About the Community Council
​The Community Council is made up of 6 volunteers who represent the views of the community and adhere to the Code of Conduct for Community Councillors.
Community Councils were established in Scotland in 1973 to consult their local communities and represent their views to local authorities and other public bodies, on how services are delivered and other matters of concern locally. As a statutory body, we have a formal constitution.
Who We Are
Jim Riach - Chair,
Peter Stewart - Deputy Chair,
Becky Saunders - Secretary.
Martin Stewart - Treasurer,
Robin Armstrong & Alastair Orr Ewing - Members
Elected Councillors for Ward 1 Trossachs and Teith
Martin Earl - Conservative
Elaine Watterson - Conservative
Gene Maxwell - SNP
What We Do
We meet 6 times a year. Despite looking like The Usual Suspects in the picture above, we are a friendly bunch and anyone is welcome to come along! At the meetings we discuss local issues, look at planning applications and comment where there is a public interest.
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We monitor speed issues in the village and request repairs to roads and pavements.
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We get reports from the police on any issues they are dealing with and police officers attend meetings where there is resource to do so.
We deal with environmental topics such as grass cutting, wildflower meadows and flooding.
We make representation on important local services such as bin collections, broadband coverage, public transport, road safety and speed limits within the village and around the Primary School in particular.
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We work with the school, church and village hall - as well as with local businesses - to pull our community together.
Local Services and Issues
While the community council can raise issues around local service provision, local residents are also encouraged to request a service, or report an issue directly with Stirling Council. So any bin, pot hole, flytipping, road issues etc... go to...
https://www.stirling.gov.uk/report-it
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If you have a general enquiry about the National Park, please get in touch at info@lochlomond-trossachs.org or call them on 01389 722600 - https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/contact-us/
Logging your issues direct with the appropriate authority helps raise awareness and get things done.
Where We Do It
The Port of Menteith Community Council area stretches to Braeval in the west, Menteith Hills in the north to a line from Ben Dearg through Loch Ruskie, eastwards to Dunaverig and in the south to the River Forth. Although historically located in the County of Perth, the Community Council now falls within the administrative area of Stirling Council. The community council area also straddles the boundary of Scotland’s first National Park, the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.
