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Minutes of the Annual Town Meeting held on Tuesday 3^rd May 2016

In the Town Hall, Station Road, Dalton at 7pm

Present Councillors W Maddox, N Perie, D Greaves, A Bowe, D Gibson,

Before the meeting commenced, new councillor Mrs Elizabeth Colver signed the Declaration of the Acceptance of Office and joined the meeting.

1. Apologies for Absence Councillor A Thurlow

2. Mayors Report Councillor Maddox gave the Mayors Annual Report

As this has been my second time as Mayor of Dalton, I knew what was expected of me throughout the year.

My Mayoress Dot and I started the year with invitations to Civic Sundays – Barrow, Ulverston, Millom and Kendal, where we met Mayors we would be seeing throughout the year, and are affectionately known as the Chain Gang.

We have attended many events over the year, some big, some small, but we have enjoyed all of them and been made most welcome.

Some events stand out more than others, small events like attending Staveley House and talking to the residents, crowning Dalton Carnival Queen and attendants, and helping the Parkinsons Society rattle tins in Dalton Co-op, and many, many more. All very enjoyable to attend.

Highlights of the year included entering Cumbria-in-Bloom, and then hosting the presentation ceremony at Chequers Hotel in Dalton, when people from all the towns and villages in Cumbria attended to see if they had won an award. Chequers was packed with people from all over the County, and it was a pleasure for Dot and I to meet all the winners, and the event and venue was enjoyed by all present. Dalton received 3 trophies one of which was for Clarence House for the Tourism Award.

Dalton was also entered in the Britain-in-Bloom competition again in 2015, and the presentation ceremony was held in Sunderland. I attended with my husband and we met with hundreds of people from all over Great Britain and also Jersey. It was a brilliant night and Dalton received a silver award, of which we are very proud. It was an honour, for Dalton, to be asked to represent the County in the Town Award, for a second year. Dalton St. Marys School Deputy Headteacher Hannah Croskery was also awarded a discretionary award, this was chosen by the men who judged Dalton, and it was a total surprise to her and obviously she was delighted as we all were.

In March this year Dot and I attended the Love Barrow Awards, it was a very emotional night and was great to see Gill Tyson win the award for Courage in her fight against cancer. It was richly deserved.

Out last event was last Saturday night when Dot and I attended the Barrow Community Trust Ball, held at Abbey House, to raise funds for good causes in the Furness Community. A good night was had by all and the raffle and auction raised a good amount of money.

My main fundraiser was a concert held in St. Marys Church in December with the singing quartet Voce. The Church was full, and as it was held during the Christmas Tree Festival, the Church looked amazing with all the tree lights twinkling in the dark. A wonderful setting for a concert.

There have been two very sad events to attend in my Mayoral year, these were the two funerals for Councillor John Millar and Councillor Bill Bleasdale, both sitting Councillors, who we sadly lost during the past year and are missed by all.

Dot and I have had an amazing year and could not have done it without the help of the Town Clerk and the admin team, who did a lot of running around and all the paperwork. I thank my fellow Councillors for all their support and especially the Deputy Mayor Nick Perie who carried out events I was unable to attend. Thank you Nick. Lastly I must thank Dot for all her support during the past year, she has been an amazing Mayoress. Thank you Dot, now life can go back to normal.

3. Distribution of Mayors Charity Fund Councillor Maddox distributed the proceeds of the Mayors Charity Fund from the 2015/2016 Civic Year presenting cheques to the following groups

Alice Escapes £80

Sea Cadets £100

Christmas Tree Festival £100

1^st Duddon Scouts £150

Guides £150

Serendipity £150

Boom Dang £150

Bluebell Foundation £200

Dalton Rugby £200

Crooklands Casuals £200

Dalton United £400

4. Issues Raised by Members of the PublicThere were no issues raised by those attending.

5. Ale Tasters Report Dalton Ale Taster Carl Hallows presented the Annual Ale Tasters Report and Awarded the first place to winning establishment The Lord Nelson, Runner Up was the Brown Cow Inn.

Meeting Closed 7.17pm

Dalton with Newton Town Council

Minutes of the Annual Council Meeting held on Monday 3^rd May 2016

in the Town Hall, Station Road, Dalton at 7.15pm

Present Councillors W Maddox, N Perie, D Greaves, A Bowe and D Gibson.

Apologies for Absence Councillor A Thurlow

Minutes of the Previous MeetingThe minutes of the Annual Town Meeting and

Annual meeting of the council for 2015 were approved and the Chairman was

authorised to sign as a true record.

Election of Mayor 2016/2017It was proposed that Councillor N Perie be the Mayor for the 2016/2017 year. On a vote it was agreed that Councillor Perie be the Mayor for the 2016/2017 Civic Year.

Councillor Perie signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office and chaired the meeting from this point.

Election of Deputy Mayor 2016/2017 It was proposed that Councillor Thurlow be elected the Deputy Mayor for the 2016/2017 year. On a vote it was agreed that Councillor Ann Thurlow be elected Deputy Mayor for the 2016/2017 Civic Year. As Councillor Thurlow was absent from the meeting the declaration of acceptance of office would be signed on her return from holiday.

Appointment to Committees It was agreed that all councillors be members of all council committees on a voluntary basis unless a conflict of interest arises.

Meeting Closed 7.25pm

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