Why do we need a mayor in Middlesbrough?

Redlips said:
Absolute waste of time and money.
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Cannot believe that The Crown that was only purchased by the council last week would be one of the assets that would be transferred to the new MDC if it goes ahead. They paid £75000 for it.

Today 18/20 vote in favour of the budget.

Mental
 
No way would I vote for Preston or for a Mayor. Pointless waste of money.

He will be off to Spain when he loses.

I can see the posts from his media team on fmttm. Disgraceful.
 
Good question.

We don't need a mayor of Middlesbrough.

Question should have been is, why do we have a mayor of Middlesbrough.

The constitution allows a residents referendum, which must be held a minimum of 10 years apart to change the make up of the council

10 years ago, Ray Mallon (remember him) said we should have a referendum on whether we should have a mayor or just a council leader.
The Labour group campaigned heavily, we did market stalls and paid for a leaflet to all houses in the town to abolish the mayors position.

A chap named Andrew Preston campaigned to keep the position of elected Mayor and stated he wasn't interested in the post personally, but believed that someone should be responsible for what the council did.

He won, and put up for every election since, losing the first one to Dave Budd.

He won the next and the rest is history, but even as mayor, he has never accepted responsibility for what the council does, even tonight after 4 years he chose to be a shithead and blamed council officers for the mess he has got the council in.

The 10 year rule ends this autumn.

I shall be campaigning to abolish the position of elected mayor this autumn and demand we have a referendum on that question!

I shall do so and say that now, before the election of the new mayor this May. We have a great chance of winning and ending with a Labour Mayor, regardless I will be campaigning to remove that position because as proved; absolute power corrupts ....
 
Middlesbrough Mayor
Stockton Mayor
Yarm Mayor
Thornaby Mayor
Billingham Mayor

Do we need so many in such a small area.
 
Councils have executive officers, leaders. I don't see any difference in the position of Exec Mayor. Now if we are talking about personalities, the integrity of the person in that role then that is a different matter. Everyone is accountable.
 
What is his salary?

Why buy the Crown for £750k to give it away to the development corporation? Then make mass redundancies.

It stinks.

Get him out.
 
A few questions lodger.

1. Why did 9 members not turn up to the meeting last night to approve the budget and who are the members?

2. Why did the labour members vote abstain and not no to the budget costs?

3. Who authorised £750k purchase of the Crown?
 
TheLodger said:
Good question.

We don't need a mayor of Middlesbrough.

Question should have been is, why do we have a mayor of Middlesbrough.

The constitution allows a residents referendum, which must be held a minimum of 10 years apart to change the make up of the council

10 years ago, Ray Mallon (remember him) said we should have a referendum on whether we should have a mayor or just a council leader.
The Labour group campaigned heavily, we did market stalls and paid for a leaflet to all houses in the town to abolish the mayors position.

A chap named Andrew Preston campaigned to keep the position of elected Mayor and stated he wasn't interested in the post personally, but believed that someone should be responsible for what the council did.

He won, and put up for every election since, losing the first one to Dave Budd.

He won the next and the rest is history, but even as mayor, he has never accepted responsibility for what the council does, even tonight after 4 years he chose to be a shithead and blamed council officers for the mess he has got the council in.

The 10 year rule ends this autumn.

I shall be campaigning to abolish the position of elected mayor this autumn and demand we have a referendum on that question!

I shall do so and say that now, before the election of the new mayor this May. We have a great chance of winning and ending with a Labour Mayor, regardless I will be campaigning to remove that position because as proved; absolute power corrupts ....
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Shithead, Lodger? I find it distasteful enough that you use this forum as your personal campaigning platform but the pathetic name-calling is a new low even for you. Every time a politician is murdered in this country we have a few weeks of promises to take the nastiness out of politics and then some people can't help reverting to type.
 
johnsmithsno2 said:
Shithead, Lodger? I find it distasteful enough that you use this forum as your personal campaigning platform but the pathetic name-calling is a new low even for you. Every time a politician is murdered in this country we have a few weeks of promises to take the nastiness out of politics and then some people can't help reverting to type.
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It is so obvious the mayors media team are using the platform.

Can see it a mile off.
 
Redlips said:
A few questions lodger.

1. Why did 9 members not turn up to the meeting last night to approve the budget and who are the members?

2. Why did the labour members vote abstain and not no to the budget costs?

3. Who authorised £750k purchase of the Crown?
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1. No idea, I know 2 are very ill, 2 was covid positive, 1 was out the country, don't know about the rest.

2. We abstained because we couldn't support the budget, the budget had to have a majority of the meeting for, so abstaining was the sensible thing.

3. That will have been the mayor, indeed he has said so on his social media platforms.
 
johnsmithsno2 said:
Shithead, Lodger? I find it distasteful enough that you use this forum as your personal campaigning platform but the pathetic name-calling is a new low even for you. Every time a politician is murdered in this country we have a few weeks of promises to take the nastiness out of politics and then some people can't help reverting to type.
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Blaming your staff for the mess of the council is a s***y thing to do.
 
Norfolkred1 said:
But do they still get a wage from it!!
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In Stockton the mayoral allowance is £15k, it's ceremonial and generally involves going to events but also attending meetings and having a casting vote. A new mayor is elected every year by the councillors

The Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees is the first citizen of the Borough and speaks on behalf of the area and its community. A Deputy Mayor assists with civic duties and takes the Mayor's place when he or she is not available. Both the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor choose a Mayoress (or, in the case of a female Mayor, a Consort) to support them in their duties. The Mayor is also a councillor who is elected by fellow councillors to fulfil mayoral duties for one term.

The Mayoral term of office is one year, with elections taking place at the Annual Meeting of the Council each spring. As first citizen, the Mayor acts as Chairperson of the regular meetings of the full Council and holds a casting vote at these meetings.

The Mayor receives many invitations to events and attends as many of them as possible. He or she welcomes royal visitors to the Borough and is often called upon to greet other visitors at the request of schools or other organisations.

The Mayor attends a number of annual functions, including: Annual Meeting and Installation, the annual Community Prayer Service (Mayor's Sunday), the charity Civic Ball and he or she also takes a formal salute at parades to mark the Battle of Britain and Remembrance Sunday. If you would like the Mayor to attend an event please contact the Mayor's Office using the contact details on this page.
 
TheLodger said:
1. No idea, I know 2 are very ill, 2 was covid positive, 1 was out the country, don't know about the rest.

2. We abstained because we couldn't support the budget, the budget had to have a majority of the meeting for, so abstaining was the sensible thing.

3. That will have been the mayor, indeed he has said so on his social media platforms.
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How on earth can you book a holiday when voting through a budget. People need to be named and shamed and kicked out at the ballot box. If you don’t support why not vote no and offer an alternative.

Surely a £750k purchase needs to be approved by the members?
 
Redlips said:
How on earth can you book a holiday when voting through a budget. People need to be named and shamed and kicked out at the ballot box. If you don’t support why not vote no and offer an alternative.

Surely a £750k purchase needs to be approved by the members?
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As I keep saying.
I am not talking for other councillors.
The way the process works meant an alternative would have been offered, but only after the mayors budget falls.
and Sadly not, as I said before absolute power corrupts, which is one reason we should do away with the position of mayor.
 
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