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Minutes of Throsk Community Council Meeting
11th April 2023 @ 7pm in Throsk Community Centre
Present
Jim Morton
Helen Yuill
Ian Corlett
William Liddell
Bernard Reynolds
Brian Hambly (Councillor)
Margaret Scotland (Throsk Resident)
Nicky Black (Throsk Resident)
Apologies
Michelle Mackie
Police Officers (not present)
Nicola Durward
Stephanie Martin
Minutes of Previous Meeting
Proposed by Helen Yuill and seconded by Ian Corlett.
Police Report
No Police Report
Police Scotland encourage Throsk residents to phone or e-mail Bannockburn Police Station with any concerns that they may have.
Contact e-mail: bannockburncpt@scotland.pnn.police.uk
Councillor Report
Please find attached the Councillor Report relating to the period concerned.
Correspondence
No correspondence.
Planning
No planning.
All planning can be viewed on the following website:
www.stirling.gov.uk/onlineplanning
Community Liaison Officer
Community Liaison Officer not requested.
AOCB
No other business
Next meeting to be held 9th May 2023
@ 7pm in Throsk Community Centre
Councillor Alasdair MacPherson
Old Viewforth, Stirling, FK8 2ET
Tel: 07824 496014 e.mail. macphersona@stirling.gov.uk
11th April 2023
Councillors Report
Throsk Community Council
Stirling Council Budget
The Labour/Tory administration imposed brutal cuts to the most vulnerable of our citizens in the budget in February. Some of the most brutal services they cut were for Special Uplifts for over 60-year-olds and increased the MECS charges by double the rate of inflation. They also took a decision to remove the Park and Ride at Springkerse, nursery places and funding for apprenticeships. They also reduced funding for the Big Noise project which could have seen the Fallin Big Noise fold.
One of the last things the previous First Minister Nicola Sturgeon did was give extra funding to Councils that have the Big Noise project which meant the the Council Labour/Tory coalition was able to reverse some of the brutal cuts they imposed on the most vulnerable in our communities.
During the budget, the administration said they had to take "difficult decisions" because there was no money. However, a week later they agreed to give Council staff a day off on 8th May to celebrate the "Coronation", which incidentally takes place at the weekend. Also, there is already a holiday the Monday before 1st May!
It costs the Council £787.000 per day to pay its staff so it does not take a mathematician to calculate that the cost of this public holiday could have been used to stop more cuts to vulnerable services.
I was the only councillor who opposed the public holiday.
Whisky maturation warehouse scheme at Bandeath Industrial Estate
I attended the open day event by the applicant's consultants in November and will watch with great interest how things transpire with the proposal.