Agenda

To elect a Mayor and Chair of the Council for the 2025-26 municipal year.

One nomination for the position of Mayor had been received:

“That Councillor Ismail be elected Chair of the Rotherham Borough Council for the ensuing (2025/26) Municipal Year and that she be entitled to the style of Mayor by virtue of Section 245(1) of the Local Government Act 1972.”

A motion for a vote of thanks to the retiring Mayor has been received:

That the Council tender its sincere thanks to Councillor Sheila Cowen for the excellent manner in which she has carried out all his duties as Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. And that the best thanks of this Council be recorded for the kind and admirable way in which Councillor Rajmund Brent performed the duties of Mayor’s Consort.

The new Mayor to formally present the retiring Mayor and Mayor’s Consort with their past Mayor’s pendants.

To elect a Deputy-Mayor and Vice-Chair of the Council for the 2025-26 municipal year.

One nomination for the position of Deputy-Mayor had been received:

That Councillor Rashid be elected Vice-Chair of the Rotherham Borough Council for the ensuing (2025/26) Municipal Year and that he be entitled to the style of Deputy Mayor by virtue of Section 245(1) of the Local Government Act 1972.

To receive the apologies of any Member who is unable to attend the meeting.

To invite Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or personal interests they may have in any matter which is to be considered at this meeting, to confirm the nature of those interests and whether they intend to leave the meeting for the consideration of the item.

To note the appointment of the Mayor’s Cadets for the 2025-26 municipal year.

Any other public items which the Mayor determines are urgent.

SHARON KEMP OBE,

Chief Executive.