Campbeltown Community Council
Minutes of Meeting 10/06/25
held in Campbeltown Town Hall
Present: V Nimmo (Chair), C Dobbie (Minutes), A Gallacher, A Baker, J Martin, C McCulloch, E Glendinning,J McCallum, G Cosgrove, A McMillan
In attendance: Cllr J Armour, Argyll and Bute Council
Claire Tromans, member of public
- Welcome: V Nimmo welcomed everyone to the meeting.
- Declaration of Interest: None
- Apologies: E Grabowska, D Allen
- Review of Minutes of last meeting 13/05/25
The date of the next meeting amended to 10/6/25. The minutes were then agreed as accurate, proposed by A Gallacher, seconded by C McCulloch.
Matters arising
New co-opted members of CCC- G Cosgrove and A McMillan have submitted forms, J McCallum to do.
- Public Questions
Claire Tromans, in attendance to consider becoming Secretary.
- Police Report
No report received.
- Councillor’s Report
Cllr Armour gave the following updates:
Traffic lights in Main St now fixed.
A contractor has been commissioned to fix broken street lights
Town Centre Traffic management – a new Council Traffic Officer will be in place soon and it is to be hoped this will be reviewed. Preference would be to allow parking on one side of Longrow South.
Work on refurbishing local playparks has started, hopefully will be finished soon.
Bedding plants for the town are being planted.
Verge cutting is underway – mostly carried out by Council, some by private contractors.
Meeting of Clyde Ferries Users Group today CalMac was criticised for poor communication across routes. Ardrossan to Campbeltown route will hopefully be reinstated next season as new ferries come into service.
A Baker asked Cllr Armour about crossings on A83 in town. Transport Scotland have promised Zebra crossing at Aqualibrium, but no sign. He also requested more signs to remind drivers to drive on LHS of road.
- Treasurer’s Report
Main account £13,494.39
Quesada account £1985.20
CC Windfarm Fund £106,649.08 plus £15,103.14 in Savings Account.
At last week’s CCWF meeting approx. £53,000 was donated to 18 different organisations.
- Correspondence
All correspondence circulated to CCC members.
Transport Infrastructure consultation – date already passed but several members of CCC completed individual surveys. It was agreed that a letter should be sent to West Coast Motors re the cessation of local night buses to Machrihanish and Southend asking if they would consider a trial.
G Cosgrove reported that CityLink bus timetables at Glasgow Airport were out of date. CityLink 926 service carries max of 2 bicycles if they are covered unlike other services. Cyclists are discouraged from visiting so letter to be sent to outline these two points.
Response from SKDT re lack of VE celebrations was noted.
- Resilience
V Nimmo introduced M Elliot, Project Manager for Household Resilience from Inspiralba. Megan explained her role. She has been working with different communities across Argyll and Bute creating resources for advocates to support households to make them more resilient. She has also been supporting communities to create local emergency plans to cover climate, water, energy, digital breakdown etc events. She highlighted that Campbeltown does not have an emergency plan, although emergency services all have their own plans, and one should be drawn up. This was unanimously agreed and her successor, C de Pena will contact us to take this forward.
V Nimmo thanked Megan for her input.
- AOCB
Memorial Bench for C Duncan – has now been installed at Campbeltown Hospital and contact made with one of her sons to arrange a suitable date. 28 June or 5 July suggested.
CCC was awarded funding to purchase 2 new benches to replace rotten ones in old Paddling Pool area.
A visit by King Charles and Queen Camilla to Campbeltown is planned for 3/7/25.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
TUESDAY 9th SEPTEMBER at 7:30PM in CAMPBELTOWN TOWN HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS