Minutes
Throsk Community Council Meeting
7pm Tuesday 08 October 2024 Throsk Community Centre
- Present: Jimmy Morton (JM) Chair, William Liddell (WL), Treasurer, Ian Corlett (IC) Vice Chair, Bernard
Reynolds, (BR) Secretary, Fiona McKenzie (FM) Yvonne Dickson (YD) Minute Taker, 3 Residents
- Apologies: Police, Councillor Brian Hambley, (CBH) and stand in apologies from Councillor Alasdair
MacPherson (CAM)
- Welcome: (JM) Welcomed everyone to the meeting.
- Minutes of Previous Meeting September 2024: Proposed (IC) Seconded (WL)
- Matters arising: Amendment - Spelling of Grey no. 9 in September minute should read Gray Action (YD)
- Co-opt New member – Rebecca Liddell (Res) Rebecca filled in the forms and these have been sent to the
council – the committee welcomed her and is glad to see a young person taking interest. Everyone agree to
the co-opting of the new member, she is now co-opted. Rebecca has good IT knowledge and will take over
the correspondence and updating the social media site, she is very keen to help bring awareness to the
village and younger people about the community council and the benefits it has in Throsk and she is looking
forward to becoming more involved and helping with the local issues in the village.
- Police Report:
No police in attendance
- Councillors Report:
No councillor in attendance
- Planning -
Pretty quiet to date, nothing to report (WL).
- Any other Competent Business:
Admin Grant received this year 161.98 we still have minute taker to pay back money when the bank is
sorted out. (JM) and (WL) have been into the bank 3 times to date and this has still to be changed. (JM)
Hopefully this will be sorted soon. When we have the funds back up and running, we will be able to do some
things in the community and hopefully make a difference.
Trench at the end of the village (WL) Action will get in touch with Stephen Bly about a trench at the end of
the village road that is breaking up.
Winter volunteer scheme (WL) the scheme is running throughout the winter for the bad weather and snow,
we need a group leader to volunteer to work with volunteers to remove snow and ice and spread grit. Sand,
grit and shovels will be provided and high vis jackets. The aim is to keep pavements clear during the bad
weather. There is a form that can be filled in and we can request training etc. The group agreed that they
would like to help if and when possible, and see if we can get the young people involved. We do not have
salt bins in the village. We did request these previously but were told we do not qualify as there are no hills
in the village.
School Bus (WL) We raised an issue at the last meeting re the kids in the village who have to go to the end of
the village to get the bus. We need to get back to (CBH) re this issue Action (CBH)
(JM) suggested getting the head teacher from Fallin school and a councillor to walk this road and see the
difficulties the children are facing which includes crossing a busy road. Action (YD) to write to (CBH). The
mornings are getting darker and this will be an issue for the primary school kids.
Community Council Meeting (JM) attended a meeting re Community Councils and it seems all are having
similar issues; the council was reminded that all CCs are made up of volunteers. People are unhappy that
there is no office to go into to make complaints or speak to service officers as now everything is digitised.
The police also attended the meeting and assured everyone that there would be more presence from them.
Community Involvement (Res) – asked if there could be more community involvement and asked new
member (RL) how we can entice more young people to join and help in the community. (JM) Fallin are
setting up a community garden and would like Throsk to get involved. (Res) asked if there was a way we
could work together with Fallin, this may be good for both villages and make them stronger together. The
Eastern villages are looking into creating a forum where they can work together. Looking at options for
Christmas light. (Res) We could look at asking Bandeath Industrial Estate businesses for sponsorship as there
are no local shops or pubs in Throsk.
Next meeting will be held 7pm Tuesday 12 November 2024 Throsk Community Centre