Final minutes of the AGM of Leith Central Community Council, held in Nelson Hall, McDonald Road library on Monday 21 May at 7:00pm. (These were approved without changes at the 2019 AGM.)

Actions and decisions are red italic. nem con means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision.

The AGM was chaired by Don Giles of Leith Harbour & Newhaven Community Council.

1 Welcome, introductions, attendance and apologies

1.a Attendance

Jack Caldwell	LCCC	Julian Siann	LCCC
Roberto Colasuonno	LCCC	Harald Tobermann	LCCC vicechair
Jeremy Darot	LCCC	Bruce Ryan	minutes secretary
Alan Dudley	LCCC	Nick Gardner	FoMSP
Charlotte Encombe	LCCC chair	Cllr Marion Donaldson	Leith Walk ward (Labour)
Andrew Harlick	LCCC	Ben Macpherson MSP	Edinburgh Northern and Leith
John Hein	LCCC	Alan McIntosh	Broughton Spurtle
Sheila Kennedy	LCCC secretary	Don Giles	LHNCC
Iona McLeod	LCCC	PC Joe Kennedy	Police Scotland
Lorraine Moore	LCCC treasurer	~30 residents and visitors
Damian Sefton	LCCC

1.b Apologies

Cllr Susan Rae	Leith Walk ward (Scottish Green)
Cllr Amy McNeese-Mechan	Leith Walk ward (SNP)
Deidre Brock MP	Edinburgh North & Leith (SNP)

1.c Declarations of interest

none

2 Approval of the Minutes of the 2017 Annual General Meeting

Approved subject to making hyperlinks work, correcting minor typos, and changing ‘Leith Walk’ to ‘Leith Street’ in comments on slide 05 (proposed C Encombe, seconded H Tobermann, nem con)

3 Annual Report: brief review of year

C Encombe (LCCC chair) read out her report.

4 Treasurer’s report

Accounts for FY17/18 will be proposed for ratification at LCCC’s June meeting, following independent scrutiny.

Actual spending was a little more than the anticipated £1300 due to extra costs (website, data protection etc)

Balance at end of FY17/18 = £1752·74

Predict total spend FY18/19 = £1835·00

Action: L Moore to circulate FY17/18 accounts and FY18/19 predictions to LCCC members in digitally publishable format.

5 Demit of current office bearers and election of office bearers

There were no other nominees apart from those noted below. All nominees confirmed their willingness to stand for these positions, and were elected nem con.

Position	Nominee	Proposer	Seconder
Treasurer	Lorraine Moore	H Tobermann	Nick Gardner
Secretary	Sheila Kennedy	Iona McLeod	H Tobermann
Vice-chair	H Tobermann	Nick Gardner	Jeremy Darot
Chair	Charlotte Encombe	Julian Siann	Damian Sefton

Don Giles handed over chairing of the ordinary meeting to C Encombe.