{"id":3288,"date":"2016-12-11T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T11:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmonans.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2024-07-07T22:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T21:04:38","slug":"agm-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmonans.org.uk\/blog\/agm-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"AGM Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minutes<\/strong> of the Annual General Meeting of the Burgh of St Monans and Abercrombie Community Council<\/strong> held on Monday, 17 October 2016, at 7 pm.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Present:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
P Copland (Chairman)<\/td>\nV Salvage (Vice Chairman)<\/td>\nG Brown (Treasurer)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Ashworth<\/td>\nV Bland<\/td>\nE Hughes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B Allan<\/td>\nCllr E Riches<\/td>\nCllr D Macgregor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Reekie<\/td>\nElaine Porteous<\/p>\n

(Minute Secretary)<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Members of the public:\u00a0 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1<\/td>\nWelcome and Apologies<\/strong><\/p>\n

P Copland welcomed everyone.<\/p>\n

Apologies from: W Buchan, P Peddie, S Tarvit and Cllr J Docherty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2<\/td>\nDeclarations of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n

None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3<\/td>\nSt Monans Heritage Museum Report for 2015 \u2013 I Reekie<\/strong><\/p>\n

I Reekie began by thanking all the loyal band of volunteer Welcomers, whose friendliness and depth of knowledge of local history, he said, is greatly appreciated and frequently commented upon most favourably in the visitors\u2019 book.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This year there was an increase in the number of visitors (up by 500) and donations also increased by a small amount.\u00a0 On the whole it was a good year.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There were a great number of overseas visitors.\u00a0 Topping the overseas list were visitors from the USA, Australia and Canada; followed by Spain, France and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Mr Reekie quoted some of the visitor comments:<\/p>\n

\u201cA fascinating collection, beautifully presented, about St Monans\u2019 history.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLovely to see and hear fishing history.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cEnjoyed the history, photos and paintings.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWonderful collection of photographic history.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cVery informative displays.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSuperb.\u00a0 Not to be missed.\u00a0 A must see.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He went on to say that the Collection has a number of photographs by<\/p>\n

William Easton; mainly of life around the harbour.\u00a0 William Easton\u2019s camera took glass plate negatives and these are held in the National Museum of Scotland.\u00a0 There are also some paintings on display.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

P Copland asked about the number of volunteers this year.\u00a0 I Reekie said that the loyal band of volunteers was fairly small.\u00a0 He said that he keeps asking for people to join the band \u2013 to welcome visitors \u2013 and to use their local knowledge to make the visitors\u2019 experience even better.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

P Copland thanked Mr Reekie, and said that the CC (Community Council) were pleased that the visitor numbers are up and that we are continuing to welcome people from all over the world.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

4<\/td>\nChairperson\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

P Copland said over the past year we have ridden a few high waves, with one or two problems regarding Planning and some houses that have been built in the village. He hoped that there will be some resolution on that.\u00a0 He thanked those who had attended the meetings during the year: members of the public; Councillors and gave thanks to E Hughes and the Mayview for allowing the CC to use the Mayview\u2019s facilities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5<\/td>\nTreasurer\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

G Brown said to bear in mind that the Accounts ran from March to March, so they are already 6 months out of date.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cash Management<\/strong> \u2013 there was an addition of \u00a31.42 in interest.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cash Flow Account and the Floral Display Accounts<\/strong> \u2013 These Accounts are the ones that show most movement.\u00a0 They are both somewhat skewed by things that happened in previous years.\u00a0 In the Cash Flow one we had a donation from the Dawn Walk people in St Andrews University.\u00a0 There was \u00a31,000 in and \u00a31,000 out.\u00a0 At that particular time the Cash Flow did not look too healthy.\u00a0 It subsequently has improved dramatically.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Floral Display Account is more skewed by the Chelsea Flower show because \u00a33,000 went in in the way of sponsorship and these funds did not come out until 2016.\u00a0 Regarding the Floral Display, G Brown said that last year he was warning about lack of funds, but, since then it has improved very dramatically and he thought it was in quite a healthy state now.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Heritage Account \u2013 Last year, we had a rental that cost us \u00a3240.50.\u00a0 We then had a new lock and roof repairs, so overall the Heritage Account has gone down by about \u00a3200.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

G Brown invited questions.\u00a0 No questions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6<\/td>\nLast Minutes and Matters Arising<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting of the Burgh of St Monans and Abercrombie Community Council, held on Monday, 19 October 2015 were approved.<\/p>\n

Proposer<\/strong>: V Salvage\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seconder<\/strong>:\u00a0 W Buchan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6<\/td>\nElection of Office Bearers<\/strong><\/p>\n

For this part of the meeting the Chair was handed over to Cllr D Macgregor.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

G Brown said he would like to stand down from the CC now.<\/p>\n

Cllr D McGregor said that we are very sorry to hear that.\u00a0 V Salvage said he had given excellent service and would be greatly missed.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cllr D Macgregor asked for nominations:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Chairman<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

P Copland was nominated by V Salvage; V Bland seconded.<\/p>\n

P Copland was appointed to the position of Chairman.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Vice Chairman<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

V Salvage was nominated by P Copland; M Ashworth seconded.<\/p>\n

V Salvage was appointed to the position of Vice Chairman.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Secretary<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

G Brown said that he had been doing the job of Secretary for the last year along with the Treasurer\u2019s job and, he said that it was not too difficult, as long as you have a Minute Secretary.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

P Copland nominated M Ashworth.\u00a0 M Ashworth declined, saying that she could not carry out the role properly because of her other commitments.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Secretary\u2019s post was left to be filled at next month\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Treasurer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Treasurer\u2019s\u00a0 post was left to be filled at next month\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cllr D Macgregor said that the filling of these posts could be postponed until next month\u2019s meeting of the CC, but \u00a0added that we must have these posts filled.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ordinary Members<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cllr D Macgregor addressed the other Members of the CC who were in attendance and received confirmation from them that they were willing to continue as Ordinary Members.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

7<\/td>\nClose of Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

P Copland thanked everyone who had attended, and closed the meeting.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

(There was a spontaneous round of applause from all in attendance for G Brown.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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