‘I’ve got a committee driving me’
Coun Martyn Bolt, the current deputy mayor, is due to become the first citizen of the borough later this month.
This week he named grant-giving foundation One Community as the charity that will benefit from the Mayor’s Appeal in the next civic year.
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Hide AdCycling enthusiast Coun Bolt said: “I think many people expected me to come out supporting a cycling project, but needy as many of those are, that would be a personal interest and I want to make sure what we are doing is in a community interest.”
Kirklees Council’s mayor-making ceremony, when Coun Bolt is expected to take over from the current mayor Coun David Ridgway, takes place on Wednesday May 22.
Coun Bolt said: “I’ve got a charity committee driving me and, in keeping with One Community, members of all political parties have agreed to help with the committee. We are planning a number of events.”