Minutes for AGM -CROFTAMIE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, held on Wednesday 8th May 2024
At But & Ben starting 7.30pm
Attendees- Henry Braid (HB), Cyndy Bourbousson (CB), Alli Peterson (AP), Callum Crawford ( CC) and 9 residents
Apologies . Stirling Council councillors, Anne Ewing, Emma Okeefe, David Armstrong, David Mackie (LL&TNP)
Previous Minutes from May 2022 proposed by HB and seconded by CB
Chairperson’s Annual Report
At the end of the year I would like to start by saying it’s been a pleasure to be Chair this year. Croftamie continues to be a wonderful place to live with fantastic , engaged people in our community. The year started with the grand opening of the bridge over the Catter Burn - it’s a case of better late than never and I’m sure we’re all pleased to have the road opened. That has however resulted in more traffic and an unwelcome increase in speeding. We have had meetings with the police and some correspondence with Stirling Council but making progress seems difficult if not impossible. At times I wonder if it will take a serious injury for the situation to be addressed. Other challenges facing the village are the development at Buchanan Crescent which continues to impact the residents on a daily basis. The proposed new development at Pirniehall moves on slowly as does the situation at Dalnair House. The situation at the nursery remains concerning but we as a community are lucky to have a very committed and enthusiastic Community Trust working to save this resource for the village. I like to thank our Stirling Councillors-Rosemary Fraser, Paul Henke and Gerry McGarvey for their help this year. I would like to end by thanking my fellow community councillors Ali, Cyndy, David and Callum for all their hard work this year. Its been a pleasure to work with you.
Treasurer’s Annual Report
We started the year with £1428.47 and ended the year with £1042.29. So an overspend of £386.18. Income was an Admin grant of £671.87 which includes Minute taker (which must be spent on this purpose). Expenses were: hire of But and Ben £300, Assets Insurance £62.47, website and email fees £301.20 and Minute taker £360, Gifts to Margaret and Donnie £34.38- total of £1058.05. Accounts have been audited by Ruth Ronald CA. Copies of accounts are available on request. Approved by HB, seconded by CC.
Office Bearers
Chairperson- Henry Braid, proposed by AP and seconded CC
Secretary- Cyndy Bourbousson. proposed by AP and seconded by CB
Treasurer–David Armstrong, proposed by CB and seconded by AP
Police- Cyndy Bourbousson, proposed by HB and seconded by AP
Roads– Callum Crawford, proposed by HB and seconded by AP
Planning- Alli Peterson, proposed by HB and seconded by CB
Any Other Business - none