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Cr Cheryl Dalton pictured at this year's Council Australia Day awards ceremony at Blackbutt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 17, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

After more than 16 years in local government, South Burnett councillor Cheryl Dalton has decided to call it quits.<\/p>\n

Cr Dalton will be resigning from Council on July 17.<\/p>\n

Confirming her intention to resign, Cr Dalton told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> today she was looking forward to spending more time with her children and four grandchildren.<\/p>\n

She had been thinking about resigning for some time but had felt committed to seeing the current Council Budget through.<\/p>\n

“It would have been unfair for another councillor to come in halfway through this,” she said.<\/p>\n

Cr Dalton said she had been an active voice during the debates surrounding the upcoming Budget and would be present when it was tabled at the July 3 Budget meeting.<\/p>\n

“I feel I have to support the decisions of the current council,” she said.<\/p>\n

She refused to be drawn on the upcoming $200 per year roads levy or any decision by the Council to take over the running of the South Burnett Private Hospital when current manager Pulse Health finishes its contract.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At last week’s meeting, Council approved a $500,000 banking overdraft facility for South Burnett Private Hospital operations.<\/p>\n

“I am looking forward to a bit of a rest at first but you can’t keep me down, and eventually I hope to be back out working in the community again,” Cr Dalton said.<\/p>\n

“I feel bad about letting the people from Division 6 down. I have enjoyed representing them but sometimes you just have to make decisions that are best for yourself.<\/p>\n

“A lot of people have been very supportive of me throughout my career in local government, and I have made a lot of friends both in Council and outside Council.<\/p>\n

“Council staff have been very supportive and I have good relations with all the councillors.”<\/p>\n

Cr Dalton said she would continue in her role as an executive member on the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Board, which is not a Council position.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And she hoped to be able to have a continued involvement with the South Burnett arts community.<\/p>\n

“I have been invited to do the July opening at the Kingaroy Gallery and I am looking forward to it,” she said.<\/p>\n

Cr Dalton was first elected to the Kingaroy Shire Council in 1997, and then was elected to represent Division 6 of the new South Burnett Regional Council after the forced amalgamations in 2008.<\/p>\n

She was re-elected to this role in March 2012.<\/p>\n

On August 24 last year tragedy struck when her son Dylan, 29, was killed in a car accident on the Bunya Highway north of Wondai.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said today Cr Dalton had been a friend for 30 years as well as a colleague.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Cheryl and her family have gone through so much in the past 12 months,” he said. “Her life has been turned upside down.”<\/p>\n

He said Cr Dalton was a very caring person, always the first to help someone.<\/p>\n

“She has been such a valued member of the Council and a bit of a ‘mother hen’ to all of us,” he said.<\/p>\n

“She has given absolutely unbelievable sterling service to the people of Kingaroy, and for the last five years, the people of the South Burnett.”<\/p>\n

He said he would miss her, as would everyone around the Council table.<\/p>\n

“She will now be concentrating her amazing abilities on her family and life outside Council,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I am really happy for her and wish her all the best.”<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

The resignation means that by law the South Burnett Regional Council will have to hold a by-election as it is outside the timeframe that would allow an appointment to be made, or for the position to be kept vacant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann said unfortunately the election could not be held on the same day as the Federal Election in September, which would have saved costs.<\/p>\n

However an option that would be considered by Council would be holding a postal ballot.<\/p>\n

“We will have to discuss that but it certainly will be considered to determine if there would be a cost saving,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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