Ormiston Community Council 

Minute of Public Meeting held in Village Hall on Monday 17th March 2008 @ 7.30pm 

1.      Present: - R Purves, S Gillies, A  Aitken, M Ormiston, M Addison, J Blane, C Jess, A Thomson, B Black.

      Councilors; - J Gillies,

2.      Apologies:- D Grant , K McLeod, R Currie

3.      Minute of Previous Meeting: - The Minute of the previous meeting  was approved S Gillies & seconded by R Purves

4.      Matters arising:

Medical Practice: - this to be discussed @ the next C A P meeting.

Anybody complaining re the lack of appointments in Ormiston to be asked to direct their complaint directly to the practice as they maintain that the Community council is the only body complaining in this regard.

We are still awaiting a reply from councilor Currie in this regard.

          Festive Lighting: - Millennium a/c to be minute’d – see A O B

    5.  F.C.P.P:-

There has been more trouble in Park Road with the Police being called. We  now need the Council to get involved.

The incident re the mini motor bike in the Public Park is on going.

 The traffic in the main street has still to be sorted.

The allocation of grit boxes trough out the village we requested 10 but may only get 5 as they cost #250 each.

Amenities committee: - meeting with NHS at Elphinstone Community Centre, Tranent Medical practice to be asked to go to a future meeting.

Steering Committee: - there is concern that a lot of the elected members in the Fa’side ward do not attend these meetings although they are the ones that make the decisions, what is the point if they are not available @ the meetings.          

    6. Elections:-

 It was agreed that if no election was required to be held we would ask that our   next meeting be held 21/04/08, if an election was required the meeting would be held 28/04/08 in accordance with instructions from E L Council. L Pryde to be e-mailed.

    7.  Main Street:-  

J Gillies & J Blane met with S Baxter to discuss the Main Street. As yet nothing has been done; signs need to be erected re the parking zones so that traffic Wardens can enforce the restrictions.

8.      Proposed Planning Applications:-  

     Nothing to report in this regard but comment was made as to the fact that 309 objections    to the proposal in Cockburn drive had no effect on the decision but that 10 objections had been made to a proposal in Edinburgh which resulted in the proposal being declined.

  1. Computer

This to be held over to next meeting due to the forth coming election. 

  1. A O B

Ormiston Millennium Group Bank Account: - it was decided that the name of this account should now be changed to that of Ormiston Community Council Fund Raising account and the existing signatures of Moira Addison & Jim Blane to remain in place. A 3rd signatory on the account to be that of Scott Gillies. A signed extract of this minute to be passed to the Bank to allow this to be effected. 

  1. Correspondence:-

Letter re bins

Mud in your eye

The Community Councillor News letter

WRVS make it count volunteer leaflet

Tranent Medical Practice reply

Election information

SEPA  Information Seminar on SEPA’s Thermal Treatment Criteria

Speaking Out Volume 3 Issue 1

Ormiston Talking Points March 2008

Signpost Issue 14 Winter 2007/2008

  1. Date of next meeting:-

      To be advised by E L Council probably 28/04/08