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Issues raised by Community Council

Meeting: 03/09/2013 - Bute and Cowal Community Planning Group (Item 8)

ISSUES RAISED BY COMMUNITY COUNCILS

Police Mobile Office

Public Entertainment Licences

Update on Parking Clocks

Dog Fouling

Data Protection

School Catchment Areas – North Bute and Kilmun

Community Council representation on the Cowal Community Safety Partnership

Community Council Review

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Minutes:

Police Mobile Office

 

Sue Minns from Kilmun Community Council raised an issue with Paul Robertson from Police Scotland regarding the Police mobile office.

 

She advised that no one had seen the police mobile office recently and asked if it had been in the area.

 

Paul advised that it may be getting moved to the post office and asked that the Community Councils email him with their 3 preferable locations and he would take that it on board.

 

Public Entertainment Licences

 

Iain MacNaughton from Sandbank Community Council asked for confirmation on the Council agreeing this and the Area Governance Manager confirmed it was agreed at the Council on 30th June.

 

Update on Parking Clocks

 

Councillor Marshall advised that this matter is still ongoing.

 

Dog Fouling

 

The group had a discussion on dog fouling in the area and Iain MacNaughton expressed his concern on it still being a huge problem.  Paul Robertson from Police Scotland advised that there has been a CCTV camera put in certain places in Bute and Cowal which have had high concerns of dog fouling and he feels it has been reduced since this has been put in place.

 

Data Protection

 

There has been no follow up on data protection.

 

School Catchment Areas – North Bute and Kilmun

 

Morag Brown advised the group that the Council will progress this matter as pat of the overall plan in response to the findings of the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education. Cllr Breslin agreed to forward to Morag the specifics of the situation in regards North Bute Primary as there was no representative present from Bute Community Council to provide her with that detail.

 

 

Community Council Representation on the Cowal Community Safety Forum

 

Sue Minns raised an issue about receiving cold calling information from the previous meeting in June of the Cowal Community Safety Forum.

 

The Area Governance Manager agreed to look into this.

 

Community Council Review

 

The Area Governance Manager advised that the Community Council Elections are taking place on 31st October 2013.

 

Councillor Marshall informed the group he was impressed with the way Community Councils had been inputting into the Community Planning Group.

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Meeting: 04/06/2013 - Bute and Cowal Community Planning Group (Item 10)

ISSUES RAISED BY COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Police Mobile Office

Public Entertainment Licences

Update on Parking Clocks

Dog Fouling

Data Protection

School Catchment Areas – North Bute and Kilmun

Community Council representation on the Cowal Community Safety Partnership

 

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Minutes:

 

Police Mobile Office

 

Sue advised that this issue had been highlighted because Kilmun had been missed off the diary for the Police Mobile Office and the Area Commander advised that this has been rectified. He advised that he is working on getting the publicising of the mobile unit improved.

 

Public Entertainment Licence

 

The Area Governance Manger advised that the PPSL had made the decision not to charge for the Public Entertainment Licence for community groups, this has still to be agreed by the full Council.  Sue Minns asked if the advice leaflet was still going to be produced and the Area Governance Manger said she did not know but the information should be on the website.

 

Update on Parking Clocks

 

The Roads Engineer spoke on the information he had received in regard to parking clocks including the costs associated with the clocks and different kinds that are available.  He advised that any scheme would need to be implemented across Argyll and Bute and currently the Decriminalised Parking Enforcement documentation is being prepared for on-street parking and associated traffic offences and the use of parking clocks can be considered as part of that process.

 

Dog Fouling

 

Sue Minns advised that the Community Councils had been informed that there was very little punishment for people who allow their dogs to foul because one man was let off because he could not afford the fine.  She spoke on the banner that had appeared in Kirn and the Area Streetscene Manger advised that it the Community was to contact him he could help them get a banner in their area.  Area Commander Stitt spoke on the police campaign and Councillor Blair advised that there had been 96 complaints registered last quarter.

 

Data Protection

 

Sue Minns advised the Group that she had been in contact with the Register Commission Office and it is a requirement of law for Community Councils to register for Data Protection and they are not exempt.

 

School Catchment Areas

 

The Area Governance Manger advised that although the Rural Schools Report has been published the Council has still to meet and decide how to take this forward.  Until that decision is made no changes to school catchment areas will be made. 

 

Community Council representation on Cowal Community Safety Partnership

 

Sue Minns advised that the Community Councils had received information from the Cowal Community Safety Partnership about a Cold Calling Campaign and that Community Council s could apply for funding for this but the Community Council’s didn’t know anything about it.  It was agreed the information about the Cold Calling Campaign would be forwarded to Sue.

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