Community council minutes

Loch Duich Community Council
Meeting held in Inverinate Community centre
Thursday 28 June 2007 at 8.00pm

Minutes of previous meeting were approved.

Police Issues
Marina had been informed that an officer would attend at future meeting when possible.

Correspondence
Letter of thanks – had been received from the Ratagan Pool committee.

Matters Arising
Leachachan Roadsign – this had been rectified and a roadsign was in place.
Website – Donald confirmed that the community website was working well. There had been 950 hits in two months and two new advertisers had been signed up. Marina agreed to remind Alasdair Earnshaw about including more school information (eg. the newsletter) when the new term resumed.
Community Bus Run – Marina would contact John Angus MacLena about getting copies of the bus timetable for displaying in the noticeboards.
Retiral of Mrs Jackie Sheddan – the celebration in Kintail Hall had gone well and the contribution from the Community Council was much appreciated
Skip – a skip for Forestry Cottages, Inverinate was on order.
Minutes of meetings – it was agreed that minutes would be produced within a week of the meeting and displayed with ‘as yet unapproved’ across the top of the page.

Any Other Business
Rural Home Ownership Scheme – after discussion it was agreed that clarification was needed about this scheme and what it involved. Berwyn agreed to find out more and report back.
OFCOM – a response had been received.
Carr Brae Mast: it appeared that the Carr Brae mast would be compatible for transfer to digital. Berwyn had ascertained that the Estate had an assessor coming to check the mast to see what would be required for changing the system over.
Ratagan Relay Mast: it appeared to be unlikely that the Ratagan mast would be suitable for digital unless a significant amount of money was spent on it. The Community Council would be unable to pay for this.
Once the Estate had seen the assessor’s report and decided what to do, Berwyn would produce a list of options for circulating round the households affected.
Graham House – Edna Wood had been in touch with Berwyn. The importance of keeping Graham House and the needs of the elderly in the area in high profile was stressed again.
Inverinate Hall Committee – The recent AGM had shown that the hall was running short of people interested in keeping it running. Current committee members had agreed to stay in post only until November. If no replacements were found by then, the closure of the Hall would be a distinct possibility. Everyone present was urged to encourage folks in the community, and particularly representatives from the various hall user groups, to come forward and volunteer for the hall committee ASAP.

Next meeting
Thursday 6th September 2007 at 8pm
Inverinate Community Centre