Minutes of the meeting held on Wed 9th March 2011 at 7.00 pm in New Meeting Room, Kyle Village Hall
Agenda:
1. Any apologies
2. Approval of last minutes
3. Matters arising (May come after Item 4 )
4. Police Matters
5. Kyle Development Group update ( Fiona Begg )
6. Community Council Reform ( Audrey )
7. Dog fouling on pavements
8. Fly tipping
9. Update on refurb of the old signal box.
10. The way bins are left on
pavements/roads after emptying
11. Ward Forum 21st March 15.00 Plockton Village Hall
12. Future car parking around Kyle ( reminder point for future meetings)
13. Correspondence
14. A.O.B.
Present: Mr A Mackerlich, Mr A MacDonald , Mr B Easter., Mr N.Tasker,
Mr T.Harvey, Mr G.Macrae Mr C Macrae, Mrs E.Hathway
Mrs A Sinclair HC
PC B.Harper / PC C.Macrae Police reps
Mrs F.Begg Kyle Development Group ( KDG)
1. Apologies: Mrs R.Macrae.
2. Approval of minutes of meeting held on 22nd Sept 2010, proposed by Mr T.Harvey
seconded by Mr C.Macrae
3. Matters Arising
Item numbers ref to as they appeared on M.O.M. 22nd Sept 2010
12.a Any nomination for the position of village officer would be gratefully received. Position still open
4. Police Matters.
Matters
from last meeting:-
None
New Police Matters.
4.a Outside light at Police Station under repair.
4.b Broadford station is due to close and the present police force will be deployed from Kyle.
4.c Potholes, the police do have a good relationship with the Council / Transerve such that any
major/ dangerous pothole if brought to the attention of the Police, action can be taken to
implement repair.
4.d Dog fouling. The Dog Fouling (
October 2003, to protect residents from the risk and dangers of abandoned dog faeces.
The Act states that it is an offence for the person in charge of a dog to leave its mess
without removing it Removing the faeces does not mean throwing or depositing them
onto any other public open space: in other words any place open to the air, which the
public has access, and any common area such as a close, stair or back green.
Exceptions and exemptions are if the dog has diarrhoea. If clearing it
up presents a risk of injury to the person in charge or to others. There are also certain
people to whom the act does not apply. These include a blind person, who is in charge of a
dog that is used for their guidance. A disabled person with a physical impairment, who is in
charge of a dog that is trained to assist them with their impairment
Both the police and authorised local council staff can issue a fixed penalty notice to
someone whom they suspect of committing an offence under the Act that is a fixed penalty
of £40. If not paid within 28 days this figure is increased to £60. If the increased fine is
still not paid, the local council is able to register the unpaid fine as a civil debt and can
begin debt collection proceedings.
No further Police matters, the two officers left the meeting.
5. Kyle
Development Group ( KDG) update
Fiona Begg from the KDG was present
to give an update on the KDG and forth coming events.
Fiona commenced with an intro
of the intentions of the KDG with main
aim to obtain some
form of control over the
Community
Foundation. The group will be holding a
drop in / consultation at the
between 24th – 26th
March to be called Kyle Conversation for members of the public to make comment
on Kyle regeneration / development, with the intention of continuing the Kyle
Conversation over the next 3 month period.
Discussion followed with regards to comments made by Fiona mainly to do
with the Plock Trusties.
6. Community Council Reform.
Audrey brought it to the attention of the C.C. the forth coming changes to C.C.s with the fact that Kyle C.C. will be reduced to 7 members.
Since the
meeting the new reform has been issued and electronic copies sent to all
members.
7.
Dog Fouling on pavements
This item has been covered under
Police Matters. Audrey to find out if
the street cleaner has a responsibility to clear up any dog fouling. The subject of bins for the disposal of dog faeces was discussed and it was mentioned
that this can be deposited in green bins only around the village, providing the
bag is secure, and in the absence of normal bins for dog waste disposal.
If a C.C. requests further red dog waste
bins then it becomes the responsibility of the C.C to arrange for the bins to
be emptied. Since
the meeting it has been found out that a request for the Dog Warden to visit
Kyle would come from Dingwall but would have to be requested through George
Speed,( letter to be sent to G.S.)
8. Fly
tipping Kyle /
The amount of fly tipping has
increased in the lay-by coming into Kyle from Plockton. This land belongs to the NTS, update since meeting,
in conversation with Ian Turnbull NTS he is aware of this and the trust has
spent several thousand pounds in clearing this area in the past in particular
down the embankment the other side of the layby.
The subject of free skips to the C.C as from the 1st April 2011 being cancelled also came under discussion. As Kyle does not have a recycling point or access to a community skip location then it was agreed that a letter should be sent to Ann MacDonald bringing to her attention the lack of a suitable recycle point close to Kyle.
9.
Update on refurb of old signal box.
Funding is in place but the committee is still waiting on the final
decision with regards to the lease before work can commence. Survey work has been carried out with regards
to the top access route.
10.
The way bins once emptied are left in the road/ on footpaths.
It was decided that owing to the fact that a good job is being carried by the bin collectors that no comment should be made other than the bin owners should remove their bin from the footpath ASAP once it has been emptied to prevent obstruction of the footpath or road.
11. Forth coming Ward Forum
Next Ward Forum will be 21st March at 1500hrs Plockton Village Hall.
12. Future car parking around Kyle
Still an ongoing problem with no real way forward. Mr Mark Crow ( TEC) in Portree is the
new replacement for Mr Tolby who
was to report on the parking situation in Kyle.
Letter to be sent for any update to Mr Crow.
13. Correspondence.
Correspondence that had not been brought to the attention of members between the last meeting and this was produced as follows:-
1. New plans for the development of the Old Surgery Site
2. Wester Ross Alliance membership form, C.C. decided not to take up the option of the £10 payment to be able to link web sites.
3. Planning
application for the conversion of the Old Post Office.
4. The end of free allocation of Community Skip as from 1st April 2011 See item above on Fly
Tipping.
5. Letter from Blue Fin Insurance Service Ltd, with ref to C.C. and third party cover. Letter
To be sent to the Region with ref to our third party insurance cover.
14. A.O.B.
14.a Travellers possibly parking in the lay-by into Kyle to be investigated to see if anything to
do with the start of rock stabilisation operations.
14.b Current financial position to be recorded at all future meetings.
No further items meeting closed at 20:35 hrs