Minute of the meeting held on Monday 21 November  2005 at Maryculter Community Hall.

    PRESENT

Maryculter	Cookney / Netherley	Banchory-Devenick	Aberdeenshire Councillors
Raymond Cowan (Treasurer), Bill Fraser Avril Tulloch Kevin Park Jill Greenlees	Rob Winmill(Vice Chairman) Robert Keeler (Secretary),	Duncan Petrie Mike Birch	Sandy Wallace (Lower Deeside Michael Sullivan (Stonehaven North & Fetteresso)

5 Members of the Public          

APOLOGIES –Kate Kleppang, Philip Smart  (Chairman), and Bob McKinney

MINUTES of the meeting of 17 October were approved.

MATTERS ARISING

New Lairhillock School – We have not received a reply to our enquiries, Mike Sullivan had asked Willie Munro to contact Education Dept, who said that there was a problem over land purchase for widening the road to the school. We agreed to write again to the Chief Executive of Aberdeenshire Council to express our disappointment at lack of response to our three previous letters. Steve Davis added that Netherley School Board had also been left in the dark.

Web site – Up to date.

Banchory-Devenick School – Struggling to maintain pupil numbers to retain teacher level,again due to job mobility of families in the area.

Roads – No further news on Solar powered warning lights for Banchory-Devenick Crossroads, Mike Birch will to speak to Mark Skilling – Roads dept. Bill commented that many roads in the area had suffered damage after the increased traffic due to A90 roadworks. We will write.

Western Peripheral Route – Nothing to report.

South Deeside View – We have spare copies if needed, cost per copy is approximately 25p.

1. PLANNING

ALP - Public Inquiry.  The amendments to the Finalised ALP have now been published and we now have an opportunity to object to these amendments, although most of our objections had been taken into account. Members agreed that they would leave it to Rob and Philip to make any further objections which they deemed necessary.

Blairs – Nothing to report.

Duncan expressed the view that the extended cemetery should include a space for interment of ashes. A member of the public asked that we could write in support of the application.

2. FINANCE

200 Club –

November £5 no: 1 H Macpherson - £10 no: 182 A Ward £15 – no: 181 L Patterson

It was agreed to give £120 to Maryculter Pensioners Christmas Party.

4. CORRESPONDENCE

Police Report – No report.

5.            AOCB

Rural Verges Contracts had been negotiated to hopefully improve verge maintenance

Wheelie Bins  Concerns expressed over number of bins per household, large families would have problems especially as there would only be a two weekly collection. Older residents would have problems getting the bin to the roadside; unsightly appearance of many bins left at the roadside, and danger if blown into the road.

The rural community was being discriminated against as recycling boxes would not be collected unlike in the town. We would write expressing our disquiet on all such matters

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

            12 December 2005 at 7:30pm 

            16 January 2006 at 7:30pm 

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