INAUGURAL MEETING OF COMMUNITY COUNCIL

followed by

MINUTE OF ISLAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING 2nd December 2013 – Service Point,

ICC Members Present: Glen Roberts GR Islay McEachern IM Geunda Young GY John McGillivray JM Liz Redman IG Alastair Redman AR Catherine Gilchrist CG

Argyll & Bute Council: Mr Iain Jackson

Apologies: Roberta McNeill, Billy McFarlane and Ina Glover

Action Following the re-constitution of Islay Community Council, Mr Iain Jackson, on behalf of the Returning Officer, Argyll and Bute Council, led the inaugural meeting, the purpose of which was to appoint office bearers, outline some changes to the constitution of Scottish Community Councils and make recommendations to improve the operation of Community Councils.

The following office-bearers were appointed:

Chair Glen Roberts Vice-Chair Alastair Redman Treasurer John McGillivray Secretary Catherine Gilchrist - from January 2014

Further ‘specialist’ appointments were agreed:

Planning Liz Redman Minutes Secretary Geunda Young Licensing Glen Roberts

At the conclusion of the foregoing business, Mr Jackson left the meeting and an ordinary meeting of ICC followed.

1. Welcome – Glen Roberts opened the meeting and noted apologies from Billy Macfarlane, Roberta MacNeill and Ina Glover.

2. Minutes of the ICC Meeting of 3rd September 2013 - The minutes of this meeting were agreed as a true record and were adopted, being proposed by Islay McEachern and seconded by Alastair Redman.

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3. Matters Arising a. Recycling Bins – – AR had further investigated the problem of these bins being used for the disposal of commercial waste and reported that this activity now appears to have ceased. The general feeling from the Portnahaven community is that they would like the bins to be fenced off

b. Portnahaven Notice Board – There remains a split of views on this subject, but it does remain a planning issue and further consultation with David Ferrier will be required

4. ICC Sub-Groups a. Ferries – There is a meeting scheduled between Calmac, Transport Scotland and ICC on 3rd December 2013. GR and CG to attend. It was agreed that Billy Macfarlane would chair the sub- group and also represent ICC on the Islay and Jura Transport Forum. Following reports that it seems impossible to get a car booking on the 3.30pm Friday ferry due to weight restrictions on the MV Arran, it was suggested that MV be used GR/CG instead. GR and CG to convey this message to Calmac

b. Health – Liz Redman agreed to serve on the Health Sub-Group

c. Renewables – It was agreed that a further, non-ICC member participate in this sub-group and that AR would arrange for the nominated person to contact ICC. It was also agreed that the Chair of this group be determined on an ad hoc basis. A review of the final point may be required in the future

5. Treasurer’s Report – The 2012/2013 accounts having been prepared and signed, were approved by the Community Council and JM will now submit them to Argyll and Bute Council.

6. AOB a. Emergency Planning/Community Resilience – it was agreed that this should be discussed at the next ICC meeting

GY b. ICC Webmail – GY to change the password and advise members. The Board was reminded that the Data Protection Act requires that external emails not be forwarded to others

The meeting closed – date of the next meeting: 13th January 2013

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