The Mayor represents the Borough as a whole and the office is held in deep respect. The Mayor should adopt an impartial role in discharging the duties of the office and be scrupulously fair in conducting business at formal meetings of the Council. The Mayor should seek to avoid taking a sectional view in any local controversy if this has the effect of impairing his ability to discharge the duties of the office in an impartial and objective manner.
The Mayor is, of course, also a Councillor and, in that capacity, will become involved in the ordinary business of the Council and its Committees.
The Mayoress and Mayor’s Chaplain, and the Deputy Mayoress, are nominated by the Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively, and these appointments are announced formally at the Annual Meeting of the Council.
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