Knowsley Council has this afternoon held its Annual General Meeting.
Councillors re-elected Cllr Andy Moorhead as Leader of the Council, and appointed Cllr Frank Walsh as the new Mayor of Knowsley.
New Mayor appointed
Cllr Frank Walsh will represent the borough as Mayor for 2016/17, with his niece Janet as the Mayoress.
During this year, the Mayor’s Charity Fund will raise money for The Big Help Project which is responsible for Knowsley Foodbank, Jubilee Debt Advice, Next Steps, Get Connected and Baby Basics. A donation will also be made to Knowsley Bridge (Imagine).
The council’s new Cabinet was also confirmed today, and councillors were appointed to various committees and advisory and working groups.
Knowsley Council’s Cabinet were confirmed as follows:
Adult Social Care – Cllr Steff O’Keeffe
Children’s Services – Cllr Gary See
Finance and Governance – Cllr Christina O’Hare
Neighbourhoods – Cllr Graham Morgan
Public Health, Wellbeing and Customer Services – Cllr Eddie Connor
Regeneration and Economic Development – Cllr Michael Murphy
How the AGM unfolded
Tweets from Knowsley Council’s meeting of council on Friday, 20 May.
Tweets from Knowsley Council’s meeting of council on Friday, 20 May.
https://storify.com/KnowsleyCouncil/knowsley-council-s-agm-as-it-happened
Future council meetings
You can find details of all public meetings scheduled to take place this year on the Knowsley Council website.
