Last Thursday (30th May) saw councillors attend the annual Civic Council in the Town Hall. The Civic Council is the ceremony where the new Chair and vice-chair are selected and the charities announced.
Last years Chair was Cllr Mick Bale who represents Hilton Ward. His chosen charities were the British Heart Foundation and The Land Girls Tribute. Cllr Bale was a popular choice and was selected by both sides of the chamber and was a very able and popular chairman.
This years Chair is Cllr Ann Hood from the Willington & Findern Ward. Her chosen charities are The Royal National Lifeboat Association and the amputee department of the Royal Derby Hospital. We wish her all the best.
Below is a story from the Burton Mail relating to the event. There are 2 key points from the meeting that are not captured and these are:
1: The Labour group nominated Cllr Sean Bambrick as Vice-Chair. A very popular and hard working local councillor, Sean was being considered for Chair before the council changed control. A vote followed and Cllr Murray was voted in as vice chair by a small margin.
2: The local Air Training Corps Squadron (1211) also won a Merit of Honour award - the first of it's kind. This is the latest honour for the squadron and follows those such as the Derbyshire Young Achiever award. As a former cadet I was extremely pleased to see this recognition and encourage young people to consider joining the ATC.
Another point not mentioned in the report below, but in a separate article was the call to support local teenage swimmer Lewis White in his attempts to go to Rio 2016 Paralympics. Lewis won an award at the South Derbyshire Sports awards last year and those attending were shown a video of his progress. We wish Lewis all the best and would love to see him in the Rio team.
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/South-Derbyshires-first-citizen-takes-on-her-chains-20130531121034.htm
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