MINUTES - General Committee - 20061205
TOWN OF AURORA
INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE 2006-2010 COUNCIL
MINUTES NO. 06-30
Council Chambers
Aurora Town Hall
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
7:30 p.m.
INAUGURAL CEREMONY
The Inaugural Ceremony was held for Members of Council elected to the 2006 – 2010
term of office.
CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Art Meeke, Town Crier, called the meeting to order.
PROCESSIONAL
The processional, led by Piper Mark Jenkins and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch
385 Colour Guard, escorted the Mayor and Members of Council into the Council
Chambers.
“O CANADA”
Ms Sarah Kyle and the Aurora Opera Company Singers sang “O Canada”.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Reverend Canon Dawn Davis, Trinity Anglican Church, administered the Prayer of
Dedication.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE MAYOR AND
PRESENTATION OF MAYOR'S CHAIN OF OFFICE
The Town Clerk administered the Declaration of Office to Mayor Morris and presented
her with the Chain of Office.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE COUNCILLORS
The Town Clerk administered the Declaration of Office collectively to the Members of
Council.
INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Mayor Morris assumed the Chair and introduced the new Members of Council.
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INTRODUCTION OF DIGNITARIES AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Mayor Morris recognized a number of dignitaries and introduced the Town of Aurora
Senior Management Team.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY THE MAYOR
Mayor Morris welcomed family members and special guests and acknowledged the
Members of Council. Mayor Morris extended her appreciation for the trust of the
electors and thanked the staff who assisted in the preparation for the Inaugural
Ceremonies. Mayor Morris gave her Inaugural Address in which she outlined the
upcoming challenges of Council for this term and introduced her slogan “together We
can”.
GREETINGS FROM COUNCILLORS
Each Member of Council then addressed the audience, acknowledging their families
and friends and indicated that they looked forward to this new term of Council.
RETURN OF THE "FREEDOM OF THE TOWN"
Mayor Morris, Honorary Commander-in-Chief of The Queen's York Rangers (1st
American Regiment) R.C.A.C., presented Captain James Stocker, representing the
Regiment, with the "Freedom of the Town". The proclamation symbolized the freedom
of the Town of Aurora originally granted by Council to the Queen’s York Rangers in
1966. Captain Stocker expressed the Regiment's appreciation for the grant of this
freedom and his hopes that the new Council would once again entrust freedom to the
Regiment.
CLOSING REMARKS AND INVITATION TO ATTEND THE RECEPTION
Mayor Morris provided brief closing remarks together with an invitation to those in
attendance to meet their new officials and join in some refreshments at the Aurora
Seniors’ Centre at 5 Municipal Drive.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
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PHYLLIS M. MORRIS, MAYOR B. PANIZZA, TOWN CLERK