We currently have 7 full members 1 Co-opted Member 1 Associate Member and 2 co-option vacancies for immediate appointment.
Contact details below
7 Elected members (all elected November 2023)
Hamish Bain, Chair
chair.nrivercc@gmail.com or info.nrivercc@gmail.com
Veronica Mackinnon Bain, Secretary
secretary.nrivercc@gmail.com or info.nrivercc@gmail.com
David Thomson, Treasurer
Billy Milne
Ian Gordon
Alan Calder
William Spark
Co-Opted Members
Loreine Thomson
Associate Members
Brian Stewart – Common Good Representative
Ex Officio Members
Nairn’s 4 elected Highland Councillors, listed below, are ‘ex officio’ (non voting) members of all 5 local community councils in the Nairn and Cawdor Ward. They are invited to all meetings to keep us informed on Highland Council business and participate in community discussion. New Highland Councillors were elected in May 2022
VACANCIES
Nairn River CC can have a maximum of 12 adult voting members plus two youth members.
Up to 3 members may be elected by cooption at a public meeting, which requires the support of two thirds of elected community councillors present.
We currently have 2 vacancies for adult full members.
Remaining vacancies can only be filled by public vote which requires an interim election to be organised by Highland Council.
In addition to our full quota of 12 adult members, we can appoint two Youth members aged 16-18 for up to 2 years. We hope to do this in 2022
Associate Members (non voting)
We can appoint ‘Associate Members’ at any time with specialist areas of interest to share their expertise with our community council. If you would be interested get in touch.
How to become a community councillor.
To stand for election as a community councillor you must be:
1/ a resident of Nairn River CC catchment area as shown on the latest boundary map
This includes Fishertown, the High Street area, Millbank and Rosebank primary schools, part of Waverley Road, Viewfield, Queenspark, Boathpark, Broadhill, Balmakeith, Merryton, and the Lochloy estate including homes at Kingsteps. Check the map if you are not sure if you live in our ‘patch’!
2/ on the Electoral Roll. You can contact ero@highland.gov.uk to check your Roll number.
3/willing to attend meetings as required, work respectfully with others to help the CC to fulfil its statutory duties, carry out delegated tasks reliably and responsibly and support the democratic decisions of the community council. In all your actions while an elected community councillor, you should uphold the following principles of the CC Code of Conduct:
Service to the Community, Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability and Stewardship, Openness, Honesty, Leadership, Respect Yourself and for Others .
More information about Community Councils in Highland is here
Contact chair.nrivercc@gmail.com if you wish to put your own or someone else’s name forward for any vacancies listed above.
Our meetings
Our business meetings are held in public so come along and see what we do.
During Covid we held meetings online
Now we are back to ‘normal’ these meetings will be advertised a week in advance. Upcoming dates are here.
As during Covid, should it ever be required again, and if you would like to attend on line meetings you should contact us on nrcc.online@outlook.com with your name and postcode to register for a link. For security reasons you should not share this link with others who have not registered.
To help us maintain a safe and respectful forum for discussion of community matters, and free expression of diverse views, we ask all members of public wishing to engage with us, to observe the same Code of Conduct as our members.(see above)
That means communicating respectfully and politely with others at all times, and deferring to the Chair whose responsibility it is to keep order and manage the Agenda.
Abusive email or personally offensive online comments, will be blocked, and anyone behaving disrespectfully during our meetings will be politely asked to desist or leave.
Get in touch
You can contact any of our members above if you want help with a particular concern in your neighbourhood. Our general email contact address is info.nrivercc@gmail.com
You can also contact us via our contact form, or add comments to our blog
The agendas for our public meetings will normally be advertised a week in advance on our website, via local social media and on public Noticeboards (Castle Square community noticeboard- and the Community Centre and Library if open).
All media enquiries should be addressed to the Chair or Secretary
Nairn River Community Council 
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