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Cambuskenneth Community Council Meeting
Village Hall, Cambuskenneth
24/03/2025
7.30pm
Present: Maggie Ruddy, Barbara McElhinney (Treasurer), Catriona Taylor, Councillor Nunn, Jim
Richardson,
Apologies: Archie McIver
The meeting was chaired by Maggie Ruddy and minutes were taken by Caroline Stewart
1. Attendance and apologies
Maggie welcomed everyone to the March meeting and asked if there were any issues that people wanted
to bring up that hadn’t been included on the agenda. Nothing was declared.
2. Items from AOCB
Nothing
3. Adoption of previous minutes (27th January 2025
The minutes of the last meeting were proposed by Barbara McElhinney and seconded by Maggie
Ruddy.
4. Co-option on new council member
Jim Richardson was co-opted as a new member of the community council, as voted for by unanimous
consent. The rest of the CC expressed their thanks to Jim. He will be offered full membership after
attending two further meetings, or after six months as a co-opted member.
5. Update on Cambuskenneth Village Hall
Jim Richardson read out communication he had with regards to the village hall - previously Councillor
Gibson had advised that officers from the asset management team at SC intend to seek a 2-year lease
extension on the hall from 1st April 2025. He had also provided an update on the park. On 30th October
2024 a new formal lease agreement was put in place for the lease of the park and the land of the phone
box and this will run until 31st March 2045. There is an option to purchase the park included in the lease
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Although the 2-year lease for the hall will give us some breathing space we intend to further investigate
the possibility of a sublease of the hall from the council or a direct lease from Cowane’s Trust. We will
arrange another meeting in the village hall when we have made further progress. In the meantime, we
will discuss with the hall letting team at SC a better method of operating hall lets.
Councillor Nunn advised that several CC’s have highlighted issues with the hall booking system and
due to this she raised the matter as a political motion. The main issue now is that all the buildings are
managed by different teams. The plan is to introduce a new online booking system which will be
manged by one team within SC. It is hoped the system will be introduced imminently and will allow
payment to be made online.
Councillor Nunn also discussed that Cambusbarron CC apparently run the booking system for their hall
even though it is owned by Stirling Council.
There was also a discussion about communication within the village and the best way to get information
out to the community including setting up a local WhatsApp groups to compliment leafletting and door
knocking.
Action:
● Jim Richardson will contact Cambusbarron CC and arrange a meeting with Cowane’s Trust
● Catriona Taylor will look at options to set up a local WhatsApp group
6. Hanging Baskets
Barbara and Martin are arranging for hanging baskets to be purchased from a supplier in Riverside.
Martin will also organise a watering rota for the baskets.
7. Councillors update
Councillor Nunn’s updates with regards to the village hall had already been discussed
8. Cycle Route
A meeting about the cycle route took place a few weeks ago which was well attended. It has been agreed
that a speed bump will be installed near the entrance to the village plus a new designated pedestrian and
cyclist space, and a bench will be installed close to the bridge in Ferry Road. The drawings are available
on the noticeboard at the village hall
9. Treasurers Report
Barabara gave an update. The current balance is £4233.00 with £2000 of this allocated to the hall and
park fund. Barbara will arrange for the annual audit to be completed as it nearing the end of the financial
year.
Payment is still to be made to food train for the music night.
Action:
● Payment details for food train to be sent to Barbara to arrange payment.
10. Matters Arising (not covered below)
Nothing discussed
11. Matters Arising
Nothing discussed
12. Subgroup Reports
Social group
● A music night took place on 28th February which was a success raising £350.
● The Strathspey and Reel Society have approached the CC asking to book the village hall,
weekly between September 2025 and March 2026.
● There was a discussion about the yearly barbeque and the amount of work required to organise
it. It was agreed it will be discussed further at the next meeting.
Resilience Group
Nothing is moving with this as access to the village hall is required for plans to move forward. There
are plans to consult with other groups and SC can provide a resource list on areas such as generating
own power, how many people own 4x 4s etc. Once this information has been gathered there are plans
to have an information day. It was also discussed that it would be good to educate villagers (plus
ourselves) on making emergency plans for our own households as far as possible. The next meeting is
planned for 5th April 2025.
Cambuskenneth Nature and Environment (CNEG) Report
No report had been submitted however trees have been planted along the river near Broom Farm.
13. Police Report
The police report had been received but nothing on it. Councillor Nunn advised that Police Scotland
have tried to consolidate reports at a ward level rather than having individual reports. She recommended
if people want to find out more information they can go online and look at the report from the Public
Safety Committee. She also recommended if there are issues that people feel aren’t being reported they
should reach out to their elected member
14. Questions from floor/Members of the public
No questions
15. AOCB
● It was agreed that there will be a CC meeting in April and the AGM will be held in May
● Amendments have been made to the original plans for the cycle lanes. There will be no central
line, and this is shown on the drawings that are displayed on the noticeboard.
● There was also a discussion that if local residents want a copy of the minutes emailed to them
or a hard copy delivered to them this option is available.
Date of Next Meeting: 7.30pm, Monday 28 April 2025 in the Village Hall
Stirling Council: 01786 404040, Police non-emergency 101, NHS 24 111
Scottish Power emergency: 105, Scottish Gas emergency: 0800 111999
Reminder: Minutes are available via the CC website and Facebook page. If you would like
them emailed privately or paper copies, please let us know via email at
cambuskennethcc@gmail.com or by contacting any CC member.