony for the first Enfield Armed Forces Community Covenant.
The Armed Forces Community Covenant was a local statement of mutual support between a civilian community and its local Armed Forces community. Over 40 specially invited guests had attended the signing ceremony in order to demonstrate their support and commitment to the local Armed Forces community.
Enfield had been the 24th London Borough to sign a local Armed Forces Community Covenant and the ceremony had preceded the Armed Forces Day parade, held on Sunday 30 June 2013.
b. London Youth Games – Finals
On Sunday 7th July 2013 he had attended the London Youth Games at Crystal Palace. Over 900 young people in Enfield had trained and competed in the London Youth Games throughout the year, culminating in the finals weekend. In scorching weather conditions and missing some of their highest ranking team members the participants had persevered with Enfield proudly achieving a ranking of 6th place in London.
Top scoring sports had included:
· Gold medals in Fencing
· Silver medals in the Male Judo, Female table tennis and Female Athletics
· Bronze medals in Male Volleyball, Female Swimming, Male Football and Aquathon.
This represented a fantastic achievement for all players, coaches, volunteers and sports development staff involved in the Games.
2. The Mayor announced the following award:
a. GO Award
The Mayor was delighted to inform Members that the Enfield and Waltham Forest Shared Procurement Service had won the Team of the Year award at the Government Opportunities Excellence in Public Procurement Awards 2013/14.
This was one of the leading awards in the procurement sector, which the team had earned in recognition of the fact that the two Boroughs had developed the first genuine shared procurement service across London local government. The shared service had enhanced the pool of procurement expertise available to both Councils as well as creating the potential to generate greater savings through a joint approach to procurement. David Levy and representatives from the joint procurement team were then presented with the award and congratulated by all members of the Council.
3. Presentation to Lawrence Greenberg (Independent Member & Person) Councillor Conduct Committee
The Mayor invited members to join with him in thanking Lawrence Greenberg (following the expiry of his term of office as Independent Person) for his service and dedication in upholding standards and ethical conduct within Enfield Council. This was a role he had undertaken as an Independent Member of the Standards Committee from 2006 to 2013 and then as an Independent Person, under the new ethical standards framework.
He presented Lawrence Greenberg with a certificate on behalf of the Council and in making this presentation, recognised his long career dealing with complaints and arbitration. The Council had benefited from his knowledge and experience which it was felt had always been applied wisely, calmly. The Mayor highlighted the wide respect in which Lawrence was held by all Members & officers across the Council, recognising the task in keeping 63 members under control.
The Council congratulated and thanked Lawrence for his service.