MINUTES OF TIREE COMMUNITY COUNCIL (TCC)
2025–6 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
7 pm 18 June 2026
In person at the Trust Offices, Crossapol; Zoom; and streamed on the Tiree Community Council Facebook page
- Present: In person: Gerard McGoogan (chair) and John MacCaskill. Online: Dr John Holliday and Frances Khetrat. Kirsty MacFarlane Convenor of Coll CC also joined online.
- Apologies: Tim Arkless
- Minutes of the 2024–5 TCC AGM and matters arising: these were accepted as a true record. Proposed JMC, seconded JH. There were no matters arising.
- Chair’s report: 2025–6 has been a busy year with a lot of meetings, including with other island CCs, the police, health board and the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretaries. Over half the minutes over the last year were taken up with transport. JMC has borne the brunt of this and GMG paid tribute to him for his work. There should be a proper transport post on the next TCC. JMC said that our relationship with Coll CC was excellent, that transport problems were being brought to him earlier, and that CalMac local management had been very responsive. We had met the CEO and other managers from CalMac. The £4.4 m Business Resilience Fund was extended to include Tiree and other islands from the Inner Hebrides after lobbying from TCC among other CCs, and a number of local businesses had applied successfully. A few had not heard in time, and we should redouble our efforts to publicise any next round. The Oban air service had become less reliable. The new Transport Forum Facebook page has been useful. Storm Amy had a bruising impact on Tiree, with a prolonged communications outage. The island had rallied impressively to solve the many problems. This effort had been led by the team at Tiree Broadband and Rhoda Meek’s political lobbying. Some lessons have been learned, but the essential vulnerability of the island to future similar weather events remains. The Tiree library closed but re-opened with reduced hours after lobbying by TCC. Unresolved issues were the Ring’n’Ride bus, the community garden and three remaining telephone boxes.
- Presentation of accounts: (GMG) This year we have overspent by £135. The previous year, we had overspent by around £1000. These were legacy costs due to a planning permission application and a copyright infringement cost of £150 (down from an original charge of £800). GMG had paid a number of small items personally and then claimed them back. These are marked ‘GMC’ in the accounts. We have paid £940 of restricted funds earmarked for the bicycle repair stations to the Tiree Trust. They have now taken over this project. JMC thanked GMG for his considerable work on all this. Next year there will be an additional £357 in the grant from Argyll and Bute Council (ABC).
- Election of officers: The current holders of the posts were re-elected unanimously. Convenor (GMG), proposed JMcC, seconded JH, Secretary (JH) proposed GMG, seconded FK, Treasurer (FK), proposed GMG, seconded JH.
- AOCB: there was none.
The meeting closed at 7.30 pm.
Dr John Holliday, 21 June 2026