Venue:     Cockburnspath Village Hall

1. Present:
John Hay, Clifford Bertram, Tom Dean, Marnie McGregor, Jean Virtue, Jane and Peter Hood, Angela Brading, Matt and Fiona Deeming, Councillor David Raw and 3 members of the community.
1.1  Apologies: David Arnott.

2.   Adoption of minutes from 10th October 2007:
2.1. Minutes discussed and accepted.

3.   Police Matters:
3.1. No police attended this week and it was noted that they had not been informed of the change of meeting
               venue, which may have caused some mix-up. The Chairman will look into this.

4. Matters Arising:
4.1. SBC – NHS – Public Engagement Paper – Draft Food, Nutrition & Health Strategy .....................28th Dec.
                          Kate will comment on this if necessary but so far the feeling is that none are required.
4.2. Antisocial Behavior Unit Seminar – Kate confirmed she would be attending.
4.3. Caledonian Developments – Question raised with Matt Deeming regarding the updates he receives from Ian Gaul (Architect). Matt will pass on to Ian the
        email address of the council secretary.
4.4. SBC - Paul Matthewson outstanding actions –
       4.1.1. – Mrs Jefferies hedge has now been cut.
       4.1.2. – The Cove Road hedge has been cut. The Chairman has thanked Paul for completing this work.
       4.1.3. – The football goal posts have now been replaced.
       4.1.4. – Bankhead Cemetery gate still to be fixed. The Chairman will progress this with Ian Lothian.

5. Correspondence:
5.1. SBC – Scrutiny Panel Work for 2008 ..................................................................... suggestions by 30th Nov.
       5.1.1 - Consultation and other documents requiring comments/suggestions from the council are not
            always given sufficient time for consideration. Adequate time should be allowed between the
            document being received and the council meetings.
       5.1.2 – Grass cutting – The Council is not satisfied with the state an area is left in (such as Bankhead
            Cemetery) when a grass-cutting job is completed. It is felt that the `best practice` for job
            completion should be applied to all such Community Council areas.
       5.1.3 – Planning Applications – many applications are approved with conditions attached. Some of
            the completed developments do not comply with their conditions. Is there a problem with the
            enforcement of the conditions?
5.2. SBC – Review of Area Committees ............................................................................ comments by 1st Dec.
                   This review period has been extended, our comments next month.
5.3. SBC – Structure Plan Alteration/ Local Plan Modifications.............................. comments by 28th Jan 2008.
                  Our comments have already been submitted. These latest alterations/mods do not affect those.
                          Invite to briefings ....................................................................................... 28th November or 7th Dec
                          No volunteers to attend.
5.4. SG – Flood Management Enquiry ........................................................................ submissions by 12th Dec.
                   No occurrences in our area.
5.5. SG – Community Councils Working Group ............................................................. comments by 13th Nov.
                 Vote taken on proposals in document – Committee not in favour of taking on added responsibilities.
5.6. BCCF Environmental Group – Company Status ............................................................... meeting 13th Dec.
Secretary will attend
5.7. Community Safety Evening .............................................................................................. event on 14th Nov.
Unable to attend as it occurs on our meeting night.
5.8. CafE Conference ............................................................................................................................. 29th Nov.
No volunteers to attend.
5.9. BAC Meeting ..................................................................................................................................... 23rd Oct
Councillor Raw made comments with regard to these planning meetings in which he re-iterated that councillors could not make their personal views known prior to decisions being taken at such meetings.
 5.10. Jim Clark Rally – meeting .............................................................................................................. 29th Oct.
          No council member attended this meeting.
 5.11. Postwatch – Mail Delivery Study.
           Details and forms have been requested as a volunteer has come forward from the community.
 5.12. NHS Scotland – A Discussion Document.
                 Any comments to be returned before the Spring of 2008
 5.13. SHC – NHS Borders Assessment
                 No comments required, this just an assessment of the current position.
 5.14. Trading Standards – Autumn Review
                  Information only
  5.15. Borders Women`s Aid
                  The information sheet will be placed on the Village notice board.
  5.16. Scottish Landscape Forum – Report.
                 Information only.

5. Planning Matters:
There were no planning matters this month.

6. Any other business:
6.1. Village seat outside the P.O. was vandalised. Chairman informed SB Local who repaired it when last in
       the village.
6.2. Councillor Raw was thanked for arranging the cleaning of the War Memorial and also laying the wreath
       at last Sundays`ceremony.
6.3 Angela will arrange for the provision of the Christmas tree again this year.
6.4. The private road to Dunglass Mill – The Chairman arranged a joint visit with Councillor Raw to
       investigate the possibility of erecting a warning sign at the start of this road.
6.5. The Treasurer presented the year end accounts and mentioned that the £250 donation for the
        Eyemouth 125 Memorial Walk Bronzes would go into the general fund.
6.6. Proposed Incinerator – Mrs Hood gave a review of a meeting held in Dunbar on the proposals.
                                      Kate added that a further meeting against the proposals is to be held at Innerwick on the 19th and will report back at our next meeting.
6.7. Angela raised a query about a device being fixed to the blue signpost in the square. Marnie stated that it was a temporary traffic-monitoring device and is now removed.
6.8. Matt Deeming raised the problem of the signage used for the road works in progress on the A1 bypass. BEAR to be contacted about future works, taking into account its effect on local road users
6.9. Councillor Raw made the following comments;
       6.9.1. He had been approached about the provision of speed bumps on the Hoprig Road and asked for the opinion of the council. The majority opinion was
                that they were not wanted
       6.9.2. He said that Councillor Fullarton had the portfolio for Waste Disposal and if anybody had any comments about the proposed incinerator then forward
                 them on to him.
       6.9.3. SBC Budget – this will be under pressure from now on so money will be tight.

7. NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY 12th December 2007; in the school at 7pm