Biggar Community Council
Agenda BCC meeting on 15 May 2023 at 7pm
Venue: Biggar Library
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ITEM
OUTCOME SOUGHT
1
WELCOME AND APOLOGIES
2
NOTIFICATION OF AOCB
3
ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING (17 04 2023)
• Outstanding Actions
• Matters Arising
APPROVAL
PROGRESS
PROGRESS
4
APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS
5
MATTERS RAISED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
NOTING/ACTION
6
7
POLICE REPORT
FOR NOTING / ACTION
8
SLC COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS
FOR NOTING
9
TREASURER’S REPORT
FOR NOTING
10
WINDFARM MICROGRANTS
ACTION
11
PLANNING MATTERS
NOTING/ACTION
12
OTHER MATTERS
NOTING/ACTION
13
AOCB
NOTING
Agenda BCC meeting on 15 May 2023 at 7pm
Venue: Biggar Library
#
ITEM
OUTCOME SOUGHT
1
WELCOME AND APOLOGIES
2
NOTIFICATION OF AOCB
3
ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING (17 04 2023)
• Outstanding Actions
• Matters Arising
APPROVAL
PROGRESS
PROGRESS
4
APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS
5
MATTERS RAISED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
NOTING/ACTION
6
- Items from BCC e mails, Face Book Page, Biggar Community Page:
7
POLICE REPORT
FOR NOTING / ACTION
8
SLC COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS
FOR NOTING
9
TREASURER’S REPORT
FOR NOTING
10
WINDFARM MICROGRANTS
ACTION
11
PLANNING MATTERS
NOTING/ACTION
12
OTHER MATTERS
NOTING/ACTION
13
AOCB
NOTING
Biggar Community Council
DRAFT - Minutes of the meeting held at 700pm on 17 April 2023. Finished 8:10 pm
Location: Library Meeting Room
Elected Members Present:
Jimmy Ritchie Chair; Roger Curtis, Secretary; Laura Shirley, Treasurer
Council Members: Carol-Anne Alcorn , Alan Wilson,
Associates: Neil Ingram, Ben Waine .
Ex-officio Members Present:
SLC Members: Ian McAllan, Alex Allison
Absent: Gillian Gardner, PC Durie
Other Representatives:
Members of the Public:
1 persons
Items Covered:
3. Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting (20/3/23)
Three amendments were made concerning the spelling of names:
Page 1 should read Alan McNally
Page 4 should read Alan Wilson
Page 4 should read Bield Properties
The minutes where then adopted. Proposed Jimmy Richie, seconded Laura Shirley
Matters arising from previous minutes:
Redundant water tank burst in council housing in North Croft road. The SLC had sent a complaint form to be completed. The SLC councillors will follow up with SLC to see if there can be any recompense for the extra electricity used to dry out the apartment. Jimmy Richie said he would follow up with the tenant concerned. Story Homes Path: the ground under consideration is now up for sale. Contact is Alan McNally, of Story Homes tel.01228 404550 - no change 20 mph signs are being put up in the Story Homes development Lay by bins are being emptied and need to be the right size 4. Appointment of new members : Helen Leslie was welcomed as a new member and Lesley Craise as an Associate.
5. Matters Raised By Members of the Public:
Rugby Club – they had pointed out that they do not have a waste tip and that the debris observed by a member of the public is to do with the upgrading of the area and will soon be sorted out. The Chair apologised for the misunderstanding. Tree Felling – council members were asked to check when reviewing planning applications for any applications concerning tree felling. 6. Items from BCC. E Mails, and BCC Face Book page:
The BCC Secretary has been circulating information arriving on BCC’s e mail to council members and putting relevant items on Facebook and the BCC website.
7. Police Reports –
“Biggar Community Council Police Report
Police update – 18/03/2023 – 14/04/2003
34 Incidents were recorded by Police Scotland for Biggar. For comparison, in the same period there were 181 incidents recorded for Lanark and 206 for Carluke.
7 crimes were recorded during the above timescale.
The crimes were for Vandalism x 3, Theft x 3 and Theft by Housebreaking.
At the time of compiling this report 6 of the 7 crimes have resulted in persons being reported to the
Procurator Fiscal.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any concerns or anything you wish to discuss. I can be contacted via email on LanarkshireLPSTClydesdale@scotland.police.uk
As always, non-urgent matters should be reported via 101, urgent matters via 999.
PC Alan Kerr Q1240”
8. Reports from South Lanarkshire Councillors.
Concern was expressed about other parts of the church wall needing repairs. It was confirmed contractor estimators have been contacted by SLC to gather quotes to have Kirk wall repaired. It is hoped work will commence soon. Concern was raised about trees being cut down near Market Road. It was stated that the land is owned by the Crown Estates. It was reported that Smith’s Close is a mess and the light needs to be repaired in Tenant’s Close 9. Treasurers Report:
As previous report.
BCC Business Account
£372.00
Clyde Windfarm
£3417.50
Glenkerie Windfarm
£772.60
Clyde Extension
£2825.27
Incentive Account
£376.52
Concern expressed in the delay of getting new signatures for the bank.
The Cornets have received their money
10. Windfarm Grants – new applications are awaited. There is a need to advertise the availability of grants. It was suggested that we include an advertisement in the Biggar Gala Programme. Action: Laura Shirley.
11. Planning Matters – nothing of note.
12. Other Matters
Alan Wilson still concerned about pavement parking. There was a discussion about how to move the Action Planning Report forward. 13. AOCB
Charging points for electric cars are inadequate. This is an ongoing issue due to not enough electrical power being available. Also those that are available are not always working. No change. Concern was expressed about the lack of water pressure in parts of Pentland Reach. Action: Helen Lesley will follow up.
14. Date of next meeting: Monday 15 May in Biggar Library
Minutes & Meetings
Community Council meetings are open to the public, and anyone is very welcome to attend. If you want to raise an issue you can do this by contacting any of the members listed or use our contact form on this website. You don't have to wait for a meeting. You can also raise issues at meetings, although it can be helpful if you let us know in advance so that we can do any background research.
Dates of Meetings
Biggar Community Council generally meets on the third Monday of each month.
We publish our Agenda on our Facebook Page, if the date of our next meeting is not detailed here please check our Facebook page, or contact us.
We publish our Agenda on our Facebook Page, if the date of our next meeting is not detailed here please check our Facebook page, or contact us.
Members of the public are very welcome to attend BCC meetings to ask questions or raise issues. Ideally issues to be raised should be notified in advance to biggarcc@gmail.com or in writing to the Secretary. This will allow us to investigate them before the meeting.
Future Meetings
Monday Dec 19th, 7pm Upper Room, Biggar Municipal Hall
The agenda for this meeting is available below
Future Meetings
Monday Dec 19th, 7pm Upper Room, Biggar Municipal Hall
The agenda for this meeting is available below
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Minutes of Community Council meetings in 2022 are posted here. Click on the links below:
Previous Minutes for 2022:
2022-10-17bccminutesdraftv01.00.pdf
2022-10-03agm_draftminutesbccv01.00.pdf
2022-10-03bccminutesdraftv01.00.pdf
2022-06-20bccminutesdraftv02.00.docx
2022-05-16bccminutesdraftv02.00.pdf
2022-04-19bccminutesdraftv02.00.pdf
2022-03-21bccminutesdraftv01.00.pdf
2022-02-21bccminutesfinalforapprovalv02.00.pdf
2022-01-17_bcc_minutes_final_v02.00.pdf
Previous Minutes for 2022:
2022-10-17bccminutesdraftv01.00.pdf
2022-10-03agm_draftminutesbccv01.00.pdf
2022-10-03bccminutesdraftv01.00.pdf
2022-06-20bccminutesdraftv02.00.docx
2022-05-16bccminutesdraftv02.00.pdf
2022-04-19bccminutesdraftv02.00.pdf
2022-03-21bccminutesdraftv01.00.pdf
2022-02-21bccminutesfinalforapprovalv02.00.pdf
2022-01-17_bcc_minutes_final_v02.00.pdf
