Twenty Years of  Service

On Monday 27^th July 2009, The Mayor of Gillingham, Councillor Rupert Evill, and members of Gillingham Town Council paid tribute to Gillingham Town Clerk, Sylvia Dobie, on completion of twenty years service with Gillingham Town Council.

Sylvia joined the Town Council in July 1989, as Assistant Town Clerk. Sylvia was promoted to Town Clerk in 2004, and in March 2008 gained her certificate in Local Council Administration. Sylvia is currently preparing an application to obtain Quality Status for the council. 

Sylvia has worked along side thirteen Mayors and has seen the town grow from a population of just over 6,000 in 1989, to it’s present day population of just under 12,000.  Under Sylvia’s guidance, the Town Council is working alongside the Three Rivers Partnership to provide better leisure facilities and to manage and protect open spaces in and around Gillingham.

Sylvia said “It has been a privilege to have worked alongside the members and staff of the Town Council during the last twenty years”.

27 July 2009