For Householders, Blainroe Estate                                                                                                    

From Terry Neill, chair – Blainroe Estate Management Company board

January 10^th 2022                                                       

BEMC status update

This is a status report following the January 2022 meeting of the board of BEMC.

January meeting of the 2022 BEMC board

The meeting, via Zoom, took place on Tuesday January 4^th at 19:30.

Amanda Collins, Philip McEnroe, Katie Mooney, Gordon Murray, Terry Neill, and Craig Whelan, attended. They were joined by Marie Byrne, Bernie Nelson, Billy Nelson and Anne Nugent

There were apologies from Pat Hinkson and Robert Patton

Main agenda items were

1. Minutes & correspondence
2. Finance
3. Water Infrastructure
4. Landscaping/General Management
5. 2022 Board committee and working group structures and responsibilities
6. Other business

Comment: The January meeting was kept short, but covered 2 important items

• Update on, and plans for, Blainroe’s water infrastructure
• Mobilising sub committees and sub groups agreed at the December 2021 board meeting

1. Minutes & correspondence

The minutes of the December board meeting were approved. Items of correspondence were shared and dealt with.

2. Finance

There were no significant issues requiring board attention.

3. Water Infrastructure

Billy Nelson provided an update on recent vital work to assess Blainroe’s water infrastructure. Billy explained that, of the original 4 wells, only two are now usable – as the system meets the demands of the Estate, Cottages, Nursing Home, and Golf Clubhouse.  He has consulted outside experts, who have agreed that the unused wells should be brought back into commission.  For technical as well as financial reasons, this approach makes more sense than drilling new wells.  A formal costed proposal for the work required will be ‘signed off’ by our outside experts and brought to the board for approval.

4. Landscaping/General Management

The report of the Arborist is due in mid January.  The board agreed that there would be a substantive discussion of plans for Blainroe’s trees – and landscaping generally – at the March board meeting.

In the meanwhile, further dangerous trees will continue be removed after informing those householders close by.  (4 trees came down during storm Barra)

5. Board committees and working groups for 2022

The December board meeting agreed to the structures below.  It is planned to mobilise most of the groups in January.  At the board meeting, the chairs who were present provided short summaries of how they plan to get going in January.

The chair had shared a draft summary of BEMC objectives for 2022.  With inputs from chairs and board members generally it will be updated after the February board meeting.  After which a summary will be provided to householders.

We will have 3 board sub committees

            Finance.  Chaired by Robert Patton

            Blainroe Operations.  Chaired by Philip McEnroe

            Remuneration.  Chaired by Robert Patton

We will have 5 working groups

            IT/Systems/Website.  Chaired by Pat Hinkson

            Social Events/Pavilion/Tennis Court.  Chaired by Amanda Collins

            Future of Blainroe Planning.  Chaired by Robert Patton

            Governance.  Chaired by Katie Mooney

            Planning.  Chaired by Derek Griffiths

4. Any other business

There was no other business. The meeting closed at 20:10

THE BEMC BOARD SENDS ITS GOOD WISHES TO EVERYONE IN BLAINROE FOR THE BEST OF 2022.  STAY SAFE AND STAY WELL.