Council 1 July 2007
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SPECIAL MEETING OF BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
Held in the City Hall on Sunday, 1st July, 2007 at the hour of 10.45 o'clock a.m., pursuant to Notice.
Members present
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Councillor Rodgers) (Chairman); the Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Kelly); the High Sheriff (Councillor Kirkpatrick); and Councillors W. Browne, Convery, Crozier, D. Dodds, Hartley, Hendron, Humphrey, P. Maskey, McKenzie, Mullaghan, Patterson, Rodway, Smyth and Wilson.
Summons
The Chief Executive submitted the summons convening the meeting.
Apologies
Apologies for inability to attend were reported from Councillors Adamson, Cobain, N. Dodds, Ekin, Empey, Jones, Kyle, Long, McCarthy, McCausland, Newton, Stalford and Stoker.
Battle of the Somme Anniversary
Moved by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Councillor Rodgers), Seconded by the Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Kelly) and
Resolved - That we, the Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Belfast, on the 91st Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, desire again to record our feelings of gratitude to the brave men of the 36th (Ulster) Division who, by their glorious conduct in that Battle, made an imperishable name for themselves and their Province and whose heroism will never be forgotten so long as the British Commonwealth lasts.
The Council stood in silence for one minute as a mark of respect to all those who had lost their lives in the Battle of the Somme.
Lord Mayor Chairman
