Minutes of Special Oban Common Good Fund Meeting held on 17 December 2024
Argyll and Bute Council · 17 March 2025
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MINUTES of MEETING of OBAN COMMON GOOD FUND held BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on TUESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2024 Present: Councillor Julie McKenzie (Chair) Councillor Kieron Green Councillor Amanda Hampsey Attending: David McGregor, Simmers & Co Melissa Stewart, Democratic Services Manager 1. APOLOGIES Apologies were intimated by Councillor Lynch, Rev Margi Campbell and Marri Malloy. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest intimated. 3. ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2023/24 David MacGregor, advised that since the Fund no longer held charitable status, the accounts would only be audited if Audit Scotland or the Council selected to audit them, as they had not been selected they could be presented as the final accounts. David then presented the annual accounts detailing the current position of investment transaction for period 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024. He suggested that the under spend in the grant allocation for that year be added to the grant allocation for this year, if the Trustees were so minded. Decision The Trustees: 1. Noted the final annual accounts as presented by David MacGregor. 2. On the basis of the up to date financial position, the Trustees agreed to increase this year’s grant budget by £13,000 – bringing total grant budget available for 2024/25 to £78,000. 3. Agreed that going forward the November quarterly meeting would now take place in December to enable the Trustees to consider the audited/final accounts prior to their submission to full Council. The application deadline should also be adjusted accordingly. (Reference: Annual Accounts for 2023/24 prepared by Simmers and Co, submitted) 4. APPLICATION UPDATE
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(a) OBAN FESTIVE LIGHTS GROUP The Democratic Services Manager referred to the in principle decision from the meeting on 11th November 2024 to support the application, advising that the applicants had reached out to advise that their project aims had changed and that they would prefer to withdraw this application in favour of submitting a revised application, possibly to the March 2025 meeting. Decision The Trustees agreed to the request to withdraw the application, noting the intention to submit a revised application for consideration at their next meeting.