SEIL ISLAND ONLINE

NEXT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING:

The next meeting of the Community Council will be on Tuesday 27th July 2010 at 7 p.m. in the Seil Island Hall This is the AGM.

YOUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL Five new Members joined the Committee after a further uncontested by-election in February. The full council now consists of: SEUMAS ANDERSON TINA JORDAN ANNE M ROBIN MICHAEL C F SHAW CHARLES H STRUTHERS hEATHER CHAPLAIN CHRISTOPHER DUGDAlE ALAN MACFADYEN ROBERT RAE MARTIN WADDELL

Raera Windfarm Questions and Answers NPower Renewables representatives attended the Community Council meeting on the 26th january to answer questions and concerns.Those questions and answers can be seen in the document below: RAERA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS JAN 2010 There is also a document showing pictures of the proposed Trident wooden transmission line poles: TRIDENT WOODEN TRANSMISSION POLES

Conservation Areas Appraisal - Conclusions and Draft Recommendations

These two documents were presented at the open meeting on the 17th and are available here:

We thought you might like to know more about us!

Background

Seil and Easdale Community Council is a statutory body established under the provisions of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994.

Area

The community represented by the Community Council covers Polling District AR11

Purpose

The general purpose of the Community Council is to ascertain, co-ordinate and express to the local authorities for its area, and to public authorities, the views of the community it represents, and to take such action, in the interests of the community, which is both expedient and practicable.

Membership

The Community Council for Seil and Easdale can have up to 10 members but a minimum of 5 to be validly constituted. Elections are held every 4 years. At the moment, we have 5 elected members.

Present Members

Your Community Council members are:-

Seumas Anderson	Chairman
Mike Shaw	Treasurer
Tina Jordan
Anne Robin
Charles Struthers
Heather Chaplain
Christopher Dugdale
Alan MacFadyen
Robert Rae
Martin Waddell
Jane Nichols is Secretary		Tel: 01852 300326	E-Mail:

Meetings

We aim to have 6 public meetings each year, every 2 months, and dates and agendas are advertised on this site and noticeboards on Seil and Easdale. The AGM is held in May each year.

If you have any matters you would like raised at a public meeting, please contact the Secretary – if possible, 2 weeks before a meeting. A member of the public might be invited to address any meeting of the Community Council.

We hope you find this useful background and look forward to your support at our meetings. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact any member of the Community Council. If you are interested in serving on the Council in the future, please let us know.