Announcements
To consider Announcements under Procedure Rule 10:
a) Mayor’s Announcements
b) Leader’s Announcements
c) Chief Executive’s Announcements.
(Oral report)
Minutes:
a) The Mayor
The Mayor announced that she had attended the Community Festival at the Redditch Bandstand on Saturday 19th September. The event had been well attended with lots of food and community activities. The Mayor thanked staff for their hard work organising this event.
b) The Leader
The Leader delivered a number of announcements:
· Concerns were raised about the Alexandra Hospital following recent announcements that Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust would potentially have a deficit of £48 million by the end of the financial year and news that Redditch patients were being referred to hospitals outside the Borough.
· The Leader had attended Morton Stanley Festival in August where there had been a number of new community stands.
· The Onam celebration hosted by the Redditch Kerala Cultural Association had also been attended by the Leader in August 2015.
· In September the Leader had attended the Community Festival at the Redditch Bandstand alongside the Mayor. He thanked staff and Ms Sue Yeng for their hard work organising the event.
· The Leader had also attended a fund raising event in Abbeydale to help Syrian refugees.
· Leaders from Councils across Worcestershire had recently met to discuss the refugee crisis. Agreement had been reached in principle about an appropriate local response, though this would be subject to further clarification about the resources available to support refugees.