Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Dingwall and Seaforth Area Committee will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Offices, High Street, Dingwall on Monday, 19 February 2024 at 10.30 am.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Recording Notice: This meeting will be recorded and uploaded to the Council’s YouTube channel.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Legal and Governance 

1. Apologies for Absence / Leisgeulan

2. Declarations of Interest / Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should provide some information on the nature of the interest and leave the meeting at the appropriate time.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Police – Area Performance Summary / Poilis – Geàrr-chunntas Dèanadais Sgìreil

There is circulated Report No DSA/01/24 by the North Area Commander. 

The Committee is invited to comment on and scrutinise the North Highland Scrutiny Report covering the reporting period 1 April to 30 December 2023.

4. Area Roads Programme 2024/25    / Prògram Rathaidean Sgìreil 2024/25 

There is circulated Report No DSA/02/24 by the Executive Chief Officer, Environment and Economy.

The Committee is invited to approve the proposed 2024/2025 Area Roads Capital Programme for the Dingwall and Seaforth area.

5. Community Regeneration Fund – Assessment of Applications / Maoin Ath-bheothachadh Coimhearsnachd – Measadh Iarrtasan 

There is circulated Report No DSA/03/24 by the Executive Chief Officer, Infrastructure, Environment and Economy.

The Committee is asked to:-

i. consider the applications presented and agree whether to approve, defer or reject the application.  An approval of funding should detail the amount approved and outline any conditions of funding that Members wish to attach to the approval over and above the required technical conditions.  A deferral would allow an applicant to resubmit the current application at a future date with updated information or for the project to be approved subject to further funding becoming available.  A rejection would mean that the application will not proceed and any future application to the fund should be brought forward initially as a new expression of interest;
ii. agree the approved CRF grant award for each application up to the value of the available area allocation; and
iii. if there is a balance of funding remaining, agree to ringfence remaining grant within the 2023/24 allocation to deliver area priorities identified through work to develop an area-based plan, subject to full applications being brought to a future committee meeting for consideration.  
                
6. Dingwall and Seaforth Ward Discretionary budget applications approved since last meeting / Iarrtasan buidseat fo Ùghdarras Uàrd Inbhir Pheofharain agus Shìophort air an aontachadh bho choinneamh mu dheireadh

The Committee is asked to note that the following Dingwall and Seaforth Ward Discretionary Budget applications have been approved since its last meeting.

i. Conon Bridge Amenities Association - Conon Bridge Old Age Pensioners' Christmas Party - £500
ii. Lady Haig Poppy Factory - Poppy Wreaths for Rememberance Sunday 2023 - £83.11
iii. Conon Bridge Lunch Club - Christmas Lunch 15 December 2023 - £300
iv. Dingwall Community Council - Providing Christmas Dinners to residents of Dingwall - £1,000
v. Muir of Ord Development Trust - Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner Delivery - £850

7. Dingwall Common Good Fund / Maoin Math Coitcheann Inbhir Pheofharain

There is circulated the Dingwall Common Good Fund 2022/23 Annual Accounts and Final Monitoring, 2023/24 Quarter Three Monitoring Statement and 2024/25 Proposed Budget by the Executive Chief Officer, Communities and Place, and Head of Corporate Finance.

Members are asked to:

i. consider and agree the Dingwall Common Good Fund Statement of Accounts (Appendix 1a) and Quarter 4 monitoring report for 2022/23 (Appendix 1b); 
ii. scrutinise and note the position of the Dingwall Common Good Fund as shown in the 2023/24 Quarter Three monitoring statement at Appendix 2; and
iii. approve the proposed budget for 2024/25 as set out in Appendix 3.

       
8. Attainment Overview Dingwall ASG
Foir-shealladh Buileachaidh Buidheann Sgoiltean Co-cheangailte Inbhir Pheofharain

There is circulated Report No DSA/04/24 by the Executive Chief Officer, Education and Learning.

The Committee is invited to scrutinise and note the content of the report. 

9. Minutes / Geàrr-chunntas

There is circulated for noting Minutes of Meeting of the Dingwall and Seaforth Area Committee held on 6 November 2023 which were approved by the Council on 14 December 2023.

10. Housing Revenue Account: Garage Rents 2024/25 / Cunntas Teachd-a-steach Taigheadais: Màil Gharaidsean 2024/25

There is circulated Report No DSA/06/24 by the Executive Chief Officer, Property and Housing.

The Committee is invited to agree a level of rent increase to apply to Dingwall and Seaforth Garages and Garage sites.