Councillor John Shier Biggam

John Biggam holds regular surgeries as follows:

Dalmore Centre, Alva 1st & 3rd Tuesday of month 5 - 6pm.

Tillicoultry Community Centre 2nd & 4th Tuesday of month 5 - 6pm.

Coalsnaughton Village Hall 3rd Wednesday of month 5 - 6pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

John sits on the following committees

Clackmannanshire Licensing Board

Regulatory Sub-Committee of the Planning Committee (Convener)

Scrutiny Committee

and also on the following outside bodies

Comrie Trust

Central Scotland Valuation Joint Board

Clackmannanshire District Charitable Trust

Glenochil Prison Visiting Committee

Standing Conference of Local Authorities in the Forth Estuary

Stirling Landfill Tax Trust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Elspeth Attwool visited Tillicoultry on 7 November 2008.

Elspeth Attwool MEP gave an interesting talk at the Centenary Hall, Hamilton Street, Tillicoultry on what it is like to be an MEP. There were a lot of good questions and a time for socialising later. A good time was had by all.

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Woodland Burials proposed for Clackmannanshire

At the Clackmannanshire Council meeting on 25 September 2008 the council passed its cemeteries strategy which opens up the prospect of Woodland Burials in Clackmannanshire. This idea is gaining popularity with some people. What do you think? The relevant extract reads

"4.2. Provision of a new Woodland burial ground will give additional burial space and extend the choice of type of burial to Clackmannanshire's people. The woodland burial offers a "return to nature", for anyone wishing to be buried with trees, wild flowers and wildlife. The proposed woodland site in Alva has good vehicle access, is Council owned and nestles in to the foot of the Ochil Hills."

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