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East Renfrewshire Archives: GB 3143 E Eastwood District Council To view material in this archive, or for further information on East Renfrewshire's archival records, please contact the Council Records Manager, Craig Geddes: (ph. 0141 577 3059, or email [email protected]) 07 September 2018 Page 1 of 21 Fonds Date(s) 1975 - 1996 Extent and medium 8.6 linear metres Name of creator Eastwood District Council Administrative/ Eastwood District Council was established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act biographical 1973. It took over part of the functions of the Burgh of Barrhead and of part of those history of Renfrewshire County Council. Eastwood District Council was elected in 1974, but existed only as a shadow authority until 1975 when it assumed its full powers. The Council's main functions were: district courts (under the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975), building control, burial and cremation, cleansing, conservation areas, development control, environmental health, housing, leisure and recreation, libraries, licensing, local planning, and parks. The functions of the District Council were delegated through a system of Committees which were manned by members of the elected Council. The Council was led by a Provost (chair) and 11 other elected members. The Committee structure changed somewhat over the years but the main committees were the Policy and Resources and the Finance and General Purposes Committees. Several departments of Eastwood District Council were initially based at Paisley (outwith the area of geographic responsibility of the Council) until new Council Headquarters were opened at Eastwood Park in 1980. The District Council was abolished in 1996 when the provisions of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 transferred its functions to the new East Renfrewshire Council. Archival history The records were retained by the creating departments of Eastwood District Council before transferring to the relevant departments of the new East Renfrewshire Council, although some records were passed to the libraries at an unknown date prior to 2005. Thereafter the records were transferred to the archives as detailed below. Immediate source of The following records were transferred to the archives via: acquisition Accession 2005/03 - Local Guides - from ERC Legal Services Accession 2006/02 - Minutes, Publications and misc. ERC records - ERC Libraries Accession 2007/07 - Abstracts of Account, etc. - ERC Finance Dept. Accession 2007/09 - framed photographs, etc. - ERC Admin Services Accession 2009/01 - signed Minutes - ERC Admin Services Accession 2009/11 - Corporate Services records - ERC Admin Services Accession 2010/01 - Dis-aggregation Scheme - ERC Personnel Accession 2012/02 - Eastwood Park File from ERC Legal Services Accession 2012/08 - Licensing Registers - ERC Legal Services Accession 2014/04 - "A School in Eastwood Park" - Paisley Museum Accession 2014/12 (part) - Visitors' book and Amethyst records - ERC Ctee Services Accession 2014/13 (part) - Valedictory Dinner programme - private deposit Accession 2018/01 (part) - ERC Environment Dept records from HQ basement Scope and content This fonds comprises the records of Eastwood District Council, including some records from prior local authorities along with other material from other sources which had been held by the Council. It contains minutes of the Council, financial records, some legal and environmental records, material re. housing, arts & leisure and licensing registers Other than the minutes, no series is complete, and there are significant functions of the Council not represented in this archive. Appraisal, destruction All records which transferred to the archives have been retained, except for the and scheduling Planning files (already incomplete) many of which were not considered to be worthy of permanent preservation. In addition, there were a number of framed certificates, such as corporate membership of RoSPA, receipts from charities, etc., which were 07 September 2018 Page 2 of 21 also not retained. Accruals Further accruals from within ERC are likely 07 September 2018 Page 3 of 21 System of arrangement The committee structure of the Council changed considerably between 1974 and 1996. The records have been arranged in an artificial structure based on the functions of the authority as follows: 1- Council Minutes 2 - Chief Executive 2/1 Publications 2/2 Civic Art, Regalia, etc. 2/3 Staff Transfer Scheme 3 - Finance 3/1 Abstracts of Account 3/2 Annual Reports 3/3 Estimates 3/4 DSO Reports and Accounts 4 - Legal 5 - Planning, Technical and Development 5/1 Renfrew County Council files 5/2 Tree Preservation Orders 5/3 Planning Enquiries 5/4 Planning Appeals 5/5 Environment Publications 5/6 Eastwood Park File 5/7 Planning Files 6 - Housing 7 - Arts, Leisure & Recreation 7/1 Eastwood Festival 7/2 Parks 8 - Licensing Conditions governing There are no restrictions on access to most items, although several contain personal access data and have had a closure period imposed. See individual items for details. Finding aids An item level list has been prepared and is searchable on the archives database. Allied materials The records of the County of Renfrew are mostly at Glasgow City Archives; those of the County (First District), the Burgh of Barrhead and East Renfrewshire Council are with East Renfrewshire Archives. Archivist's note Description prepared by Craig Geddes, Council Records Manager. Rules or conventions This description was based on the General International Standard for Archival Description and East Renfrewshire Council's Manual of Listing and Archival Description. Dates(s) of 27/4/11 - 14/12/11 descriptions 07 September 2018 Page 4 of 21 Reference Description Date(s) No. of pieces E 1/01 Minute Book 1974-1975 1974 - 1975 1 E 1/02 Minute Book 1975-1976 Part 1 1975 - 1976 1 E 1/03 Minute Book 1975-1976 Part 2 1975 - 1976 1 E 1/04 Minute Book 1976-1977 Part 1 1976 - 1977 1 E 1/05 Minute Book 1976-1977 Part 2 1976 - 1977 1 E 1/06 Minute Book 1977-1978 Part 1 1977 - 1978 1 E 1/07 Minute Book 1977-1978 Part 2 1977 - 1978 1 E 1/08 Minute Book 1978-1979 Part 1 1978 - 1979 1 E 1/09 Minute Book 1978-1979 Part 2 1978 - 1979 1 E 1/10 Minute Book 1979-1980 1979 - 1980 1 E 1/11 Minute Book 1980-1981 Part 1 1980 - 1981 1 E 1/12 Minute Book 1980-1981 Part 2 1980 - 1981 1 E 1/13 Minute Book 1981-1982 Part 1 1981 - 1982 1 E 1/14 Minute Book 1981-1982 Part 2 1981 - 1982 1 E 1/15 Minute Book 1982-1983 Part 1 1982 - 1983 1 E 1/16 Minute Book 1982-1983 Part 2 1982 - 1983 1 07 September 2018 Page 5 of 21 Reference Description Date(s) No. of pieces E 1/17 Minute Book 1983-1984 Part 1 1983 - 1984 1 E 1/18 Minute Book 1983-1984 Part 2 1983 - 1984 1 E 1/19 Minute Book 1984-1986 Part 1 1984 1 E 1/20 Minute Book 1984-1986 Part 2 1984 - 1985 1 E 1/21 Minute Book 1984-1986 Part 3 1985 1 E 1/22 Minute Book 1984-1986 Part 4 1985 - 1986 1 E 1/23 Minute Book 1986-1987 Part 1 1986 - 1987 1 E 1/24 Minute Book 1986-1987 Part 2 1986 - 1987 1 E 1/25 Minute Book 1987-1988 Part 1 1987 - 1988 1 E 1/26 Minute Book 1987-1988 Part 2 1987 - 1988 1 E 1/27 Minute Book 1988-1989 Part 1 1988 - 1989 1 E 1/28 Minute Book 1988-1989 Part 2 1988 - 1989 1 E 1/29 Minute Book 1989-1990 Part 1 1989 - 1990 1 E 1/30 Minute Book 1989-1990 Part 2 1989 - 1990 1 E 1/31 Minute Book 1990-1991 Part 1 1990 - 1991 1 E 1/32 Minute Book 1990-1991 Part 2 1990 - 1991 1 E 1/33 Minute Book 1991-1992 Part 1 1991 - 1992 1 07 September 2018 Page 6 of 21 Reference Description Date(s) No. of pieces E 1/34 Minute Book 1991-1992 Part 2 1991 - 1992 1 E 1/35 Minute Book 1992-1993 Part 1 1992 - 1993 1 E 1/36 Minute Book 1992-1993 Part 2 1992 - 1993 1 E 1/37 Minute Book 1993-1994 Part 1 1993 - 1994 1 E 1/38 Minute Book 1993-1994 Part 2 1993 - 1994 1 E 1/39 Minute Book 1994-1995 Part 1 1994 1 E 1/40 Minute Book 1994-1995 Part 2 1994 - 1995 1 E 1/41 Minute Book 1994-1995 Part 3 1995 1 E 1/42 Unbound Minutes 1995-1996 1995 - 1996 1 E 2/1/01 [Copy] Submission by the Eastwood (First) District Council to the 1970 9 Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland on the proposed reorganisation of local government, and associated papers. INC: (1) The Council's submission proposing that the District Council be "elevated to… a second tier authority within the present boundaries" and suggesting that control of "Rate Collection, House Letting, School Management and Town Planning Applications" be delegated to this new authority. (9) Article on the "City Federal System" suggesting that "the continuing existence of a huge monolithic 'Greater Glasgow'… will be the death knell of democracy" E 2/1/02 "MANIFESTO by Glasgow Peripheral Authorities" opposing the 1972 c. 1 inclusion of various Burghs and District Councils (including the Eastwood (First) District of Renfrewshire within the proposed new Glasgow District. Includes sketch maps of the proposed boundaries and suggested amendments. 07 September 2018 Page 7 of 21 Reference Description Date(s) No. of pieces E 2/1/03 Eastwood District Council Official Year Book and Diary 1975 - 1975 1 1976. Includes extensive local advertisements from local firms and details of the structure of the new Council along with lists of officers and officials, along with details of the Lord Lieutenancy of Renfrewshire.