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.
