Kidwelly Town Council has unanimously elected Councillor Philip Thompson as its Mayor Elect for the municipal year 2018/ 2019.
Councillor Thompson will take up office on May 1st 2018 and there will be a civic service and ceremony in St. Mary’s Church Kidwelly on 12th May 2018.
This coming year will be a special one in the history of Kidwelly Mayors in that it marks the 400th year of Mayors in Kidwelly since Thomas Babington was made the first Mayor in 1618.
Speaking after the election Councillor Thompson said:
“It is both an honour and a privilege and not a little humbling to be elected to serve as the next Mayor of Kidwelly. I look forward in my term of office as Mayor to meeting, working with and supporting our many community groups and organisations here in Kidwelly and Mynydd y Garreg, who’s work contributes so much to the spirit and wellbeing of our town.”
Phil added;
“We also have a Town Council that is actively working together on a number of exciting projects for the benefit of our community, including working towards making Kidwelly a dementia friendly town, reducing the use of single use plastics and promoting and supporting new and existing community events.”
Phil concluded: “We have a beautiful town and a community to be proud of and I will do my best to promote our town and represent our community in my time as Mayor”.
Etholwyd y Cynghorydd Philip Thompson yn unfrydol gan Gyngor Tref Cydweli ar gyfer y flwyddyn ddinesig 2018/ 2019.
Bydd y Cynghorydd Thompson yn dechrau ei swydd ar Fai'r 1af 2018 a bydd seremoni a gwasanaeth dinesig yn cael ei gynnal yn Eglwys y Santes Fair ar y 12fed Fai 2018.
Mae'r flwyddyn sydd ar ddod yn garreg filltir arbennig i hanes Meiri Cydweli gan ei fod yn nodi pedwar can mlynedd o Feiri yng Nghydweli ers i Thomas Babington gael ei wneud yn Faer yn 1618.
Yn dilyn yr etholiad dywedodd y Cynghorydd Thompson:
“Braint ac anrhydedd yw cael fy ethol i wasanaethu fel Maer nesaf Cydweli, rwy'n teimlo'n wylaidd iawn. Edrychaf ymlaen at fy nghyfnod fel Maer i gwrdd, gweithio a chefnogi ein grwpiau cymunedol a mudiadau niferus sydd yma yng Nghydweli a Mynydd y Garreg sy'n cyfrannu cymaint at ysbryd a lles y dref drwy eu gwaith.”
Ychwanegodd Phil;
“Mae gennym ni Gyngor Tref hefyd sy'n brysur iawn yn cydweithio ar nifer o brosiectau cyffrous er budd y gymuned, gan gynnwys gweithio tuag at gwneud Cydweli yn 'dref deall dementia', lleihau'r defnydd o blastig un-tro a hyrwyddo a chefnogi digwyddiadau cymunedol cyfredol a newydd.”
I gloi, dywedodd Phil: “Mae gennym dref brydferth a chymuned i fod yn falch ohoni a byddaf yn gwneud fy ngorau i hyrwyddo ein tref a chynrychioli'r gymuned yn ystod fy nghyfnod fel Maer”.
Am ragor o wybodaeth cysylltwch â | For further information please contact
Virginia O’Reilly, Town Clerk, Kidwelly Town Council, Council Offices, Hillfield Villas, Kidwelly, SA17 4UL. Telephone: 01554 890203. Email: towncouncil@kidwelly.gov.uk
or
Councillor Philip Thompson, Telephone: 07470260577. Email: philthompsonkidwelly@yahoo.com
Notes to editor:
1. Kidwelly is a town in Carmarthenshire, west Wales, approximately 10 miles west of Llanelli. The town of Kidwelly lies on the River Gwendraeth above Carmarthen Bay.
2. Kidwelly was established in approximately 1115 AD and received its Royal Charter from King Henry I. The first Mayor was Thomas Babington in 1618.
