KNOW YOUR COUNCILLORS 2010
(Position held or interest)
.... Councillor Michael Britton, is
Chairman of the Council. :-Michael has has been on the council
since 2006 and has lived in the village for about eleven years. He is very interested in
the history of the village and preserving historic parts of the village, as well as
creating new facilities for villagers.
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....Councillor
Roger Farrell is Vice Chairman having stood down as Chair in
2008. I have lived in the village for about 16 years and joined the council in 2003. I set
up and run this website and I am interested in the preserving the character and history of
the village.
...Councillor John Hoyle as
well as serving on the Parish Council is Chairman of the Village Field
and he leaises between the council and the committee. He has lived in the village for
since 1987 and has being a councillor for 10 years he is involved in organising village
field events.
....Councillor Andy Tagger has live in the Village for
25 years and has being on the council for some seven years joining in 2003. He was the
main councillor that dealt with the new lighting scheme in the village and up to this year
he was the editor of the Newsletter.
....Councillor
Peter Atkinson Has lived in the Village five years and is responsible for
Police Liaison and organising the Police surgeries in the Reading room. Peter is
very keen to expand the Neighbour Hood Watch scheme and get more residents to volunteer as
co-ordinators.
....Councillor
Hazel Crabtree has lived in the Village for 13 years and has being on the council
for 3 years. Hazel is very busy in the Village, apart from being a Priest in Darrington,
she is involved with the school and the children, runs the Tea & Coffee morning in the
reading rooms and visits resident throughout the Village. She is very keen on the idea of
starting a Gardening Club in the Village.
....Councillor Paul Stainer
has lived in the Village for five years and joined the Parish Council in February 2010.
He is an active member of the Village Field Committee and is their Treasurer. He
has also assisted annually in fund raising functions such as the Feast & Fayre and
Bonfire Night.
....Councillor
Kelvin Wilkins has lived in and worked in the Village since 1988 and became a
resident in 1997. He is keen to encourage greater community spirit and has organised a
number of village fund raising events. Since joining the Parish Council in February 2010
has taken over compiling and editing the Newsletter. He is also very active on the Village
Field Committee.
....Richard K
Fogden Clerk to the Council Joined the council in 2007, although he only
works part time for us, he is very involved in local government and has a wide range of
knowledge of Parish Councils.
All councillors are volunteers and are not paid for the time they spend on
Council business. You can e-mail any of the Councillors at darrington.pc@tiscali.co.uk and it will
be forwarded to the Councillor concerned.
The Council meets the first Tuesday in the month (not August) (check notice
boards) at 7.00pm in The Spread Eagle, Estcourt Road, Darrington. The meetings are
scheduled to last two hours.
Members of the public are welcome to come along to the meetings, by law they are not
permitted to speak in the meeting, but the Council sets aside 15 minutes before the
Council meeting starts so members of the public can raise any points they would like
to bring to the Councils attention. We welcome members of the public and want to encourage
more residents to attend the meetings.
