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The Chair announced that, following the recent County Council elections, Cllr J Perkins, Cllr J Atkin and Cllr R Woods had been appointed by Derbyshire County Council to replace Cllr S Marshall-Clarke, Cllr D Greenhalgh and Cllr D Williams and that, following the resignation of Cllr N Gibson, Sheffield City Council had appointed Cllr A Law to replace him.

On behalf of the Authority the Chair expressed her thanks to the former Members and welcomed the new Members to their first meeting. She also confirmed that the interviews for two new Secretary of State appointments had taken place and the names of appointable candidates sent to the Secretary of State. Unfortunately, due to the Parliamentary Elections to be held on 8 June 2017, the appointments had been delayed and were unlikely to be confirmed until after the Authority’s Annual Meeting on 7 July 2017.

David Hickman the new Director of Corporate Strategy and Development was welcomed to his first meeting of the Authority following his appointment.