MEARNS Community Council sees itself as the body which should control the £17,000 a year "community fund" associated with the Tullo Windfarm.
Chairman David Nelson said that Enco, the company behind the Tullo project, would contribute £17,000 a year once the windfarm is up and running and it had to be established who would allocate the money.
"It is not Enco's job to allocate this mon
ey and as the main body representing the geographical area affected by this windfarm, we should take the lead in this.
"Willie Munro (area manager) has drawn up a consultative document which will help, but we need clear guidelines.
"I want to be able to put something forward from this community council to the next meeting with the developers."
John Stevenson said the Mid Hill Winfarm had stipulated which bodies it wanted to control its community fund and they included the Community Associations of Auchenblae and Glenbervie.
Councillor George Carr said the developer was likely to designate the geographical area to which its community fund would relate and he said the disbursement of the cash would be closely audited.
Mr Nelson put forward the idea of a new body being set up to include community councils, community associations, village hall committees etc, but Jim Stuart said they would run the risk of this body becoming very diluted and he suggested that Mearns Community Council, as an elected body, should take responsibility.
Mr Nelson said: "It has been suggested that the Mearns Area Partnership (MAP) should take responsibility, but I am personally against that. I do not think they are the right vehicle to represent us all."
Members agreed with a proposal from Mr Stuart that the community council put itself forward as the responsible body.
