DEATH OF FORMER LADY MAYORESS, MRS FLORENCE SAVILLE

It was with sadness that the Lord Mayor reported the death of former Lady Mayoress, Mrs Florence Mary Saville. Mrs Saville who was Lady Mayoress in 1990/91, alongside her husband Ernest as Lord Mayor, died on 19 August 2018. On behalf of the people of the district, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress attended Mrs Saville’s funeral service and wrote to express  sympathy to the family.

DEATHS OF FORMER COUNCILLORS KEVIN HAWKINS AND MOHAMMAD MASOOD

It was also with regret that the Lord Mayor reported to Council the deaths of two former Councillors which had taken place since our last meeting.

Former Councillor Kevin Hawkins, OBE, who died, aged 71, on 11 September 2018 served this Council from 1975 until 1980 representing the ward of Silsden, Addingham, Kildwick and Steeton with Eastburn and from 1980 to 1983 he represented the Craven ward. He was Conservative group Chief Whip and Co-ordinator in 1979/80, went on to serve as Deputy Leader in 1980/81 and became Leader of the Group from 1981/82.

Former Councillor Mohammad Masood worked for this Authority as an Officer, before becoming an elected Member for the Heaton ward in 2004, a position he held until 2010. He worked for many years as a senior town planning officer and as Bradford West Area Co-ordinator. As a councillor Mohammad Masood was appointed as portfolio holder for Corporate Services on the Council’s Executive.

The Lord Mayor had written to both families extending condolences and to express gratitude for the work they carried out for this Council. Members paid tribute to former councillors Hawkins and Masood and Mrs Saville and stood for a minute’s silence.

RETIREMENT OF HER MAJESTY’S LORD-LIEUTENANT FOR WEST YORKSHIRE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF HER SUCCESSOR

Dame Ingrid Roscoe, DCVO, who for 14 years had served as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for West Yorkshire, stood down on 1^st September 2018. On behalf of the people of the district, the Lord Mayor wrote to Dame Ingrid on her retirement to thank her for her years of dedicated and distinguished service. Her Majesty The Queen appointed Mr Edmund (Ed) Anderson, DL as Lord-Lieutenant for West Yorkshire and he took up the position on 1 September 2018. The Lord Mayor had written to the new Lord-Lieutenant to congratulate him on his appointment.

Prior to her retiring, Dame Ingrid appointed the following as Deputy Lieutenants for the county: Zulfi Karim (Secretary-General of the Council for Mosques); Wahida Shaffi (the West Yorkshire Co-ordinator of Near Neighbours, a countrywide initiative bringing together people from different backgrounds to forge relationships of trust) and Mrs Elizabeth Reynolds, JP (a magistrate of thirty years’ standing, who was Deputy Chairman of the Bradford and Keighley Bench from 2011-2015 and then Chairman from 2015-2017). 

BRADFORD BULLS CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTION

The Lord Mayor congratulated Bradford Bulls rugby team on clinching promotion to the Championship with a 27-8 victory over Workington at Odsal on 7 October 2018 in the League One play  ...  view the full minutes text for item 41