DUP and TUV to take top council positions for new term
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The party will nominate a candidate ahead of the council’s Annual General Meeting to take place on Monday, June 7.
The Mayor’s deputy will be a TUV councillor.
The council is required under the Local Government Act 2014 to hold an AGM each June.
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In addition the DUP, the largest party on the council, will take up five Chair and Vice Chair posts on the council’s committees which come with special responsibility payments.
A special responsibility allowance of £1,000 per month is available to the Mayor, £650 per month to the Deputy Mayor as well as payments to all committee Chairs of £500 and Vice Chairs, £300 per month.
The councillors’ basic allowance is rising from £15,071 to £15,486 per annum.
The TUV will be allocated two vice-chair posts, the Alliance Party, one and Sinn Fein, one.
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The current Mayor is Carrickfergus DUP Councillor Peter Johnston. His deputy is Ulster Unionist Cllr Andrew Wilson, a Knockagh representative.
by Michelle Weir, Local Democracy Reporter
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