Draft Programme of Meetings 2026/27
Argyll and Bute Council · 26 November 2025
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL COUNCIL LEGAL AND REGULATORY SUPPORT 26 NOVEMBER 2025 DRAFT PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS 2026/27 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Council’s Standing Orders for Meetings require the Council to approve a Programme of Meetings for the Council and its Committees every year. 1.2 Attached for consideration is a draft Programme of Meetings for the year 2026/27. 2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1 It is recommended that the Council consider the draft Programme of Meetings for the year 2026/27. 3.0 DETAIL 3.1 Standing Order 20.1 requires that the Council approve a Programme of Meetings each year. 3.2 The current approved Programme of Meetings for the Council and its Committees runs until June 2026. 3.3 The Council is required to approve a Programme of Meetings for the period July 2026 to April 2027. 3.4 Members are asked to note that due to the Local Government Election scheduled to take place in May 2027, the proposed Programme of Meetings runs until the end of April 2027 to coincide with the end of the term of the current Council. 3.5 Members should be aware that due to a clash with meetings of the Integration Joint Board (IJB) in the months of September and November, meetings of PPSL will take place on Tuesday in those months.
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3.6 It should be noted that Standing Order 20.2 makes provision for the Chair of a Committee (or in whose absence the Vice- Chair) for good cause to cancel or alter the date, time or place for a meeting but not after the summons for the meeting has been issued. 4.0 CONCLUSION 4.1 The Council’s Standing Orders for Meetings require the Council to approve a Programme of Meetings for the Council and its Committees. The approved Programme runs until June 2026, and the Council is invited to consider approval of a Programme of Meetings for the period July 2026 to April 2027. 5.0 IMPLICATIONS 5.1 Policy - None 5.2 Financial – Members’ Travel and Subsistence costs. 5.3 Legal – Requirement of Standing Order 20.1. 5.4 HR – None. 5.5 Customer Service 5.6 Risk - None 5.7 Climate Change 5.8 Fairer Scotland Duty - None 5.9 Equalities - protected characteristics - None 5.10 Consumer Duty - None 5.11 Island Communities - None 5.12 Children’s Rights and Wellbeing - None Douglas Hendry Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support 30 September 2025 For further information contact: Shona Barton, Governance Manager – Tel: 01436 657605
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APPENDICES Appendix 1 – Draft Programme of Meetings 2026/27