A grant of £1300 is being made to the Jubilee Hall in Portlethen to help with the final stages of upgrading work.

The hall trustees have so far raised £8000 of the £30,000 required, Portlethen and District Community Council heard when the grant was being discussed.

The meeting also discussed a wide variety of issues, including the like-for-like replacement of the artificial pitch at the academy, a new all-weather 3G pitch at Hillside, bids for the next Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan, approval for a McDonald’s at Asda, the newly-opened Men’s Shed, county signs at the Charleston junction on the A90, and marking the end of World War One.

During the discussions about the academy pitch chairman Ron Sharp commented that both councillors and the community had a victory. He was referring to the decision by Aberdeenshire Council’s Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee agreeing that funding options for a 3G artificial pitch at Hillside should be investigated with a report to be presented to the council policy committee. Mr Sharp added that the community council should try to support Portlethen Sports Club as there will be a couple of difficult years for them.

If you would like to read more about Aberdeenshire Council’s proposals for improving recycling, you can see the report which was presented to councillors by clicking on this link and scrolling down to item 14 on the agenda:  http://committees.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/committees.aspx?commid=495&meetid=19015

The next community council meeting is at 7pm on Tuesday 24 July in the academy.