Minutes:
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The Lord Mayor (Councillor Colin Ross) reported with sadness, the death, on 7th November 2023, of Councillor Vickie Priestley who had served as a Member of the Council from 2000 to 2002 and then continuously since 2004 and was Lord Mayor during the Municipal Year 2013-14. |
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He also reported the recent deaths of former Councillor Diana Stimely who had served on the Council from 2011 to 2015, and of Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (the author, AS Byatt) who was born in Sheffield. |
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Members of the Council observed a minute’s silence in memory of Councillor Priestley, former Councillor Stimely and Dame Antonia Duffy. At a later point in the meeting, several Members of the Council spoke to pay tribute to Councillor Priestley. |
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