RESOLIS COMMUNITY COUNCIL Minutes of Meeting 6th December 05 Present: Duncan Ross (Chair), Wynne Bentley Highland Councillor: David Alston Secretary: Caroline Vawdrey In attendance: Andrew Edees Item Details Action 1 Apologies: Hugh Maclennan The CC was not quorate – but decided to continue the meeting – and to postpone any CC decisions until the January meeting. 2 Approval of October Minutes: Proposed by Duncan Ross There was no seconder present 3 Matters Arising: War memorial: Still awaiting details of appropriate contact at Tullochs THC contacts list: DR has updated this DA to obtain Tullochs contact. CV to contact Tullochs 4 Treasurer’s Report: None DR noted that a cheque for £500 for newsletter production had been forwarded to the Treasurer, but had not been cashed. THC were therefore issuing a further cheque DR has applied for 1.5k from DA’s discretionary budget – to cover the bus shelter and a contribution towards the footpath leaflet RS to note – and to pay in! 5 Councillor’s Report: The PPP contract for Resolis school will be signed soon. The school is likely to open at Easter 2007 6 Craft Sale Profit Distribution: DR thanked those that helped and noted that there had only been two CC members & the secretary present on the day – and that more help was required in future. However the day had been very successful – with 19 stallholders present. Visitors to the sale slowed after 15.30 - and DR recommended making this the closing time in 2006. A profit of around £285.00 had been made This will be distributed amongst two charities – 1 local and 1 national/international. The 2 CC members present agreed that ½ of the money should go to help the people in the earthquake zone of Pakistan and India - and that because of the urgency of the situation this should be sent immediately. Blythswood was chosen as the charitable vehicle for this. The decision on the other ½ of the money will be reached at the January meeting. DR to arrange for money to go to Blythswood 7 Newsletter: After discussion it was agreed that Wynne would follow up with Mike Noble about putting a page of Resolis news in the chatterbox, and that Wynne would investigate using the Plexus Media – community council.org – to establish a Resolis web page WB to follow up with Chatterbox and Plexus 8 Footpath leaflet: DR has been following up costs for doing this – and these are: • Printing 3000 – approx £1K • Design (through THC designer on private commission -approx £300 • Professional writing - £250 • Photography - ? DR considers the writing costs too high - and so will be writing the text with Jim Mackay. DR will approach Andrew Dowsett re purchasing photographs DR recommended that CC members walk the paths and make notes on each. DA suggested that funding could be obtained from RACE and Awards for All DR to progress project 8 Planning: None 9 Consultations: The secretary recommended that the CC aims to respond to the THC draft affordable housing in the countryside paper, and to the SE discussion paper on the role of CCs. The THC draft renewable energy strategy was also noted as worthy of further study – along with a consideration of the potential of developing community renewable energy schemes in Resolis 10 Hall Committee Rep: RS As RS is willing to rep the CC this will be removed from future agenda items. 1 AOB: For CC information there are the following items available for interested CC members: • DVD of the work of the Ross and Cromarty Community Planning and Resources Project • Birds of Ferintosh • Highlands and Islands Fire Board Risk Management Strategy – for comment Date of Next Meeting: 3rd January 2005 at 19.30 in Resolis Hall