The next Inveraray Community Council General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 2nd March 2022 at the Loch Fyne Hotel at 7.00pm
Agenda
- Welcome
- Apologies for Absence
- Declarations of Interest
- Approval of previous Minutes
- Treasurer’s Report
Including Grants applied for and review of micro/An Suidhe applications received - Inspire Inveraray
- Police Report
- Correspondence
- Licencing Applications / Planning Applications
- Fundraising
- Any other competent business
- Phone box – defibrillator
- Inveraray Pier
- Date of next meeting
Inveraray Community Council
General Meeting held on Wednesday 2nd February 2022 at 7.30pm in the Loch Fyne Hotel
PRESENT IN ATTENDANCE
Linda Divers – Convener Temma Tierney-Clerk
Jacqui MacDonald
Julie Hendry (Secretary)
Alistair Rodden
Arend Goodheir
Tracy Boyce
Alyssa Stewart
Archie MacColl-Smith
Cllr Dougie Philand
Alison Mackay
Lindsay Young
Adrian Nation
Rhuaridh Mackay
Carl Naisby
Mark Naisby
Sandra Naisby
Miroslava Skryjova,
Jacqueline Kerr
- Welcome
Linda Divers welcomed all to the meeting. - Apologies for absence
Councillor Donnie MacMIllan, Councillor Sandy Taylor, Hugh Nicol
- Declarations of interest
None intimated.
- Approval of previous minutes
Jacqui approved, Linda seconded.
- Treasurer’s report
General Account Balance £25,230.74, this includes income from: Mini Bus £2,306.62 Pier Fund £19,795.76 Microgrant £781
Balances: Clachan windfarm £14752 Events & Displays £3569.93 Bonus Savings £10.47
- Police Report
Submitted by PS Matthew Shaw.
- Correspondence
None.
- Licencing/Planning applications
Nothing of note. - Inspire Inveraray
Alistair Rodden provided an overview. - Fundraising
Valentine’s raffle, tickets still available, £1 each from Oh Sugar, Beauty Bee, Tipsy Laird & Co-op.
- AOCB
- Defibrillator in phone box – Linda to take forward
- Cllr Philand advised that Argyll & Bute Council are still running a consultation on Education – Empowering our Educators and that we should respond.
- Linda suggested that a shed be placed on the swing park for use by the youth of Inveraray, this would become their space to decide what they want it to look like.
- Bill Nelson, First Aid 4 Gambia has replaced the pads in the defibrillator at the Barn Brae and the Shinty Club, Linda thanked him for this work.
- Donald McDonald has arranged for further work on the pier, cleaning out and replacing of grouting.
- Jacqueline Kerr asked if lights could be added to the top section of the Avenue, Aly advised that we are in the process of arranging a survey and applying for grants for this.
- Sandra Naisby advised that the street lighting is out of sync, lights are lit during the day and out at night – Dougie Philand will enquire with the council.
- Residents who live in the area where RCE are applying to instal a windfarm explained that they have accepted that there will be a wind farm in some shape or form they believe that Inveraray should benefit financially, to a large degree, from the windfarm. Linda explained that Geaspar Byrne owns the pier and has agreed to sell it to Inspire Inveraray for £55,000. Ridge Clean Energy (RCE) are helping Inspire and the Community Council to apply for grants to raise funds to buy the pier, they have not donated any money to Inveraray.
- Date of next meeting
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 at 7.00pm in the Loch Fyne Hotel.