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Public Document Pack Argyll and Bute Council Comhairle Earra Ghaidheal Agus Bhoid Public Document Pack Argyll and Bute Council Comhairle Earra Ghaidheal agus Bhoid Corporate Services Director: Nigel Stewart Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 602127 Fax: 01546 604444 DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD e.mail –[email protected] 5 October 2005 NOTICE OF MEETING A meeting of ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL will be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER, KILMORY, LOCHGILPHEAD on WEDNESDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2005 at 11:30 AM, which you are requested to attend. Nigel Stewart Director of Corporate Services BUSINESS 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (IF ANY) 3. MINUTES Argyll & Bute Council 25 August 2005 (Pages 1 - 6) 4. MINUTES OF COMMITTEES (a) Public Services and Licensing Committee 18 August 2005 (Pages 7 - 10) (b) Employee Joint Consultative Committee 26 August 2005 (Pages 11 - 14) (c) Policy Development Group on Health Services 31 August 2005 (Pages 15 - 16) (d) Oban, Lorn & the Isles Area Committee 3 August 2005 (Pages 17 - 24) (e) Oban, Lorn & the Isles Area Committee 24 August 2005 (Pages 25 - 30) (f) Audit Committee 2 September 2005 (Pages 31 - 36) (g) Helensburgh & Lomond Area Committee 6 September 2005 (Pages 37 - 46) (h) Bute & Cowal Area Committee 6 September 2005 (Pages 47 - 52) (i) Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay Area Committee 7 September 2005 (Pages 53 - 60) (j) Housing Stock Transfer Ad Hoc Committee 8 September 2005 (Pages 61 - 62) (k) Strategic Policy Committee (Education) 8 September 2005 (Pages 63 - 64) (l) Strategic Policy Committee 8 September 2005 (Pages 65 - 72) (m) Public Services and Licensing Committee 15 September 2005 (Pages 73 - 74) The above minutes are submitted to the Council for approval of any recommendations on the items which the Committee does not have delegated powers. These items are marked with an *. 5. DRIVING STANDARDS AGENCY - DRIVING TESTS Recommendation by Oban, Lorn & the Isles Area Committee (Pages 75 - 76) 6. AIRGUN BAN Report by Director of Corporate Services (Pages 77 - 80) 7. (a) POLICY DEVELOPMENT GROUP ON HEALTH SERVICES Minute of Meeting 28 September 2005 (Pages 81 - 84) (b) DRAFT RESPONSE TO NHS CONSULTATION DOCUMENT Report by Policy and Strategy Manager (Pages 85 - 104) 8. HOUSING STOCK TRANSFER Report by Director of Community Services (Pages 105 - 106) 9. TAXI LICENCE TARIFFS - NOTICE OF MOTION By Councillor Reay, seconded by Councillor Kinloch That the Council resolves as follows:- That the recently amended taxi tariffs set by the Public Services & Licensing Committee be temporarily suspended until all licensed taxi drivers and members of the Helensburgh Taxi Operators Association have been properly consulted. That future notices of intent by the Council to review tariffs be sent to all licensed taxi drivers and association members. That such notices require a mandatory response or nil return by the recipient so as to ensure that the Public Service and Licensing Committee have assurance and confirmation that all relevant parties have been consulted prior to deliberation. That leading representatives of taxi operator associations be instructed to consult with their membership and confirm in writing that they have done so prior to submitting their response. COUNCIL ALL MEMBERS Contact: Sandra McGlynn Tel: 01546 604401 Page 1 Agenda Item 3 MINUTES of MEETING of ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER, KILMORY, LOCHGILPHEAD on THURSDAY, 25 AUGUST 2005 Present: Convener William Petrie (Chair) Councillor Robin Banks Councillor Gordon McKinven Councillor Rory Colville Councillor Bruce Marshall Councillor Robin Currie Councillor Ellen Morton Councillor John Findlay Councillor Gary Mulvaney Councillor George Freeman Councillor Al Reay Councillor Alison Hay Councillor Elaine Robertson Councillor Daniel Kelly Councillor Len Scoullar Councillor Ronald Kinloch Councillor Moyra Stewart Councillor Allan Macaskill Councillor Isobel Strong Councillor Alistair MacDougall Councillor John Tacchi Councillor Donald MacMillan Councillor Eric Thompson Councillor John McAlpine Attending: James McLellan, Chief Executive Nigel Stewart, Director of Corporate Services Andy Law, Director of Operational Services Douglas Hendry, Director of Community Services Bruce West, Head of Strategic Finance Dave Duthie, Head of Transportation and Infrastructure Apologies: Councillor Chennell Councillor McIntosh Councillor D Currie Councillor McKinlay Councillor Donald Kelly Councillor B Robertson Councillor D MacIntyre Councillor Walsh Councillor R Macintyre On behalf of the Council, the Convener accepted a gift presented to Councillor MacDougall from the Celtic Congress while attending the recent International Congress meeting in Oban. The Convener asked Councillor MacDougall to place the gift in a suitable office in Tobermory. The Convener congratulated a team from the Lochgilphead Resource Centre who won medals playing Boccia, a form of indoor bowls, at the Special Olympics for Great Britain held in Glasgow recently. Campbell Ferguson won the gold medal in the singles competition and Iain MacDougall and Sandy MacKellar won the silver medals. In the team competition Iain MacDougall, Sandy MacKellar and Campbell Ferguson took the gold medal and Mhairi MacKinnon took the bronze. The Vice-Convener presented the team with certificates together with a commerative gift to mark the occasion. The Convener ruled, and the Council agreed, that the business as dealt with at item 7 (Area Tourism Partnership) of this Minute be dealt with as a matter of urgency by reason of the need to fill a vacancy on the Area Tourism Partnership. 1. DECLARATION OF INTEREST Councillors Strong and Stewart each declared a non-financial interest in relation to the Report by the Director of Corporate Services in the absence of a quorum for the Housing Stock Transfer Ad Hoc Committee on 11 August 2005 which is dealt with at item 3 (p) of this Minute because of their membership of the Argyll Community Housing Association. The Councillors claimed the benefit of the Standards Commission’s Page 2 Dispensation Note of July 2004 to enable them to speak and (if necessary) vote on this item. 2. MINUTES a) The Council approved the minutes of the Council Meeting of 29 June 2005 as a correct record. b) The Council approved the minutes of the Council Meeting of 15 August 2005 as a correct record. 3. MINUTES OF COMMITTEES (a) Oban, Lorn & the Isles Area Committee 8 June 2005 (b) Public Services & Licensing Committee 23 June 2005 (c) Helensburgh & Lomond Area Committee 1 July 2005 (d) Appeals Committee 5 July 2005 (e) Bute & Cowal Area Committee 5 July 2005 (f) Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay Area Committee 6 July 2005 (g) Oban, Lorn & the Isles Area Committee 6 July 2005 (h) Strategic Policy Committee (Education) 7 July 2005 (i) Strategic Policy Committee 7 July 2005 Arising from item 6 (Legal and Public Protection Amended Services Charges 2005/06) the Council agreed that the charges for the issue of fish export certificates be amended as detailed in the recommendation by the Strategic Policy Committee. (j) Housing Stock Transfer Ad Hoc Committee 27 July 2005 (k) Bute & Cowal Area Committee 2 August 2005 (l) Helensburgh & Lomond Area Committee 2 August 2005 (m) Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay Area Committee 3 August 2005 (n) Policy Development Group on Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 - 4 August 2005 (o) Strategic Policy Committee 11 August 2005 Arising from item 4 (Impact of Land Allowance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2005) the Council agreed that non-committed monies from European Funding and from an accrual made in the 2004/05 Waste Management Budget be dealt with as indicated in the report previously submitted to the Strategic Policy Committee on 11 August 2005. Page 3 Arising from item 11 (Schedule of Rates and Dues for Campbeltown Harbour) the Council approved the proposed reduction in rates for vessels operated by OBC Shipping Ltd actively engaged in a commercial undertaking within the Campbeltown Harbour area and that the level of discount should be reviewed prior to 2006 and further considered by Committee if any changes were required. (p) Housing Stock Ad Hoc Committee 11 August 2005 (inquorate) Councillors Stewart and Strong raised a question regarding the implementation of decisions of the Housing Stock Transfer Steering Group held on 11 August 2005.The Director of Corporate Services advised that the Council at its meeting on 29 June 2005 had noted critical milestone dates. The Housing Stock Steering Group had met on 11 August and had made recommendations to the Ad Hoc Committee on that same day. However, the meeting of the Committee had been inquorate and accordingly these recommendations would now be considered at the next meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee. 4. REGIONAL TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIPS The Council considered a report by the Head of Transportation and Infrastructure which provided an update on the Scottish Executive proposals to create statutory regional transportation partnerships and reflected on how these relate to the Council’s agreed preference of a single transport authority. The Council also considered a recommendation by the Helensburgh and Lomond Area Committee which asked the Council to support the Scottish Executive’s proposals on RTP boundaries as they relate to Helensburgh and Lomond. A letter from Tavish Scott, Minister for Transport was also tabled for consideration. Motion That the Council reiterates the position it took at the last Council Meeting on 29 June 2005 when it was agreed that the Council form its own Regional Transportation Partnership and request the Minister to make the relevant
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