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Mayor and Deputy Mayor to remain in post until May 2021

27 April 2020
Following the decision to delay the council's Annual General Meeting (AGM) both current Mayor, Cllr Terry Piccolo, and Deputy Mayor, Cllr Sue Shinnick, will remain in their current roles until May 2021.
Normally after a year's service the mayor would leave their ceremonial role at the AGM in May, handing over the responsibility – and chains of office – to the current Deputy Mayor, who would then serve as the Mayor until the following May.
Government guidance is that all appointments usually made at the AGM should be held over until the next Annual Council in May 2021.

Glowing tributes paid to former Mayor of Thurrock

17 July 2018
Tributes have been paid to a former Thurrock mayor.
Diane Revell, who was a Thurrock Council councillor for Orsett for 17 years and mayor between 2007 and 2008, passed away on Saturday.
During her tenure as mayor, Mrs Revell launched the charity Thurrock Children's Music Trust and was an active and long-serving member of the health and wellbeing overview and scrutiny committee.
She is survived by husband Mike, who is also a former councillor, and their children and grandchildren.

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