Councillor Barbara Mackenzie

I've just finished my mayoral year and would like to thank everyone for their support. It has been an enjoyable year though there has been much to do, not just this past year but during the past four years. We are still trying to get more councillors for the Town Council. It is ridiculous that we have only seven for almost 23,000 electors when councils with around 2,000 electors have 11 or 12 councillors. It means we can't take do some of the things we would like to do so we have asked Fylde Borough Council to do a governance review. However, for some unfathomable reason there seems to be some reluctance on their part to do this. If we are successful in raising our numbers, then we will become much more of a 'can do' council. We are still looking for premises and hope to find something suitable in the not too distant future. The Town Council supported the recent 25th anniversary celebrations for the St Anne's twinning link with Werne, Germany. Eighteen visitors from Werne came over for three days. Friday 19 June was spent in Lytham and Saturday 20 June in St Anne's. On the Sunday the new Town Mayor, Cllr Tony Ford, hosted a civic lunch at the Glendower Hotel and a new charter was signed. Guests included FBC Deputy Mayor Cllr Patricia Fieldhouse and Deputy Mayoress Katie Fieldhouse, former FBC Mayor Eric Bamber and his wife, and former FBC Mayor Mrs Jean Wilding-Walsh. It was a successful and enjoyable weekend. Town Council meetings take place on the third Tuesday of every month at 7.00 pm in St Margaret's church hall, St Leonard's Road West. Everyone welcome.