The team of Melbourne Parish Council, South Derbyshire, England

MEET THE MELBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL TEAM

ELECTED MEMBERS:

CHAIRMAN - Councillor David Smith

Councillor Smith was first elected to the Parish Council in 2000 and became Chairman in May 2008. He is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning. He is the Council's representative on the 'Infants School Governors' organisation.
Address: Highfield Barn, Highfields, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8DG.
Email: Councillor Smith. Home telephone: 01332 862699. Mobile: 07855 436178. Fax: 01332 863774.

VICE CHAIRMAN - Councillor Nigel Collyer

Councillor Collyer was first elected to the Parish Council in 2002 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure (Chair), and Planning. He is the Council's 'Crime and Disorder' representative.
Address: 161 Station Road, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8BQ.
Email: Councillor Collyer. Mobile telephone: 07831 540538.

Councillor Jane Carroll

Councillor Carroll was first elected to the Parish Council in 1987 and is a member of the Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure, and Planning committees. She is the Parish Council's representative on the Arts Festival group and 'Safer Neighbourhood'.
Address: 5 The Woodlands, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8DP.
Email: Councillor Carroll. Home telephone: 01332 863269.

Councillor Cliff Crawford

Councillor Crawford joined the Parish Council in 2007 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning.
Address: 73 Victoria Street, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8FR.
Home telephone: 01332 863445.

Councillor Henry Dunnicliff

Councillor Dunnicliff was first elected to the Parish Council in 1983 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning.
Address: Tree Tops, Calke Road, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8DL.
Home telephone: 01332 862765.

Councillor Wendy Earp

Councillor Earp joined the Parish Council in June 2008 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning.
Address: The Paddocks, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8DJ.
Email: Councillor Earp. Telephone: 01332 865019.

Councillor Brendan Freeman.
Photograph by Andrew Jackson.

Councillor Dr Brendan Freeman
Councillor Dr Freeman was first elected to the Parish Council in 1983.
He is a member of the following committees: Burial (Chair), Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning.
Councillor Freeman is also the Council's representative on the Association of Airport Related Parish Councils (AARPC) and the Police Consultative Group.
Address: The Hollies, High Street, Ticknall, DERBY DE73 7JH.
Email: Councillor Dr Freeman. Home telephone: 01332 862799. Mobile: 07810 550312.

Councillor Sheila Hicklin

Councillor Hicklin joined the Parish Council in 2007 and is a member of the following committees:
Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning.
Address: 52 Queensway, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8FG.
Home tel: 01332 865726.

Councillor Christopher Howard MBE

Councillor Howard joined the Parish Council in February 2007 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways (Vice Chair), Recreation, Leisure and Planning.
Address: Highfield House, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8DG.
Email: Councillor Howard. Mobile telephone: 07795 484120.

Councillor Andrew Jackson

Councillor Jackson was first elected to the Parish Council in 1983 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways, Recreation (Chair), Leisure and Planning. He is the Council's representative on the Parish Plan, also the 'Kings Newton Storage Depot' organisation.
Address: Highfields, Sleepy Lane, Kings Newton, DERBY DE73 8BU.
Email: Councillor Jackson. Work telephone: 01332 702800. Mobile: 07931 541387. Fax 01332 865578.

Councillor Reg Moore

Councillor Moore was first elected to the Parish Council in 1983 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning. He is the Council's Lothian Gardens representative.
Address: 25 Hope Street, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8FX.
Home telephone: 01332 863464.

Councillor Robert Parker

Councillor Parker joined the Parish Council in 2007 and is a member of the following committees:
Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning.
Address: Derby Hills Farm, Broadstone Lane, Ticknall, DERBY DE73 7LD.
Home tel: 01332 863800. Mobile: 07973 297404.

Councillor Margaret Sharp

Councillor Sharp was first elected to the Parish Council in 1991 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways, Recreation, Leisure and Planning.
She is the Council's representative on the Senior Citizens' Welfare Committee.
Address: Corbeth, Kings Newton Lane, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8DD. Home tel: 01332 862471.

Councillor Terry Statham

Councillor Statham was first elected to the Parish Council in 2000 and is a member of the following committees: Burial (Vice Chair), Highways, Recreation, Leisure (Vice Chair) and Planning and the Council's representative on the 'North West Leicestershire District Racetrack' organisation.
Address: Greenacres, Ramsley, Station Road, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8BQ. Home telephone: 01332 864367. Work telephone: 01332 865616.

Councillor Paul Willmore

Councillor Willmore was first elected to the Parish Council in 2003 and is a member of the following committees: Burial, Highways (Chair), Recreation (Vice Chair), Leisure, and Planning.
Address: The Manse, George Street, Melbourne, DERBY DE73 8FJ.
Email: Councillor Willmore.
Home telephone: 01332 863044. Mobile: 07812 391072. Fax: 01332 694395.

CLERK TO MELBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL

Norman Hill AQA - CLERK

Norman Hill has been Clerk to Melbourne Parish Council since 1975.
In 2004, he passed with distinction the certificate in local council administration - AQA (Assessment Qualifications Alliance).
Address: 4 Beaumont Close, Barrow on Trent, DERBY DE73 7HQ.
Email: Norman Hill.
Home telephone: 01332 703745.
Work telephone: 01283 493809. Work fax: 01283 510186.

QUALITY COUNCIL STATUS ACHIEVED JULY 2006

The Quality Council Certificate was presented to representatives of Melbourne Parish Council by Derek Orchard, Chairman of the Derbyshire Accreditation Panel, on July 4, 2006 at the Bill Shone Leisure Centre, Melbourne.

Melbourne Parish Council members
pictured with Quality Status Certificate.
Photograph courtesy of Association of Local Councils.

PRESS ITEM: Courtesy of "Village Voice" - January 2005

Norman Hill (left) being congratulated
on receiving AQA certificate
by Chairman, Cllr Dr Brendan Freeman.
Photograph courtesy of Village Voice.

"Brendan Freeman, chairman of Melbourne Parish Council, congratulates the parish clerk Norman Hill on receiving the AQA Certificate Distinction in Local Council Administration.
Norman obtained distinctions in more than 20 of the 26 modules examined in the National Training Strategy for the accreditation proving competence in the role of a town or parish clerk. To date 24 of the 204 parish clerks in Derbyshire have obtained the qualification with only two receiving a distinction.
Having a suitably qualified clerk is one of the four mandatory tests a parish council has to pass to become a 'Quality Council' capable of providing a greater range of local services.
Norman thanked his mentor, Brian Woods of the Derbyshire County Training Partnership, for his support in completing the portfolio, which has taken all his spare time over the last year."

INVITEES TO ALL MEETINGS:

Police

The first item at the Melbourne Parish Council meeting (but not on the agenda) is the police report which includes crime figures and questions.

County and District Councillors

Invited to attend all Melbourne Parish Council meetings and allocated 15 minutes to report on County and District Council matters are: Derbyshire County Councillor and South Derbyshire District Councillor, John Harrison and South Derbyshire District Councillor Jim Hewlett.