Minute of Meeting of 16 April 2013

Kalewater Community Council

Minute of Meeting on Tuesday 16 April 2013

In the Village Institute, Morebattle

Present:  Community Councillors; Eric McNulty (chair), Michael Scott (Secretary), Dot Halliday, Richard Pedersen, George Aitchison, Paul Grime.

SBC Councillors Simon Mountford, Alec Nicol.

Public: Nil

ACTION

1

Apologies

Cllrs Sarah Dixon, Helen Cessford (Vice-Chair), Andrew McEwan, Matilda Hall (Treasurer).

2

Minutes of Previous Meeting

The minutes of the previous meeting of 19 March having been circulated were then passed as a true record of events.

Proposed: Cllr Grime; Seconded: Cllr. Pedersen

3

a

Matters Arising from 19 March Actions

Completed.

b

Cllr Hall and SBC Cllr Mountford are meeting SBC officer on 17 April at Morebattle Primary School.

c

Completed. Invited to 18 June community council meeting.

d

Completed.

e

Completed.

f

Completed.

g

Completed.

h

Completed.

i

Completed.

j

The three Kelso SBC ward councillors have objected to the removal of the Kelso waste service and are awaiting a response from the Council.

k

No progress yet on defibrillators.

l

Completed.

4

Vattenfall Whitton Farm planning application update

Application still awaiting decision. Likely to be decided by delegated powers.

5

Resilient Community Plan

Leaflets have been distributed to the local representatives and distribution is underway..

6

Scottish Borders Low Carbon Consultation, deadline 26 April 2013

Documents unavailable.

7

Kalewater Community Council elections, May 2013
Secretary tabled nomination forms, etc. for annual elections.

Currently the community council has 12 places, of which 11 are filled including 1 co-opted member. One member, Eric McNulty has reached the end of his current 4-year term. Therefore there are 3 vacancies seeking nominations by Monday 20 May.

SBC Cllr Mountford volunteered to chair the AGM on 21 May.

SBC Cllr Mountford

8

Redesigning the Community Justice System Consultation

The Chair kindly offered to respond on behalf of the community council.

Chair

9

Correspondence

·  Derelict site at Morebattle update
The community council noted that progress toward an improvement of the situation was slow.
Questions were raised over the effect of tree roots on the adjacent churchyard from the hedge planted along the edge of the development site.

·  Invitation to Joint Director of Public Health Annual Report Launch, 22 April 2013
Removal of Police Posters, Information Signs, Leaflets

·  futureKELSO meeting, 22 April 2013
SBC Cllr Nicol noted that the group had visited two new High Schools in Lasswade and in East Renfrewshire that were built under the same Cost/Area constraints as the proposed new Kelso HS would be built.
SBC Director of Education & Lifelong Learning Glenn Rodger will undertake a ‘whole-town’ review of all public buildings.

·  Oil Purchase Scheme in Crailing, Eckford & Nisbet CC area
To take forward a similar scheme in Morebattle would require a coordinator who uses domestic heating oil. Volunteer required.

ALL

10

Items for Circulation Folder

The Secretary summarised some of the items going into the new circulation folder as listed on the agenda.

·  Consultation on Supplementary Planning Guidance - Landscape and visual guidance on single and small groups of Wind Turbines in Berwickshire, deadline 3 July 2013 http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/file/5779/landscape_and_visual_guidance_on_single_and_small_groups_of_wind_turbines_in_berwickshire_spg
SBC Cllr Mountford noted that the guidance was specific to Berwickshire and currently a special case.

·  SB Cheviot Area Wardens’ Monthly Update March 2013

·  Long Term forest plan scoping exercise for Morebattle Tofts and Clifton on Bowmont, deadline 14 May 2013
Secretary to reply – acknowledgement and thanks.

·  The Big Lottery Fund - Communities & Families Fund

·  Scottish Borders Elder Voice newsletter April-May 2013

·  Royal Society of Edinburgh Inquiry into the changing role of digital technology, Hawick, 25 April 2013

·  Community Council Scheme Review Working Group - Agenda 4 April 2013, Minutes 25 February 2013

·  Digital Scotland 2013 Conference, Edinburgh, 22 May 2013

·  Energy Saving Scotland advice centre update - late March 2013

·  Tellmescotland Update, April 2013

·  Scottish Borders Council Fuel Poverty Delivery Plan 2013-2016 Consultation, deadline 17 May 2013

·  SBC News release: Programme of works agreed for roads asset

·  Kelso Community Policing Newsletter - Winter/Spring 2013

·  Kalewater CC Police Report, 19 March 2013

·  Lothian and Borders Police Board Newsletter, March 2013

·  Southern Uplands Partnership Newsletter, March 2013

·  News Bulletin from Scottish Borders Youth Voice, March 2013

Secretary

11

a

AOB

Chair would attend the next Cheviot Area Forum in Kelso on 17 April and would raise the issue of the loss of the waste recycling service in Kelso

Chair

b

Cllr Pedersen was concerned at the continued late arrival of school transport in Morebattle for children leaving for school and the lack of communication. SBC Cllr Mountford to investigate.

SBC Cllr Mountford

c

Concern over large potholes at Chatto and the junction to Buchtrig. SBC Cllr Nicol to progress.

SBC Cllr Nicol

12

Items for Next Meeting Agenda

Salt bins required in new locations.

13

Next Meeting

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Meeting concluded at 8.40pm

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