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Argyll and Bute Council · 2 December 2025
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Argyll and Bute Council Comhairle Earra-Ghàidheal Agus Bhòid Executive Director: Douglas Hendry Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 605522 DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD 25 November 2025 NOTICE OF MEETING A meeting of the BUTE AND COWAL AREA COMMITTEE will be held IN DUNOON GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND MICROSOFT TEAMS on TUESDAY, 2 DECEMBER 2025 at 10:00 AM, which you are requested to attend. Douglas Hendry Executive Director BUSINESS 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 3. MINUTES (a) Bute and Cowal Area Committee - 2 September 2025 (Pages 3 - 10) (b) Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group - 4 November 2025 (Pages 11 - 18) (c) Cowal Transport Forum - 24 November 2025 - TO FOLLOW 4. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME 5. AREA COMMITTEE QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORTS – FQ2 2025/26 (Pages 19 - 54) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Customer Support Services 6. ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES UPDATE (Pages 55 - 58) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure Services 7. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STRATEGY (Pages 59 - 80) Presentation by Project Manager with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure Services 8. ARGYLL AND BUTE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP PERFORMANCE REPORT - FQ1 2025/26 (APRIL - JUNE) (Pages 81 - 96)
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Report by Senior Manager Performance & Improvement, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership 9. CHARITABLE TRUSTS, BEQUESTS AND TRUST FUNDS (Pages 97 - 104) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support REPORTS FOR NOTING 10. SAKURA CHERRY TREE PROJECT UPDATE (Pages 105 - 108) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support 11. DRAFT BUTE AND COWAL AREA COMMITTEE WORKPLAN (Pages 109 - 110) REPORT WITH EXEMPT APPENDIX 12. MRS MARY MILLAN BEQUEST, BERTHA WIER BEQUEST, PROVOSTS BEQUEST (BUTE) & BAILLIE GILLIES BEQUEST - AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS (Pages 111 - 112) (a) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support E1 (b) Exempt Appendix (Pages 113 - 118) The Committee will be asked to pass a resolution in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 to exclude the public for items of business with an “E” on the grounds that it is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part I of Schedule 7a to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The appropriate paragraph is:- Paragraph 6 Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority). Bute and Cowal Area Committee Councillor Peter Wallace Councillor William Sinclair Councillor Yvonne McNeilly Councillor Ross Moreland Councillor Liz McCabe Councillor Reeni Kennedy-Boyle (Vice-Chair) Councillor Daniel Hampsey Councillor Gordon Blair (Chair) Councillor Audrey Forrest Contact: June Begg, Senior Committee Assistant Tel: 01546 604589