Biggar Community Council
DRAFT - Minutes of the meeting held at 700pm on 20 March 2023. Finished 8:30 pm Location: Library Meeting Room Elected Members Present: Jimmy Ritchie Chair; Roger Curtis, Secretary; Laura Shirley, Treasurer Council Members: Carol-Anne Alcorn , Gillian Gardner, Alan Wilson, Associates: Neil Ingram, Ben Waine . Ex-officio Members Present: SLC Members: Ian McAllan, Absent: apologies from Alex Allison, tied up with lambing. Other Representatives: PS Richard Durie, Clydesdale Community Policing Team Members of the Public: 1 persons Items Covered: 3. Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting (20/2/23) Adoption of Previous Minutes 20/02/ 2023 Proposed Carol-Anne Alcorn, seconded Laura Shirley Matters arising from previous minutes:
5. Matters Raised By Members of the Public:
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 – given by PS Richard Durie. Dealt with unruly behaviour and case of house breaking and thief. Asked for people to practice security for there are opportunist thieves about, checking for unlocked doors, open windows etc. All incidents should be reported to the police. The report was as follows: “Biggar Community Council Police Report Police update – 20/02/2023 – 18/03/2003 26 Incidents were recorded by Police Scotland for Biggar. For comparison, in the same period there were 151 incidents recorded for Lanark and 171 for Carluke. 8 crimes were recorded during the above timescale. The crimes were for a variety of offences including Theft by shoplifting, Theft x 3, Offensive/Threatening behaviour x 1, Road Traffic offences x 2 and Housebreaking with intent to steal. At the time of compiling this report 4 of the 8 crimes have resulted in persons being reported to the Procurator Fiscal. The shoplifting was from Spar in Biggar. 2 youths had attempted to purchase alcohol and had been refused. They thereafter distracted staff and stole from within the store. The youths were quickly identified and staff contacted police. Youths were spoken to in presence of parents and issued formal police warning. On the afternoon of 09/03/23 persons forced entry to a property in Moss Side Crescent. They left without stealing anything. This appears an isolated incident and no further attempts have been made since in the area, however, can the community remain vigilant and report anything suspicious to police. We have also received reports of youths causing annoyance in the town centre area during school lunchtime. Additional patrols by police have taken place and no issues have been identified so far. Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any concerns or anything you wish to discuss. We can be contacted via email on [email protected] As always, non-urgent matters should be reported via 101, urgent matters via 999. PC Alan Kerr Q1240” The police presence has been raised. It was noted that the advent of free bus passes for youth is resulting in youth from out of town travelling to Biggar to cause trouble. There is a possibility of a police office being established in Biggar to replace the old police station. 8. Reports from South Lanarkshire Councillors. Councillor McAllan reported on the progress of a pedestrian crossing being established on the A702 near Station Road, and on the decorating of the Biggar Close. 9. Treasurers Report: BCC Business Account £372.00 Clyde Windfarm £3417.50 Glenkerie Windfarm £772.60 Clyde Extension £2825.27 + £7,100 grant to be paid to Cornets Bonfire Committee Incentive Account £376.52 10. Windfarm Grants – new applications are awaited. There is a need to advertise the availability of grants. Action: Laura Shirley. 11. Planning Matters – nothing of note. 12. Other Matters
14. Date of next meeting: Monday 17 April in Biggar Library e to edit.
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