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Town Council

Prestatyn Town Council is the grassroots level of local government and is accountable and directly represent the residents of Prestatyn and Meliden. Prestatyn Town Council operates in a centrally based office on Nant Hall Road, Prestatyn which is open to the public 9-5 Mon-Fri.

Our mission is to serve the community of Prestatyn and Meliden, continue to improve the quality of life of residents and to enhance the attractiveness of the town as a place to live, work, visit or invest. Both Members and Staff will promote closer working relationships with stakeholders to enhance the local environment and engender greater community pride.

The Council meets monthly in line with the Schedule of Meetings agreed at the AGM and consists of Full Council and Committees; Town Planning (TP), Finance and Management (F&M), Community Development and Regeneration Committee (CDRC), Policy Review (PR), Resource and Appeals (P&A) and Staffing Sub-Committee. The Full Council meetings are chaired by the Mayor and Committees have their Chairs and Vice Chairs who are also selected by members at the AGM.

PRESTATYN TOWN COUNCIL OBJECTIVES:

Make prudent and effective use of resources
Listen to and work with the community and partners to maximise our impact
Provide open Government which is accessible to all
Maintain and continually improve our services and facilities
To encourage and promote the economic and commercial vitality of the town
To be proactive rather than reactive in our approach
To preserve and enhance traditions, character and unique identity of Prestatyn and Meliden
To represent the views and wishes of the residents of Prestatyn and Meliden
To promote Prestatyn and Meliden as a safe, clean, welcoming and prosperous Town for all

STAFF AND MEMBERS

Prestatyn Town Council currently directly employs a Town Clerk and 3 other members of staff as the support team to assist the members, residents, and community of Prestatyn and Meliden. This includes an Assistant Town Clerk, a Legal & HR Support Officer, a Community, Events & Administration Officer and 2 additional agency workers to help provide support (Part Time Finance Officer and Part Time Support & Administration Officer).

There are 18 elected town councillors who are unpaid volunteers and are elected on a 5-year term to represent 6 different wards in the town. Also, Prestatyn and Meliden have 10 Denbighshire County Council meetings. Every year a Mayor and Deputy Mayor, are selected by the councillors at the AGM. Their function is to represent the council at both community and civic events.

The Council meets monthly and consists of Full Council, Committees and Sub Committees.

Town Council are accountable for the following services in the town:

SERVICES

Bus Shelters
Street furniture e.g. benches, bins, noticeboards
Children Holiday Play Schemes
Pendre Memorial Gardens
Free Top Central Car Park
Community Centres
Community Grants
Environmental Projects
Joint Health Initiatives

Christmas Trees and festive lighting
Contact Point for Prestatyn Town Councillors and Mayor
Town Events
Liaison and assistance for Local Businesses
Tourism information
Collaborate other organisations – Walking for Health, Prestatyn in Bloom, Prestatyn Business Forum

For information on any of the above services please contact Prestatyn Town Council customer services on 01745 857185 or email info@prestatyntc.co.uk

PRESTATYN COAT OF ARMS

Barry wavy of six azure and or, on a mount in base vert a castle triple towered, on a chief argent rose gules barbed and seeded between two sprigs of oak fructed proper.

CREST

Out of a circlet azure charged with three crescents or a demi dragon gules supporting a tree stock raguly in bend proper. Mantled azure doubled or.

SHIELD

The shield combines the history and topography of Prestatyn. Blue and gold waves represent the sea and sands, and the grassy mound represents the local uplands. The castle is an heraldically stylized one referring to the strongholds that have indicated the strategic position of Prestatyn from pre-Norman days until the late thirteenth century, under the lordship of the Banastres and Crèvecoeurs. For many generations Prestatyn and Meliden were held by the Conwy family now represented by Lord Langford. A principle emblem in the Conwy arms is a red rose , and this appears at the head of the shield to commemorate the long association of the Conwy family with the town. The rose is also an obvious allusion to the fame of Prestatyn as the ‘Rose Town of North Wales’ and, with two sprigs of oak referring to the abundant woodlands, especially Coed-yr-Esgob and Coed Bell, suggests the natural amenities which are so characteristic of Prestatyn.

CREST

Above the shield is the closed helm proper to civic arms, with its decorative mantling in the basic colours of the shield, the blue and gold of the sea and sands. Upon the helm is the crest. At the base a blue circlet with three gold crescents alludes to the rapid growth of this seaside town, and from it rises a derivative of the device formerly used in the Council’s seal—a tree-trunk supported by the Welsh dragon, shown as he appears in the crest of Clwyd.

MOTTO

‘CYNYDDAF A LLAWENYCHAF’ – ‘I GROW AND I REJOICE’ (from Seneca’s “Epistulae”)

The Arms were designed by H. Ellis Tomlinson, M.A., F.H.S., granted to the Urban District Council on September 2nd 1964, and transferred to the Town Council on December 10th 1975 under the provisions of the local Government Act 1972.