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EXTRACTS FROM THE RATIFIED MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 4TH OCTOBER 2010 OF KEITH COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Police Matters • Tonight we had Sergeant Black in attendance with PC Carmichael. They gave an overview on the crime in the Keith area. Anti social driving - there will be another campaign in October. There is a lot of shop lifting in Keith mostly in the younger age group. Licensed premises in Keith are to be visited to make sure they are abiding to the licensing law. • CL spoke of the parking of vehicles in Seafield Avenue too near to the A96 junction. Chivas lorries are having problems negotiating the turn in. Yellow lines are suggested. SC will look into this. • Yellow lines were suggested for a number of areas including outside St Rufus manse. There is a problem with cars parking on Sunday mornings Service bus has to cross the road to get past parked cars which are parked too near to the island in the middle of the road. Lorries and tractors with trailers are also finding it hard to get past. The police will speak to the St Rufus ministers. • Bridge Street was mentioned - there will be a change in the road layout when Keith Builders move into their premises Other areas were identified as having cars parked too close to junctions. You would have to put down yellow lines on all the roads. Residents would not be happy but if they showed a bit more consideration this would not have to happen. Cars parked on the pavement were another problem They should be reported at the time and the police would attend.
Presentation Dougie McPhee from Moray Council gave a presentation. Dougie is involved with a youth group called KERBS Keith Roller Bladers and Skateboarders. They set up the skatepark in the Cuthil in 2000 with it being the first skatepark in Moray. Membership was initially for youngsters in the Cuthil area and they paid a yearly membership of £1. There have been no new members for the last three years. There is a balance in their bank account. Hopefully a meeting can be set up in November so that the constitution can be changed as there are no original members on the committee. There needs to be five new members to change this. The park is used a lot at the moment and it was hoped to get some funding to upgrade this park. JM mentioned where there might be funding available- Bad Boys Fund. Moray Council won’t take on the running of the facility. It will be up to the youngsters to take on the responsibility. The original BMX track in Fife - Keith has been condemned by Health and Safety from Moray Council. A newsletter was suggested to go out to schools and groups where children may be interested in the group. Dougie McPhee can be contacted on 885517 where he will be pleased to speak to anyone wishing to come on board the group. If the extravaganza goes ahead the group could do a display. Dougie will come back to another meeting to update us on how the group is progressing. JM thanked Dougie and the police for attending tonight`s meeting.
CoMMunity CounCil ContACts Keith Community Council: meets first Monday of each month (excluding January and August) 7pm at Keith Community Centre. Contact: Diane Halley page 14 - December 2010
Matters Arising The tree in Keith Square has been taken down. • The Falls Of Tarnash road has been reported. • The Milton Lodge problem has been seen to and the sand boxes have been fixed. • Old Bridge has been reported and Steps up to the hospital are to be attended to. • Lights on Union Bridge - there is a major wiring problem which BEAR will attend to. • Stones from Tesco have been removed from the pavement. There is news that the site has been bought. There is a company who are advertising on the internet for staff for a new store in Keith. • The railway fence - the railway staff are aware of the problem. • There is a lot of water gathering at the bottom of the Earslsmount entrance and also on the pavement outside the North Church. Correspondence • CC said that there needed to be a better attendance for the JCC meetings in Elgin. CC said she would happily attend as did IC and CL. • There is to be another consultation on the budget cuts in Moray. JM said that NO was not an option to attend the meetings for KCC members. She requested a full attendance to the meeting on 2nd November in the Longmore Hall. JM will discuss with Rhona Patterson the forth coming meeting. Our reply goes back after the meeting.
(Secretary) on 886640. Buckie Community Council: meets third Tuesday each month (excluding July) 7pm Town House West. Contact: Allan Fraser (Secretary) 832826
tel: 01309 690063
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