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Present
Councillor Bill Brown, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Jim Paterson, Councillor John Shaw, Councillor Jane Strang.
Chair
Councillor Shaw, Convener, presided.
Community Representatives
P Morton, Renfrew Community Council; M Henderson, Renfrew YMCA; A Philpot, Renfrewshire Visually Impaired Forum; and P Watson, St Margaret’s Episcopal Church.
Community Planning Partner
Chief Inspector Scott (Police Scotland).
In Attendance
S Graham, Partnerships Planning and Development Manager and A Moulson, Strategic Events Manager (both Chief Executive’s); M Hendry, Community Safety Hub Manager (Communities, Housing & Planning Services); G Hannah, Head of Operations and Infrastructure and K Anderson Amenity Services Manager (Waste) (both Environment & Infrastructure); and C MacDonald, Senior Committee Services and D Low, Senior Committee Services Officer (LACs) (both Finance & Resources).
Presentation: Raising Awareness of Waste Services Changes
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A presentation was given by the Amenity Services Manager relating to changes to bin collections from November 2018.
DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.
Presentation: How Events Can Support the Community
8
A presentation was given by the Strategic Events Manager relative to the 2021 Legacy Programming.
DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.
Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Councillors Grady and McEwan; D Hoey, Renfrew Burgh Band; and M Dougan, Renfrewshire Youth Voice.
Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest.
There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
Report by Director of Communities, Housing & Planning Services.
1
There was submitted a report by the Director of Communities, Housing and Planning Services providing a progress update on Renfrewshire Community Safety Partnership activities carried out in the Renfrew and Gallowhill Local Area Committee (LAC) area during the period 1 April to 30 June 2018.
The report provided information on Renfrew & Gallowhill anti-social behaviour statistics; environmental enforcement and improvement activities; protecting vulnerable residents; building safer communities; and diversionary activities.
Chief Inspector Scott provided a verbal overview of crime statistics in the LAC area.
DECIDED: That the report be noted.
Verbal update by Chief Executive.
2
Under reference to item 2 of the Minute of the meeting of this LAC held on 22 May 2018 the Partnerships Planning and Development Manager gave a verbal update on the review of the LAC structure and the proposed new model for Community Level Governance. It was noted that a report on the review had been submitted to the meeting of the Cross Party Sounding Board held on 16 August 2018 and a final report would be submitted to the meeting of Renfrewshire Council to be held on 27 September 2018.
DECIDED: That the verbal update be noted.
3
The Senior Committee Services Officer (LACs) advised that no questions had been submitted for consideration at the Open Session.
DECIDED: That it be noted that no questions had been submitted for consideration at the Open Session.
Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
4
There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to the Renfrew & Gallowhill LACbudget for 2018/19.
The report intimated that since the last meeting of this LAC £1,150 had been returned to the LAC as a result of the Renfrewshire Sports Network being disbanded. Also that £100 had been carried forward from 2017/18 representing unallocated LAC community representative expenses.
DECIDED:
(a) That the report be noted; and
(b) That the budget adjustments detailed in paragraph 1.3 of the report be noted.
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Applications for Local Area Committee Grant Funding
Report by Chief Executive.
6
There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive seeking the LAC’s support for the provision of enhanced activities related to the Renfrew Christmas Lights Switch On event. The report advised that a report was being submitted to the meeting of the Finance, Resources and Customer Services Policy Board to be held on 5 September 2018 requesting the funding required to provide these activities from the main Renfrew Common Good Fund.
DECIDED:
(a) That the proposal to maintain the Renfrew Christmas Lights Switch On event be supported: and
(b) That it be noted that a report seeking funding for the event would be submitted to the Finance, Resources and Customer Services Policy Board to be held on 5 September 2018.
Presentation by Amenity Services Manager - Waste.
Presentation by Town Centre Manager.
Attendance
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