Minutes:
The Mayor informed Members that former councillor and Mayor of Slough, Mervyn Jones passed away on 13th January. Mr Jones was first elected as a conservative councillor in May 1971 for the Stoke North Ward and re-elected the following year for the Upton Ward where he served as a councillor until 1983. During his time on the Council he served on most of the committees and was the founder Mayor of the Annual Sports Awards which ran from 1980 until 2010. Details of the funeral were yet to be confirmed.
It was noted that Holocaust Memorial Day - which marked 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz – had taken place on 27th January 2020. Council Members observed a minute’s silence in memory of former Mayor, Mervyn Jones and in commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day.