MINUTES OF MEETING
HELD AT THE GLENMORE NATURE CENTRE, ON
MONDAY 14th October 2019 AT 7PM
MONDAY 14th October 2019 AT 7PM
1.
WELCOME AND APOLOGIES
Present
Geoff Campbell Chair
(GCC)
Pat MacPhail Treasurer
(PM)
Gill Calver (GC)
Apologies
Jessie Colquhoun (JC)
It was noted that Cllr
Ian Ramon (IR) was in hospital.
Also present were 12
members of the public.
It was agreed that GC
would take the minutes of the meeting.
GCC welcomed everyone
present to the meeting.
Elections for the
Community Council have been postponed to 29th October due to lack of
candidates. This is a general problem
across the Highland Council and does not affect WACC.
2.
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
The
minutes of the meeting held 9th September 2019 were adopted as a true account
of the meeting except that Thursday is changed to Monday in the heading.
Proposed by PM and seconded by GC.
3. MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES
Emergency
responders. The Ardnamurchan Newsletter detailing the
positions had gone out to 180 people on the Community Company mailing list, and
had also been posted on Facebook. Alan
Knox reported to the meeting, detailing the high level of training that
Emergency Responders would receive. The
position of Emergency Responder was unique to Kilchoan, reflecting the distance
from the siting of emergency services from the population. He asked whether the community wanted the ad
to be posted more widely, to try to attract people from outwith the
peninsula. One of the potential problems
with this was that some applicants might view it as a way into the ambulance
service, not as a long term role within Ardnamurchan.
He also
asked whether the community wanted an ad requesting First Responders to be posted.
He stressed that First Responders would only operate as part of a team
along with a trained Emergency Responder.
The First Responders would be contacted by the Emergency Responder after
a call out, and would accompany the Emergency Responder on any call. First Responders would be given 4 days
training. Emergency Responders would
have up to six months training, with regular sessions to maintain skill levels
after that. For example, currently Ricky
spends one day every two weeks on call in Fort William. There are not a high level of call outs -
there have been 20 calls in the last 30 months; with call outs in the summer
months being more frequent.
GC
mentioned the information package that had been prepared by Joanne Matheson and
others for dissemination to applicants for the GP position, and said that she
would get this forwarded to Alan Knox for use for applicants for the Emergency
Responder positions.
Alan
Knox clarified the position on statutory response times, telling the meeting
that the clinical outcome drove the response.
Calls were classed as red, amber or yellow, with the air ambulance and a
major trauma unit from Glasgow an option for calls classified as red. There followed a discussion on defibrillator
locations - two will be going in at the MOWI sites (Laga and Kilchoan), one is
at the Lighthouse and a potential location for the Glenborrodale defibrillator
which needs extensive servicing, is the Distillery. Ricky to liaise on this.
4. FINANCIAL UPDATE
PM presented interim
accounts which need to be submitted to Dot Ferguson on dissolution of the
present Community Council before elections.
GCC proposed acceptance, GC seconded.
The accounts had been audited.
The £1,000 grant from Ardnamurchan Trust had been received, and the
Community Company had given the Community Council details of how this money was
spent - the major part going on insurance and auditing costs. It was agreed that the full £1,000 would be
passed to the Community Company as soon as possible.
5. NHS SERVICES
No further reports.
6. ACCESS ISSUES
Community Council has submitted
the follow comment to the consultation process:
The
Community Council supports the promotion of recreational walking in
Ardnamurchan and the extension of the core paths network, as outlined in the
Community Action Plan.
Everyone
supports responsible access to the land.
Regarding small sections of the paths around the wood chip facilities in
Glenborrodale, it would be best if the relevant parties work together to come
up with a mutually acceptable compromise.
7. ROAD REPAIRS
Nothing to report.
8. POLICE UPDATE
We have received the following from the Police:
Keep reporting suspicious vehicles.
We do check them out even if we do not get them
stopped, but you have to note the reg number and direction of travel.
Make sure your vehicle is winter ready. Check tyres
are above the 1.6mm tread. Make sure all your lights are functioning correctly.
Make sure your wipers are working and adequate screen wash. It is also worth
having a a few items in your car in case you get stranded somewhere, road
closures etc. Water, food, warm clothing/blanket, torch and a phone and phone
charger.
9. SUNDAY SAILING ON THE TOBERMORY FERRY
A member of the public has been in touch with the
request for Sunday sailings between Tobermory and Kilchoan in the winter.
CalMac rely on the Mull & Iona Ferry Committee to run timetable consultation, so if there is
to be a change we need to request it. The timetables are usually put out in
draft 12 months before they commence, so the winter 20/21 timetable will soon
be proposed.
The key principle to bear in mind that the total
number of sailings cannot change, so if there are to be sailings on a Sunday,
they will have to be balanced with reductions at
other times.
It was felt that this was unlikely to be a service that was much in
demand, and as the present timetables gave the crew a full day off, we would
not request a change now. This can be
reviewed if there is a substantial demand for it.
10. CORRESPONDENCE
10.1
Planning
Applications: No new applications
10.2
E-mail
from John Ewen of WHP Telecoms Ltd asking the Community Council
to consider supporting the planning
application for telecoms mast installation in
Glenborrodale. Planning reference: 19/03936/FU.
WHP are appointed by Scottish
Government to build the new mast network and attract mobile operators to deploy sites in Not Spots.
Scottish Government community consultation
ended on 8th of October 2018 with your Community since identified as an attractive destination with a Community
identified as seeking mobile
phone coverage and very supportive Landowner Mr Peter Stockdale.
GC said that the proposed location
is unlikely to present any major issues
regarding visibility of the mast.
10.3
Alan
Knox: Emergency Responder advertisement
10.4
Dot
Ferguson: Information regarding postponement of elections.
10.5
WACDC
to request donation for running the company.
11. CORRAN FERRY CONSULTATION
GC reported that she had been unable to attend the
inaugural meeting of the Consultation Group, and as yet had had no information
regarding this. She will contact
Trish Kennedy regarding future meetings of the
Group.
12. AOB
There were no further matters brought forward.
13. NEXT MEETING
The
next meeting will take place on Monday 9th December 2019, unless an
election is required. In that case, the
meeting cannot take place until after 16th December, as there is a statutory
period of 7 days after the ballot for notification of the meeting.
GCC
duly brought the meeting to a close thanking all for their attendance.