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Information about the council
St Day Parish Council was formed in 1985 and its first meeting was held on the 23rd April of that year.
Since then it has regularly met each month with the exception of August and holds its Annual Meeting
in May each year and calls the Annual Parish Meeting between March and June each year. Meeting dates have
varied over the years but the present arrangements are that meetings will take place on the second Monday
of each month in the Mills Street Community Room, beginning at 7pm.Item 3 on each
agenda is always open for public comment and is limited to 15 minutes. Members of the public may
attend and raise matters of interest during this time. They are then free to leave or stay to observe
the remainder of the meeting.
The current Parish Councillors serving until May 2013 are:
| Name | Address | Telephone |
| Bobby Dyer | 2 Burnwithian Terrace, St Day. | 01209 820021 |
| Geoffrey Nankivell (Vice Chair) | Glynfield, Silverwell, Blackwater, Truro. | 01872 561061 |
| John Newcombe (Chair) | Woodside, Tolgullow, St Day. | 01209 820841 |
| Lesley Trotter | Trinity Cottage, Buckingham Place, St Day | 01029 820733 |
| Philippa Bray | 3 Church Street, St Day. | 01209 820446 |
| Steve Penny | 5 Buckingham Terrace, St Day | 01209 820774 |
| George Ross | Adair, Pink Moors, St Day | 01209 821927 |
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Members of the public should feel free to contact a Parish Councillor if they have a matter they wish to discuss, alternatively they should contact the Parish Clerk at the following address: | ||
| Name | Address | Telephone |
| Stephen Edwards | Kinsmans Barns, Mt Pleasant, St Day. | 01209 821829 |
Or at the following email address: info@stday.org
Since its inception in 1985 there have only been two Chairmen of the Parish Council. Until May 1999 the Chairman was Joe Mills, who was very much involved in the original move to establish a Parish Council in St Day. Since then the Chairman has been John Newcombe who is also now the Chairman of the Mining Villages Regeneration Group.
On the agenda for the third meeting of the Parish Council in 1985 was the matter of finding a new burial ground for St Day, the churchyard being virtually full. This was taken forward with enthusiasm and the new burial ground was opened in 1987. This remains one of the most important achievements of the Parish Council. Shortly afterwards the problem of street cleaning was addressed and the Parish Council appointed someone to sweep the streets in the centre of the town each fortnight. We are now on our fifth street cleaner and we are sure that Brian Chapman will maintain the high standards which his father, Victor, set during his many years in the job.
For many years now we have worked in partnership with Cornwall County Council to maintain the public footpaths in the parish. We organise and pay for the paths to be trimmed annually with the help of a financial contribution from Cornwall County Council.
Recent developments have mainly arisen from the regeneration initiative which is detailed elsewhere on this web site and many of these are still ongoing and should, if they are successful, result in many much-needed improvements for the town. We have also been successful in working with the Mineral Tramways Group and several improvements have been carried out with their help. The resurfacing of the area in front of the Wheal Jewell play area being the most obvious.
Much of the day to day business of the Parish Council is taken up with considering planning applications, taking care of minor highway matters and passing comment on the many discussion papers which arrive from Cornwall Council and even from central Government. Nevertheless it is always important to have the local community in mind and the Parish Council was recently instrumental in establishing the Action St Day group which has been formed to seek grant funding for projects within the town, principally from sources to which the Parish Council cannot apply. The Parish Council noticeboard, the very popular Parish Newsletter, the modern play equipment on the Wheal Jewell playing field and even this web site are examples of how this group is succeeding. Nevertheless it is always important to have the local community in mind and the Parish Council was instrumental in establishing the Action St Day Group which obtained grant funding for projects within the town, principally from sources to which the Parish Council could not apply. The Parish Council noticeboard, the very popular Parish Newsletter, the modern play equipment on the Wheal Jewell playing field and even this web site are examples of what has been achieved.