Issue - meetings

Chairs Update

Meeting: 07/08/2025 - Dewsbury Neighbourhood Board (Item 7)

Chairs Update

Keith Ramsay – Chair of Board

Decision:

RESOLVED- That the Chairs update be noted.

Minutes:

The Chair advised the Board that Sophie Johnson had been appointed as Chair of the Board, both Keith and Sophie would spend some time together whilst handing over and will attend briefings from Officers.

 

The Chair explained that in the four years he had chaired the Board, he had worked with a number of experienced people with great skills and was pleased to see the many projects were coming to fruition. The Chair personally thanked Board Members, Kirklees Officers including the Governance Officers and Regeneration Officers for the great work they had undertaken.

 

The Chair welcomed Cllr Dad, who was appointed as a Board Member at the last meeting and proposed to appoint Jackie Ramsay and Andi Eccles as Board Members.

 

Councillor Graham Turner thanked the Chair for his commitment to the Board over the last four years and wished him all the best for the future.

 

RESOLVED – That the Chairs update be noted.