MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 3^rd JUNE 2009

Present:                       Mr S Christie (Chair); Mrs M Sutherland (Secretary); Mrs E Miller (Treasurer);

                                    Mr M Pirie

Apologies:                   Cllr J Divers; Cllr J Sharp; Cllr G Leadbitter; Ms P McKerron (AHO); Mrs C Hay;

                                     Ms F Shaw

Item 1.                        Welcome.        Steven thanked everyone for attending and apologies were read out.

Item 2.                        Minutes of Previous Meeting.     The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and taken as a true record.

                        Proposed:        Michael Pirie               Seconded:  Elizabeth Miller   

Item 3.                        Matters Arising from Previous Minutes.     

a.         Item 5.    Steven advised that the amendment to the Constitution will come via the Core Group.

b.         Item 7a. - Tree Roots.    There is no update on this and requires to be highlighted again.

                                                            Pam to action

c.         Item 7b - Street Signs.                Steven has to write the report and e-mail this to the Geoff, the Estate Co-ordinator. There will be a full report for the next meeting.

Item 4.                        Area Housing Officer’s Report.     There was no report.

Item 5.                        Treasurer’s Report.     The Bank balance to date is £559.51p plus £54.25p in raffle. Total is £613.76p. There is still one cheque to come off for £32 giving the in-hand total of £581.76p. Statements were passed around to all present and the books available for inspection on request.

Item 6.                        Rothes Issues.                        There were no issues.

Item 7.                        Bilbohall Issues.

Some street are currently being resurfaced but householders will be notified at least 24 hours in advance to keep vehicles away from the road.

Item 8.                        Correspondence.

a.         MVSO - Training event booking form based on one year minimum charge £15. It was noted that all these training events are being held in Lhanbryde. 

b.         TIGHRA - There is an extra ordinary General Mtg held on 3^rd June to wind up Tighra. They will now be part of TPAS and based in Inverness.

c.         Draft Housing Scotland Bill -  A consultation document. Steven gave a brief explanation of this.

Item 9.                        AOCB.      

a.         Abuse of Council staff/workmen.    It came to light that there was a recent incident regarding the abuse of council staff or workmen who go to tenants houses to undertake work. As a Forum we feel this behaviour is unacceptable and that workmen should not have to tolerate abuse.

b.         Forum Anniversary.   The Forum will celebrate its tenth year this year. It was suggested that we have a meal and invite former members. It was felt that the Seaforth Club would be ideal as we held meetings there for a few years. A date is yet to be decided.

Item 10.          Date of Next Meeting.           The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 1^st July 2009 at 7.30pm in Cedarwood, Edgar Road, Elgin.  

Raffle  -  Liz and Steven