News & Minutes
Fossoway and District Community Council
Minutes of AGM
1st October 2024 7.30pm
To be approved.
1. Attending: Community Cllrs Sarah Bruce-Jones, Angus Cheape, Tony Lamb, Nicola Marchant and Graham Pye; P&K Cllrs Dave Cuthbert and Willie Robertson; Nine Members of the Public.
Apologies: CCllrs Adrian Carter and Kaye Williamson; Assoc CCllr Carol Farquhar; PKC Cllrs Neil Freshwater and Richard Watters.
2. Minutes: Minutes of the 2023 AGM meeting were approved and signed off.
3. Chair's Report:
The CC held a by‑election in November and the members of the Community Council are as follows:
Carol Farquhar is an Associate Member of the CC.
The Community Council has had another very busy year with eleven scheduled meetings, an additional meeting on 30^th^ Jan to share the results of the windfarm survey and an EGM on 9th July to agree our objection to the Brunthill windfarm, alongside numerous consultations and correspondence.
Wind Farms: this topic has been heavily discussed at all of our meetings. We started the year with an all-residents survey; communicating the results at a special meeting in January. We have ended the year submitting an objection to the proposed Brunthill windfarm and are in the process of preparing a response to the proposed Craighead windfarm. As we stated at last year's AGM this is likely to be an agenda item for many years to come. Sarah Bruce-Jones has represented the CC at the Sustainability Group which represents the PKC Community Councils that could be impacted by the proposed windfarms. The purpose of this group is to collectively lead discussions on the award and use of any community benefit fund that may be available if any of the windfarm applications were successful. I would like to remind residents that each CC makes their own decision on whether or not to object to or support any windfarm application. In the case of our district our responses have been driven by the findings from the community windfarm survey.
Speeding & Traffic: Speeding in our villages remains a source of concern. The CC is continuing to actively discuss speed limits and mitigation proposals with PKC. In April we submitted the agreed road improvement priorities to PKC.
Kinross-shire Local Area Committee: Sarah Bruce-Jones is our representative on the Kinross-shire Area Committee which continues to provide us with the opportunity to discuss topics across the Kinross-shire region
Community Development Trust: The Community Development Trust is now operating and has a growing membership. The CC has partnered with the Trust to develop a Community Action Plan and Local Place Plan, the results of which will be displayed at a Community Event on 17^th^ November.
Transport: Tony Lamb has worked extensively with PKC, our Councillors and Glenfarg Community Transport to improve our bus service and in September we were delighted to announce the commencement of the 23 Bus service run by Glenfarg Community Transport.
I would like to thank all of my fellow Community Councillors for their work and support, our Councillors for their support and help in finding solutions to issues that matter to our community and finally the MoPs who come to our meetings and engage with us.
4. Treasurer's Report:
This report is for the period from 1^st^ September 2023 to 31^st^ August 2024. The Administrative Grant of £458.60 from PKC topped the CC's funds back up to the maximum £700.00 allowed.
This has been a very busy year with responses to two major wind farm applications and the creation of a new Community Bus Service. These activities have required us to hold more physical meetings for which we have to pay fees, some of which have increased in price this year; consequently, we have spent £302 on accommodation bookings, up from £253 last year.
All Community Councillors are allowed to claim for any expenses they incur over the year for travelling to meetings of which there have been many this year, as well as regular CC meetings, and any other incidentals. Expenses claimed by Councillors totalled £470.85 this account period.
After all the transactions over the year have been tallied the CC would have had an overspend of £150 at year end. Until I receive advice from PKC about how to handle this problem, I have not finalised the accounts, which will hopefully be available for approval at the next Ordinary Meeting in November.
*5. Confirmation of Office Bearers:**
The Office Bearers all resigned from their current posts, and new post holders are as follows:
Nicola Marchant, Chair -- Proposed: Graham Pye, Seconded: Sarah Bruce-Jones
Sarah Bruce-Jones, Secretary -- Proposed: Nicola Marchant, Seconded: Graham Pye
Graham Pye, Treasurer -- Proposed: Nicola Marchant, Seconded: Angus Cheape
Graham Pye, Data Controller -- Proposed: Nicola Marchant, Seconded: Sarah Bruce-Jones
Graham Pye, Vice Chair -- Proposed: Nicola Marchant, Seconded: Sarah Bruce-Jones
The following posts are not formal offices, so were not voted on at the AGM:
Nicola Marchant: Planning Secretary
Graham Pye: Reluctant Minutes Secretary
6. With no other business, the date of the next AGM was set for 7th October 2025 and the meeting ended at 7:42 pm.
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