BARRY Town Council has appointed their youngest mayor to date.
Councillor Catherine Iannucci-Williams became the mayor of Barry for 2024/25 at Barry Town Council’s AGM on Monday, May 13.
Cllr Iannucci-Williams was nominated by Councillor Helen Payne and seconded by Councillor Ewan Goodjohn, with all present council members unanimously agreeing on appointing her.
She takes the reigns from Councillor Ian Johnson.
Cllr Iannucci-Williams has been a Town Councillor since 2022 and is a Cadoc Ward Councillor.
She was raised in Barry and attended Romilly Primary School and Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School (Now Pencoedtre High).
Being 28 years old, she will be the youngest Barry Town Mayor to date.
Speaking to councillors and guests at the Mayor Making event, she said: “It's a huge honour to have been elected as the Mayor this evening, and thank you to Helen for that introduction.”
“I'm really looking forward to spending this year getting to see all the ways our community groups and volunteers are looking out for each other and all trying to make our town a better and kinder place to live.
“Looking after each other is something that my charities for this year really embody, and I'm really pleased that they'll be the Vale Foodbank and Shua (Safe House for Unwanted Animals).”
The mayor of Barry is accompanied by their consort, with Cllr Iannucci-Williams choosing her husband Owen Iannucci-Williams her consort for municipal year 2024/25.
The deputy mayor of Barry for municipal year 2024/25 is Councillor Dennis Clarke who was nominated by Cllr Johnson and seconded by Cllr S Hodges.
The mayor of Barry for municipal year 2023/24 was Cllr Johnson, who spoke on the evening about what a great pleasure and honour it had been to be the mayor for 2023/24.
At the start of his year, he had said that he wanted to promote the arts, culture and heritage of the town – it was therefore wonderful that Barry Town Council were able to support events such as Gwyl Fach y Fro and also put on events such as Halloween and St David’s Day.
Councillor Ian Johnson’s charities for the year were 2Wish and Mind in the Vale.
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