FULL COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM No. 4

4 DECEMBER 2013 PUBLIC REPORT

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. PURPOSE OF REPORT: FOR INFORMATION

This report is a brief summary of the Mayor’s activities on the Council’s behalf during the last meetings cycle, together with relevant matters for information. (Events marked with * denotes events attended by the Deputy Mayor on the Mayor’s behalf).

2. ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION – From 30 September to 1 December 2013

Attending Event Venue Mayor Telephone interview with Felicity Evans - Feature Proposal Mayor, Mayoress and Opening of Bridge Fair and Annual Sausage Reception Room Deputy Mayor Supper

Mayor Department visit to Children's Services with Chief Bayard Place Executive Mayor Visit by the Village Turners to meet the Mayor The Parlour and Council Chamber Mayor 25th Anniversary Celebration of Clifton Court Clifton Court Communal Lounge Mayor Visit Parents United 100A Central Avenue Mayor Freedom of the Borough to The Northamptonshire The Great Hall, Fire and Rescue Service The Guildhall Deputy Mayor 53rd Nigerian Independence Anniversary Millfield Celebration Community Centre Mayor and Mayoress The High Sheriff of - The Justice Ely Cathedral Service and lunch Mayor Local Democracy Week Picture Competition The Parlour Judging with Senior Governance Officers

Mayor Meeting regarding the proposal regarding an The Parlour Honorary Recorder for

Mayor Citizenship Ceremony Council Chamber Mayor and Deputy Mayor Preparation meeting for Full Council The Parlour Mayor Preparation meeting for Full Council The Parlour Mayor and Deputy Mayor Full Council meeting Council Chamber Mayor Leighton Primary School Grand Pond Opening Leighton Primary Ceremony School Mayor World Mental Health Day Cathedral Square / Guildhall Mayor Charity Committee meeting Forli Room Mayor and Mayoress Peterborough's Environment Capital Workshop Town Hall

23 Attending Event Venue Mayor and Mayoress Navratri Festival The Cresset, Bretton Mayor and Mayoress Induction service for new minister Westgate Church Mayor and Mayoress Durga Puja / Autumn Festival 2013 Longthorpe Village Hall Mayor and Mayoress Perkins Great Eastern Run The Embankment Mayor Promote poppy seed scheme with schools Ravensthorpe Primary School Mayor Local Democracy Week Picture Competition The Parlour and Afternoon Tea with the Mayor chamber

Mayor Welcome meeting - NQT's and new teachers to Parlour and Peterborough (approx. 100 teachers) Reception Room

Mayor Peterborough Future City Clean Energy Award The Parlour 2013 – Meet Professor Jon Gibbins

Mayor Peterborough Future City Clean Energy Award Council Chamber 2013 Mayor Visit to Peterborough Sailability Watersports Centre Mayor Business Focus 2013 Peterborough Arena Mayor Legal and Governance departmental visit with Town Hall Chief Executive Mayor and Mayoress Better Together & YMCA Volunteer Awards Town Hall Evening Mayor Service of Thanksgiving for The Revd Canon Ely Cathedral Malcolm Griffith Mayor Forty Years On – Exhibition Peterborough Museum Mayor Quiz Night (Mayor's Charities) The New England Club Mayor and Mayoress British Red Cross volunteers forum, Cambridge The King's School Mayor and Mayoress Celebrating Diversity in Peterborough Millennium Building Mayor and Mayoress 3rd Traditional Karate European Children's Cup Bushfield Leisure Centre Mayor and Mayoress The Royal Society of Saint George End of Year Dining Room of Dinner the Barn Restaurant Mayor and Mayoress Collation and Induction of Rector St Mary’s Church Mayor and Mayoress Peterborough Bangladeshi Community Focus Community Association celebrating the festival of Eid Centre Mayor and Mayoress Young People of the Year Awards Ceremony Priory Centre Mayor Peterborough Station – update meeting Great Northern Hotel Mayor Opening of the refurbished Victoria Gardens, Victoria Gardens Millfield Mayor and Mayoress The Chairman of South Cambridgeshire District Imperial War Council - Annual Reception Museum Duxford Mayor and Mayoress Celebrating Diversity in Peterborough Peterborough Town Hall Mayor Free Church Choirs Festival of Church Music Mayor and Mayoress Royal British Legion Annual Re-Dedication St Mary’s Church Service

24 Attending Event Venue Mayor Multicultural Showcasing Event Millennium Centre Mayor and Mayoress Launch of the Peterborough Poppy Appeal Poppy Caravan Mayor Visit NSPCC Peterborough Service Centre Unit 12, Flag Business Exchange Mayor Judge poppy wreaths made by students and lunch Peterborough Mayor Citizenship Ceremony Council Chamber Mayor Schoffields Dry Cleaning/Launderette – 25 Herlington 30th Anniversary Celebration Mayor and Mayoress Turkish Buffet – charity event with the Mayor of St Meze Restaurant Ives Mayor Departmental visit to Strategic Resources with Various Offices Chief Executive Mayor NSPCC Peterborough Service Centre celebration Unit 12, Flag event and ribbon cutting Business Exchange Mayor and Mayoress Human Dog Race Night (Mayor's Charities) Greyhound Stadium, Peterborough Mayor Meeting with Peterborough Neighbourhood The Parlour Champions Mayor and Mayoress Dobbies Halloween Dobbies Garden World Mayor and Mayoress Reception for Perkins GER Fun Run participants Reception Room Mayor Diwali Celebrations Cathedral Square Mayor and Mayoress Firework Fiesta Peterborough Arena Mayor Meeting with the Marriott Hotel regarding ball Marriott Hotel planning Mayor Peterborough and District Family Mediation City College Service AGM Peterborough Mayor Department visit to Enterprise Enterprise Mayor Visit by School Council at Ravensthorpe Junior The Parlour and School Council Chamber Mayor and Mayoress Presentation of the Marshall Trophy to Squadron 115 (Peterborough) Sqn Headquarters Mayor and Deputy Mayor Mayor’s Charities Coffee Morning Reception Room Mayor and Deputy Mayor Charity Committee Forli Room Mayor Run through for Remembrance Sunday The Cathedral Mayor The Peterborough School GCSE Awards The Peterborough Ceremony School Mayor 25th Anniversary of Orton Wistow Primary School Orton Wistow Primary School Mayor Charity Awareness event Serpentine Green shopping centre Mayor VIP Re-opening of The Whittle Public House The Whittle Mayor and Mayoress Ashura Candle Light Peace Vigil Cathedral Square Mayor and Mayoress A Festival of Remembrance Peterborough Cathedral Mayor, Mayoress, Deputy Remembrance Sunday Peterborough Mayor and Deputy Cathedral & Mayoress Curry lunch TA Centre Mayor, Mayoress, Deputy Armistice Day - 2 minutes silence War Memorial & Mayor and Deputy Town Hall;

25 Attending Event Venue Mayoress Deputy Mayor Peterborough Art Society Annual Art Exhibition – St Johns Church Preview Evening Mayor and Mayoress Station Commander, Royal Air Force Wittering Kestrel House Dinner Party Mayor and Mayoress Putting the star on top of the Christmas Tree Cathedral Square Mayor DIAL Peterborough AGM Eagle Wood Neurological Care Centre Mayor Department visit to Adult Social Care with Chief Adult Social Care Executive Mayor and Mayoress The Rotary Club of Peterborough 82nd Holiday Inn Charternight Peterborough Deputy Mayor Mayor of Stamford's Charity Quiz Night Stamford Town Hall Mayor New Specsavers Store Opening Unit 12b, Serpentine Green Shopping Centre Mayor 1940s Themed Table Top Fair Welbourne School Deputy Mayor Induction of new minister Park Road Baptist Church Mayor and Mayoress Christmas Lights Switch on Guild Hall Deputy Mayor Peterborough Choral Society Concert St John's Church Mayor and Mayoress Opening of Prisons Week Exhibition Peterborough Cathedral Mayor and Mayoress The Rudolph Fund Christmas Party PUFC Executive Suite Mayor Department visit to Serco Manor Drive Mayor Meeting with the Poet Laureate The Parlour Mayor Citizenship Ceremony Council Chamber Mayor and Mayoress Busy Bees 30th Birthday Celebrations Busy Bees Day Nursery Mayor Park House School Coffee morning Park House School Mayor The Dedication Service to Jimmy The Donkey Peterborough Central Park Mayor and Mayoress Visit to Army Cadets TA Centre Mayor Funeral - past Deputy Mayor’s Consort St John's Church Mayor Take Over Day at Peterborough Museum Peterborough Museum Mayor City Market Christmas Lights Switch On The City Market Mayor and Mayoress The Peterborough Gang Show 2013 The Key Theatre Deputy Mayor Annual Peterborough Telegraph Business The East of Awards, Ceremony and Dinner England Showground Mayor and Mayoress Street Pastors 5th Anniversary Celebration St Mary's Church Mayor Telephone interview Heart FM Mayor Meeting with Governance Director The Parlour Mayor, Mayoress and The Voyager Academy students - The Taming of The Voyager Deputy Mayor the Shrew Academy Theatre Mayor Attend the Crown Court at Peterborough Rivergate Mayor Jark Home Care Open Day 54 Broadway

26 Attending Event Venue Mayor Meet with winner of the Special Award from the The Parlour annual PiXL Club Awards Ceremony Mayor and Mayoress D of E Presentation Evening Reception Room Deputy Mayor Thanksgiving Service and Pie Social The Alconbury Chapel Mayor and Mayoress Human Dog Race Night for the Mayor’s Charities Greyhound Stadium Mayor Meeting Students and Tour of Ormiston Bushfield Ormiston Academy Bushfield Academy Mayor Celebration of Students' Work City College Peterborough Mayor and Mayoress Vivacity Arts - Private View of "Landed" by Sue Peterborough City Shields Gallery Mayor and Mayoress Netherton Friendship Club Christmas Sale St Andrew's URC Church Mayor and Mayoress Fundraising day event The Fleet Mayor and Mayoress POSH Match Mayor and Mayoress Mayor’s Charity Event - Vintage Fashion Show Reception Room Mayor and Mayoress Peterborough Lions Fund Raising meal Maharanis Restaurant

3. BACK GROUND DOCUMENTS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT 1985)

None.

4. DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE

Director of Governance, Kim Sawyer.

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