LANGBANK COMMUNITY COUNCIL
AGM MINUTES FOR WEDNESDAY 9th NOVEMBER 2022 MEETING.
7.30pm in Langbank Community Centre, Middlepenny Road.
Present: Neil Barrington (chair), Gloria Dunn (secretary), John O’Brien, James Hunter and Carly Deheer, Caroline Bryce, Jacqueline Doherty (secretary), Julie Gilmour and Maggie Hancock.
Apologises: There were no apologises.
Also in attendance: Iain McDougall, Cllr Fiona Airlie Nicholson and Cllr James MacLaren.
Welcome:
The chairman welcomed everyone and thanked them for their attendance, the formal AGM started at 7.45pm
Approval of Minutes of last year’s AGM:
The 2021 AGM Minutes were approved by John O’Brien, seconded by Carly Deheer. All accepted as being correct.
Chairman’s Report for 2021 to 2022:
The chairman summarised the activities of the LangbankCommunity Council (LCC) over the last financial year.
• Maintenance of village website.
• Annual village clean-up organisation and operation.
• Grand opening of the village MUGA, and on-going improvements.
• Completion of Mary Park Road footpath.
• Working with local agencies on creation of the Clyde Coastal Path …on-going.
• Reporting of lighting defects, blocked drains, flooding etc, to Renfrewshire Council.
• Annual Christmas Tree organisation.
• Pushing Transport Scotland to repair A8 roundabout and Main Road fence.
• Working with any and all agencies to resolve parking issues at Coast Restaurant.
• Representing LCC interests and issues at Renfrewshire Partnership Mtgs and Community Council Forum.
Sincere thanks were extended to Langbank SwingparkRegeneration and the Langbank Bowling Club for working together to get the village MUGA, including the recent flood lighting, up and running. Special thanks extended to Iain McDougall for his help with the flood lighting and installing the village defibrillators.
Secretary’s Report:
Nothing additional to add to Chairman’s report, and thanks were extended to the chairman for his work on behalf of theCommunity Council.
Treasurer’s Report:
The treasurer, Gloria Dunn, presented the attached annual financial accounts and highlighted the main points.
However a question was asked about the Langbank Website funding and whether it is worthwhile continuing to have a village website. Agreement to ask Renfrewshire Councilwhether they believe it is desirable for CCs to have a website, and If so, then we should request an additional budget as the website fees take a more considerable portion of our administration budget.
It is believed that the administration funds are allocated pro-rata based on population, which doesn’t take into consideration that website fees would be the same regardless of population size.
We can also monitor the photocopying and printing and see whether we can reduce these costs.
All accepted that these accounts as accurate and thanks were extended to Gloria Dunn for her hard and diligent work.
Election of Office-Bearers:
Chairman – Neil Barrington nominated by Maggie Hancock and seconded by Gloria Dunn.
Vice Chairman –John O’Brien, nominated by Gloria Dunn and seconded by Carly Deheer.
Secretary – Jacqueline Doherty, nominated by Neil Barrington and seconded by Caroline Bryce
Treasurer – Gloria Dunn nominated by John O’Brien nominated and seconded by Julie Gilmour.
Any Other Business:
Nothing to note.
Rota Of future Meetings:
2022
14th December
2023
11th January
8th February
8th March
12th April
10th May
14th June
No meeting in July
9th August
13th September
11th October
8th November
13th December
The chairman thanked everyone for their attendance at thisAGM and closed the meeting at 20:04.