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Print 1 CONTENTS PAGE:NEW CONTENTS PAGE Minutes of Glasgow City Council 2009/2010 – Print 1 CONTENTS (1) Minutes of the Council of 2nd and 23rd April 2009, pages 1 to 24, (2) Appointment of Senior Officers Committee of 8th and 21st April 2009, page 25, (3) Planning Applications Committee of 24th March and 7th and 21st April 2009, pages 26 to 30, (4) Personnel Appeals Committee of 27th March and 3rd, 16th, 17th and 24th April, pages 31 to 33, (5) External Governance Scrutiny Committee of 28th April 2009, pages 34 to 35, (6) Licensing and Regulatory Committee 25th and 26th March and 8th, 9th, 15th, 22nd, 23rd and 29th April 2009, pages 36 to 65, (7) Policy Development Committees:- (a) Health and Well-being, Social Care and Equalities of 15th April 2009, pages 66 to 67, (b) Business and the Economy of 21st April 2009, pages 68 to 70, (c) Sustainability and the Environment of 29th April 2009, pages 71 to 73; and (d) Education, Children and Families of 30th April 2009, pages 74 to 76; (8) Executive Committee of 3rd and 17th April and 1st May 2009, pages 77 to 101. This print contains minutes of meetings of the Council and its committees. Minutes are a record of the decisions taken by a committee. The Council has given committees a wide range of powers to make decisions but sometimes a committee does not have the authority to decide on a matter and must pass it to the Council to decide. If this is necessary, the paragraph will have a “C” after its number in the minutes and will be submitted to the next Council meeting on 14th May 2009 for approval. When a decision is taken after a division and the vote is taken electronically, a copy of the record of how each member voted is available on request from Committee Services. If you require any further information about this print, please contact Committee Services on 0141 287 4503 for general information. Enquiries about particular committee minutes should be directed to the appropriate Committee Officer. A list of Committee Officers is shown overleaf. Committee Services Chief Executive Department Glasgow City Council City Chambers Glasgow G2 1DU. E-mail: [email protected] 2009-2010 COUNCIL 1 2nd APRIL 2009 1 MINUTES OF GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL Glasgow, 2nd April 2009. Glasgow City Council. Present: The Deputy Lord Provost (Allan Stewart) (Chair). DANNY ALDERSLOWE PATRICIA GIBSON ANNE MARIE MILLAR DR NINA BAKER ALEX GLASS TOMMY MORRISON PHILIP BRAAT ARCHIE GRAHAM ANDY MUIR SHAUKAT BUTT PHIL GREENE WILLIAM O’ROURKE ELIZABETH CAMERON GRAEME HENDRY MARY PARIS PAUL CAREY ALLISON HUNTER STEVEN PURCELL MARGOT CLARK ELLEN HURCOMBE IRFAN RABBANI JAMES COLEMAN MATTHEW KERR MOHAMMED RAZAQ PAUL COLESHILL GERALD LEONARD GEORGE REDMOND AILEEN COLLERAN DAVID McDONALD DAVID RITCHIE STEPHEN CURRAN ELAINE McDOUGALL GEORGE ROBERTS GILBERT DAVIDSON JEAN McFADDEN PAUL ROONEY ALEX DINGWALL CRAIG MACKAY GEORGE RYAN FRANK DOCHERTY JIM MACKECHNIE JAMES SCANLON SADIE DOCHERTY JOHN McLAUGHLIN RUTH SIMPSON JAMES DORNAN KENNY McLEAN ALISON THEWLISS STEPHEN DORNAN EUAN McLEOD GRANT THOMS JENNIFER DUNN KHALIL MALIK DAVID TURNER KENNETH ELDER CATHERINE McMASTER MARTHA WARDROP JONATHAN FINDLAY JAMES McNALLY KIERAN WILD JOHN FLANAGAN HANZALA MALIK IRIS GIBSON DR CHRISTOPHER MASON LORD DEAN OF GUILD Apologies: The Lord Provost, Ruth Black, Patricia Chalmers, Colin Deans, Jahangir Hanif, Billy McAllister, John McKenzie, Tom McKeown, Gordon Matheson, David Meikle and Jim Todd. Attending: I Drummond, Solicitor to the Council, G Black, Chief Executive, R Booth, Executive Director of Land and Environmental Services; L Brown, Executive Director of Financial Services; D Crawford, Executive Director of Social Care Services; and M Doran, Executive Director of Children and Families. COUNCIL 2009-2010 2 2nd APRIL 2009 1 Lord Dean of Guild—Valediction. 1 The Deputy Lord Provost intimated that Mr John Chapman would shortly demit office from the position of Lord Dean of Guild of the Merchant’s House. On behalf of the Council, the Deputy Lord Provost thanked Mr Chapman for his continued interest in the affairs of the Council, for his valuable assistance on civic and ceremonial occasions and for the willingness of the Merchant’s House to maintain the ancient ties with the Council. Mr Chapman replied in suitable terms. Councillor Tom McKeown—Reason for absence approved. 2 Having heard the Solicitor to the Council explain that Councillor Tom McKeown had not attended any Council meetings for 6 months owing to illness, the Council approved the reason for absence. Minutes approved. 3 The minutes of the Council of 12th and 19th February 2009 (Print 7, pages 655 to 668) were submitted and approved. Minutes of committees submitted and approved. 4 The minutes of the undernoted committees were submitted and approved:— (1) Appointment of Senior Officers Committee of 27th February 2009 (Print 7, page 669); (2) Policy Development and Scrutiny Committees:— (a) Finance, Corporate and Trading Services of 11th February 2009 (Print 7, pages 670 to 672); (b) Education and Social Work of 3rd March 2009 (Print 7, pages 673 to 676); and (c) Direct and Care Services of 4th March 2009 (Print 7, pages 677 to 678); (3) Planning Applications Committee of 10th and 24th February and 10th March 2009 (Print 7, pages 679 to 686); (4) Strathclyde Pension Fund Committee of 12th March 2009 (Print 7, pages 687 to 690); (5) Personnel Appeals Committee of 5th, 6th, 17th, 19th and 24th February and 2nd and 13th March 2009 (Print 7, pages 691 to 693); (6) Licensing and Regulatory Committee of 11th, 12th, 25th and 26th February and 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th and 18th March 2009 (Print 7, pages 694 to 722); and (7) Executive Committee of 20th February and 6th and 20th March 2009 (Print 7, pages 723 to 748). Changes to committees etc approved. 5 The Council agreed (1) the following changes to committees etc:— Committee Change Appointment of Senior Officers Committee Add Gordon Matheson Equalities Commission Remove Irfan Rabbani and appoint Ruth Black as Convener Licensing and Regulatory Committee Appoint William O’Rourke as Vice Convener Local Licensing Forum Remove Shaukat Butt and John McKenzie and add Gilbert Davidson and Stephen Dornan Local Negotiating Committee for Teachers Remove Gordon Matheson and add Jonathan Findlay 2009-2010 COUNCIL 1 2nd APRIL 2009 3 Committee Change Planning Applications Committee Remove Jonathan Findlay and appoint Alex Glass as Vice Convener Strathclyde Pension Fund Commitee Add Gordon Matheson (2) the membership of the undernoted Policy Development Committees and Scrutiny Committees as follows:— Business and the Economy Policy Development Committee Patricia Chalmers (Convener) David McDonald Dr Nina Baker Craig Mackay Shaukat Butt Kenny McLean Paul Carey Andy Muir Paul Coleshill George Roberts Gilbert Davidson Allan Stewart Colin Deans Alistair Watson Education, Children and Families Policy Development Committee John McKenzie (Convener) Alex Glass Danny Alderslowe David McDonald Sadie Docherty David Meikle Stephen Dornan Anne Marie Millar Jennifer Dunn Mary Paris John Flanagan Mohammed Razaq Patricia Gibson David Turner Health and Well-being, Social Care and Equalities Policy Development Committee Catherine McMaster (Convener) Alex Glass Danny Alderslowe Phil Greene Margot Clark Jahangir Hanif Colin Deans Ellen Hurcombe Stephen Dornan Anne Marie Millar Jennifer Dunn Mohammed Razaq Iris Gibson Jim Todd Sustainability and the Environment Policy Development Committee Sadie Docherty (Convener) David Meikle Paul Carey Tommy Morrison Stuart Clay William O’Rourke Paul Coleshill George Roberts Gerald Leonard Grant Thoms Craig Mackay Jim Todd Jim Mackechnie David Turner External Governance Scrutiny Committee Dr Christopher Mason (Convener) Hanzala Malik Patricia Chalmers Khalil Malik Colin Deans Tommy Morrison Jahangir Hanif Andy Muir Graeme Hendry Jim Scanlon Billy McAllister Irfan Rabbani Jim Mackechnie Kieran Wild COUNCIL 2009-2010 4 2nd APRIL 2009 1 Finance and Audit Scrutiny Committee Kenneth Elder (Convener) Allison Hunter Dr Nina Baker Matthew Kerr Stephen Curran Jean McFadden Frank Docherty David Meikle James Dornan George Redmond Alex Dingwall Ruth Simpson Archie Graham Alison Thewliss Representation on outside bodies approved. 6 The Council approved the following appointments etc to outside bodies:— Organisation Appointment Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Appoint James McNally Association of Port Health Authorities Remove Ruth Simpson and appoint Matthew Kerr Clyde Valley Learning & Development Project Remove Jean McFadden as substitute Community Justice Authority Remove William O’Rourke and appoint Ruth Black COSLA Remove Dr Christopher Mason and Mary Paris (substitute) and appoint Paul Coleshill, with Kenneth Elder as substitute COSLA—Executive Groups:— Community Well-being & Safety Remove Ruth Simpson and appoint Matthew Kerr Education, Children & Young People Remove Gordon Matheson and appoint Jonathan Findlay Health & Well Being Remove Stephen Dornan and appoint George Redmond Resources & Capacity Remove Stephen Curran and appoint Gordon Matheson Strategic Asylum & Immigration Remove Irfan Rabbani and appoint Ruth Black Govan & Craigton Local Community Planning Nominate Matthew Kerr as Chair in place of John Partnership Flanagan Environmental Protection UK Remove Ruth Simpson and appoint Matthew Kerr Ethnic Minorities Enterprise Centre Remove Irfan Rabbani and appoint Ruth Black Forum of Faiths Remove Irfan Rabbani and appoint Ruth Black Glasgow Airport Consultative Committee Remove Ruth Simpson and appoint James McNally Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance
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