Fossoway and District Community Council
Minutes of AGM
May 1st 2012 7.30pm
To be approved.
1. Attending: S Morrison, T Duffy-Wigman, S Anderson, K Borthwick, A Lavery, R Paterson. Cllr. K Baird, &
8 Members of the public
Apologies: A Cheape, Cllrs. M Barnacle, W Robertson
2. Minutes: Minutes of the 2011 AGM meeting were read, approved, and signed off.
3. Chair’s Report:
Perth and Kinross Council produced a Scheme of Establishment of Community Councils in the Perth and Kinross Council Area to implement the Scottish Government’s proposals regarding Community Councils. The Scheme included a Constitution for Community Councils, Standing Orders and a Code of Conduct for Community Councillors.
This meant elections had to be held in November and a new Community Council was formed in December. There were five nominations for eight places but two existing Councillors were co-opted. They had been unable to be nominated because they were on holiday when nomination forms were issued. These had to be signed by the person being nominated and this was not possible in their case.
The elected members of the Community Council are as follows:-
• Trudy Duffy-Wigman
• Rod Paterson
• Kevin Borthwick
• Alistair Lavery
• Sandy Morrison
The co-opted members are:-
• Sheila Anderson
• Angus Cheape
The main changes in the new constitution are:-
• Councillors are elected for a four year term
• All Community Councils have their AGM in May
• The financial year is 1 April to 31 March
• Elections for all Community Council’s take place in November and are organised by Perth & Kinross Council
The Community Council has had a very busy period and has been involved in a number of issues:-
• Blairingone War Memorial now progressing with some assistance from PKC staff
• Fossoway Church Car Park progressing slowly through Church procedures. Good assistance has been provided by PKC Planning Department
• Dunning Glen clean up achieved and sign erected. Thanks to Kevin for all of his efforts.
• Local Development Plan – The CC has been involved in the Strategy Group and has assisted Councillor Barnacle with his meetings. Many thanks to him for his considerable efforts to provide information on these matters and engage with the community. The CC also organised forms for residents to sign if they agreed with the village plan for Crook of Devon.
• Community Speed Watch Programme has been introduced and is strongly supported by the CC, because there have been a number of serious accidents recently in Crook of Devon and Drum.
• Crook Moss Planning Application for a travellers’ site. The CC has been very active on this issue and has responded to community concerns by holding a special meeting of the CC. The issues were explained along with how and on what grounds individuals can object to the application if they so wish. A detailed objection has been lodged by the CC.
Apart from these specific issues, there have been numerous planning applications to consider, presentations by developers and a significant number of meetings to attend. These have included the T in the Park Forum, the Kinross-shire Forum, Kinross-shire CC Network, Outdoor Access Forum etc.
I wish to record my thanks to my fellow councillors for their support and the considerable efforts they have made in attending external meetings and dealing with the areas they have accepted responsibility for. Thanks also to Councillors Barnacle, Baird and Robertson for their support in taking up issues raised by the CC.
4. Secretary’s Report:
Trudy gave a short verbal report on the paperwork involved in running the CC. She announced her resignation from the post of secretary due to work pressures, thanking the committee for all the support she had received.
Sandy thanked Trudy for all her hard work.
5. Treasurer’s Report:
Accounts were approved and signed off. The surplus for the year was £219.84 mainly due to reductions in the cost of hall lettings. The closing balance for the year after all payments had been made was £547.96.
6. Confirmation of Office Bearers:
The Office Bearers all resigned from their current posts, and all were happy to continue on the committee.
Sandy Morrison, Chairperson : Proposed, T Duffy-Wigman : Seconded, A Lavery.
Kevin Borthwick, Secretary : Proposed, S Morrison : Seconded, T Duffy-Wigman.
Angus Cheape, Treasurer : Proposed, S Morrison : Seconded, K Borthwick.
Alastair Lavery, Planning : Proposed, S Morrison : Seconded, R Paterson.
Rod Paterson, IT : Proposed, T Duffy-Wigman : Seconded, S Anderson.
Sheila Anderson, Minute Secretary : Proposed, T Duffy-Wigman : Seconded, K Borthwick.
Trudy Wigman-Duffy, Deputy Secretary : Proposed, S Morrison : Seconded, S Anderson.
With no other business, the date of the next AGM was set for May 7th, 2013. The meeting ended at 7.50pm.
