Minute of meeting of 18 August 2025
Perth and Kinross Council · 27 October 2025
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Perth Common Good Fund Committee Minute of hybrid meeting of the Perth Common Good Fund Committee held in the Council Chamber, 2 High Street, Perth on Monday 18 August 2025 at 1.45pm. Present: Depute Provost A Parrott; Bailie C Ahern; Councillors L Barrett, P Barrett, A Chan, S Donaldson, I Macpherson, C Mair, I Massie, S McCole (from Item 5(5) onwards) and J Rebbeck. In Attendance: S Kimmet (Culture and Community Services); A O’Brien (Finance and Business Support); A Peace and L Campbell (Economy, Development and Planning); S Hendry, A Taylor, A Brown and R Ramsay (all Legal and Governance). Apologies: Councillors G Laing and E Drysdale. Depute Provost A Parrott, Convener, Presiding. 1. Welcome and Apologies The Convener welcomed all those present to the meeting and apologies for absence were noted as above. 2. Declarations of Interest In terms of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct Councillor J Rebbeck declared a non-financial interest in Item 5 Para 7.1 (Bertha Park Football Club). 3. Minute of Meeting of the Perth Common Good Fund of 5 May 2025 for Approval The minute of meeting of the Perth Common Good Fund of 5 May 2025, was submitted and approved as a correct record. 4. Matters Arising There were no matters arising. 5. Applications For Financial Assistance There was submitted a report by the Strategic Lead – Housing and Communities (25/198) providing details of five small grant applications, four cost of living grant applications and three capital grant applications received. Small Grants (1) Friends of William Soutar Society Resolved: Friends of William Soutar Society be awarded a grant of £3,400 towards the Soutar Volume Three Project.
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(2) Support Help and Integration Perthshire Resolved: Support Help and Integration Perthshire be awarded a grant of £1,000 towards the costs of trips during their summer activity programme. (3) Adventure Circus Motion (Depute Provost A Parrott and Bailie C Ahern) Adventure Circus be awarded a grant of £6,586 towards costs for the Dragonfyre Project. Amendment (Councillor P Barrett and Bailie C Ahern) Adventure Circus be awarded a grant of £5,000 towards costs for the Dragonfyre Project. In terms of Standing Order 21.5 a roll call vote was taken. 5 Members voted for the Motion as follows: Depute Provost A Parrott, Councillors I MacPherson, C Mair, I Massie and J Rebbeck. 4 Members voted for the Amendment as follows: Bailie C Ahern, Councillors L Barrett, P Barrett and A Chan. 1 Member abstained as follows: Councillor S Donaldson Resolved: In accordance with the Motion. (4) Aberdalgie and Forteviot Church Resolved: Aberdalgie and Forteviot Church be awarded a grant of £4,687 towards their 2025/26 learning programme for children and young people at their Green Shoots Community and Learning Centre. (Councillor McCole entered the meeting at this point.) (5) Perth and Strathearn 200 Round Table Motion (Depute Provost A Parrott and Councillor J Rebbeck) Perth and Strathearn 200 Round Table be awarded a grant of £20,000 with an additional £5,000 awarded from the monies that were not spent last year following the cancellation of the event, towards cost of their annual fireworks event on 5 November 2025.
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Amendment (Councillors P Barrett and I Massie) Perth and Strathearn 200 Round Table be awarded a grant of £20,000 towards cost of their annual fireworks event on 5 November 2025. In terms of Standing Order 21.5 a roll call vote was taken. 3 Members voted for the Motion as follows: Depute Provost A Parrott, Councillors C Mair and J Rebbeck. 7 Members voted for the Amendment as follows: Bailie C Ahern, Councillors L Barrett, P Barrett, A Chan, I MacPherson, I Massie and S McCole 1 Member abstained as follows: Councillor S Donaldson Resolved: In accordance with the Amendment. Cost of Living Grants (1) Our Lady’s Primary School Parent Council Resolved: Our Lady’s Primary School Parent Council be awarded a grant of £1,633.95 to contribute towards the cost of a whole school trip to the Pantomime in December 2025. (2) Parents and Friends of Riverside Primary School Resolved: Parents and Friends of Riverside Primary School be awarded a grant of £2,200 towards their suite of wider achievement opportunities. (3) Perth Minorities Association Motion (Depute Provost A Parrott and Bailie C Ahern) Perth Minorities Association be awarded a grant of £4,900 towards their Warm / Safe Space Initiatives. Amendment (Councillors C Mair and P Barrett) Perth Minorities Association be awarded a grant of £9,800 towards their Warm / Safe Space Initiatives. In terms of Standing Order 21.5 a roll call vote was taken.
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4 Members voted for the Motion as follows: Depute Provost A Parrott, Bailie C Ahern, Councillors A Chan and I Massie. 6 Members voted for the Amendment as follows: Councillors L Barrett, P Barrett, I MacPherson, C Mair, S McCole and J Rebbeck. 1 Member abstained as follows: Councillor S Donaldson Resolved: In accordance with the Motion. (4) Ad-lib Arts Resolved: Ad-lib Arts be awarded a grant of £2,250 towards providing free spaces in some of their classes. (Having declared an interest, Councillor J Rebbeck did not participate in consideration of the following item of business and withdrew from the Chambers.) Capital Grants (1) Bertha Park Football Club Resolved: Bertha Park Football Club be awarded a grant of £952.94 towards equipment for their new adult amateur football team. (Councillor J Rebbeck returned to the Chambers at this point.) (2) Early Years Scotland Resolved: Early Years Scotland be awarded a grant of £2,192 towards the purchase of Additional Support Needs (ASN) sensory equipment for their Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment Programme. (3) 5th Perth Girl Guides Resolved: The 5th Perth Girl Guides be awarded a grant of £952 towards start up resources for the group. 6. Financial Statements There was a submitted report by the Strategic Lead – Finance and Business Support (25/199) providing details of the actual income and expenditure to 30 June 2025 and the projected outturns for financial year 2025/26.
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Resolved: (i) The actual and projected income and expenditure to 31 March 2026 as detailed in Appendix 1 to Report 25/199, be noted. (ii) The proposed virement to the 2025-26 Budget as set out in Appendix 1 to Report 25/199, be noted. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN ORDER TO AVOID THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS EXEMPT IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973. P1. Rent Review Under Ground Lease at Shore Road, Perth There was submitted a report by the Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning (25/200), seeking approval to agree a rent review under the terms of the ground lease of 1.556 acres at Shore Road, Perth. Resolved: The rent review, effective 28 May 2024, under the terms of the ground lease of 1.556 acres at Shore, Perth, as set out in Report 25/200, be approved. P2. Disposal – Soutar House, 27 Wilson Street, Perth There was submitted a report by the Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning (25/201), seeking approval to dispose of Soutar House, a common good property that was declared surplus to operational requirements in October 2023. Resolved: The return of Soutar House to the successors of the late Evelyn Ruth Dullroy or Auty, who gifted the property to the Council’s predecessors, on the terms set out in Report 25/201 and such further terms to be agreed by the Strategic Leads for Economy, Development and Planning and Legal and Governance Services, be approved. P3. Disposal – Former George Inn Lane Centre, Perth There was submitted a report by the Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning (25/202), seeking approval to dispose of the former George Inn Lane Centre, a common good property that is deemed surplus to operational requirements. Resolved: (i) The sale of the Former George Inn Lane Centre to the Preferred Purchaser on the terms set out in Report 25/202 and such further terms to be agreed by the Strategic Leads for Economy, Development and Planning and Legal and Governance, be approved. (ii) Subject to further common good public consultation, in the event that the Preferred Purchaser withdraws interest or fails to comply with the Council’s conditions, the sale of the Former George Inn Lane Centre to the First
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Underbidder on the terms as set out in Report 25/202 and such further terms to be agreed by the Strategic Leads for Economy, Development and Planning and Legal and Governance, be provisionally approved. (iii) Subject to further common good public consultation, in the event that both the Preferred Purchaser and First Underbidder withdraw their interest or fail to comply with the Council’s conditions, the sale of the Former George Inn Lane Centre to the Second Underbidder on the terms as set out in Report 25/202 and such further terms to be agreed by the Strategic Leads for Economy, Development and Planning and Legal and Governance, be provisionally approved. (iv) In addition to the terms as set out in Report 25/202, an additional condition be inserted into the final agreement with the Preferred Purchaser seeking a suitable timeframe for development works to commence.