Draft Programme of Meetings 2025/26
Argyll and Bute Council · 27 February 2025
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL COUNCIL LEGAL AND REGULATORY SUPPORT 27 FEBRUARY 2025 DRAFT PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS 2025-26 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. Attached for consideration is a draft Programme of Meetings for 2025-2026. 2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1 It is recommended that the Council agree the draft Programme of Meetings for the year 2025-26. 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 2025. 3.3 The Council is required to approve a Programme of Meetings for the period July 2025 to June 2026. Due to external factors, it has been identified that meetings of Council would be better suited taking place on a Wednesday and the attached draft Programme reflects this. Strategic Committees will generally take place on a Thursday as has been usual practice. 3.4 3.5 Members should be aware that due to a clash with meetings of the IJB in the months of September and November, meetings of PPSL will take place on a Tuesday in those months. 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 2025 and the Council is invited to consider approval of a Programme of Meetings for the period July 2025 to June 2026.
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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 Fairer Scotland Duty: None 5.5.1 Equalities – None 5.5.2 Socio-economic Duty - None 5.5.3 Islands - None 5.6 Climate Change - None 5.7 Risk - None 5.8 Customer Service – None 5.9 The Rights of the Child (UNCRC) - None Douglas Hendry Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support 13 February 2025 For further information contact: Shona Barton, Governance Manager (01436) 657605 APPENDICES Appendix 1 – Draft Programme of Meetings 2025-26