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Argyll and Bute Council · 4 June 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 28 May 2025 NOTICE OF MEETING A meeting of the MID ARGYLL, KINTYRE & THE ISLANDS AREA COMMITTEE will be held ON A HYBRID BASIS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, IONAD CHALUIM CHILLE ILE (ISLAY GAELIC CENTRE), ISLAY AND BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on WEDNESDAY, 4 JUNE 2025 at 10:30 AM, which you are requested to attend. Douglas Hendry Executive Director BUSINESS 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 3. MINUTE OF THE MID ARGYLL, KINTYRE AND THE ISLANDS AREA COMMITTEE HELD ON 5 MARCH 2025 (Pages 5 - 10) 4. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME 5. ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL SECONDARY SCHOOL ATTAINMENT REPORTS (a) Lochgilphead High School (Pages 11 - 36) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Education (b) Tarbert Academy (Pages 37 - 54) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Education (c) Campbeltown Grammar School (Pages 55 - 80) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Education (d) Islay High School (Pages 81 - 100) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Education
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6. ARGYLL AND BUTE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP PERFORMANCE REPORT - FQ3 2024/25 (Pages 101 - 116) Report by Interim Head of Strategic Planning, Performance and Technology, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership 7. ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES UPDATE (Pages 117 - 120) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure Services 8. AREA PERFORMANCE REPORT - FQ4 2024/25 (Pages 121 - 152) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Customer Support Services 9. AREA COMMITTEE MEETINGS - 2025-2026 (Pages 153 - 154) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support 10. CHARITABLE TRUSTS, BEQUESTS AND TRUST FUNDS - DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS - MACALISTER MORTIFICATION & FISHER BEQUEST (Pages 155 - 172) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support 11. DRAFT MID ARGYLL, KINTYRE AND THE ISLANDS AREA COMMITTEE WORKPLAN (Pages 173 - 176) For noting and updating 12. NOTICE OF MOTION UNDER STANDING ORDER 13 Naming of Tarbert Playpark Late 2024 saw the successful conclusion of a very positive partnership project involving Argyll and Bute Council and the community of Tarbert, when a £100,000 upgrade of the village’s playpark was completed. The Council worked with local people and groups, who co-designed the playpark, to ensure that children and young people in Tarbert have a wonderful outdoor facility which contributes to mental and physical health and wellbeing – as well as being simply a great place to play outside. Many people have been involved in bringing this vision to life, but one of those who campaigned so passionately for a playpark in Tarbert is sadly no longer with us to see the enjoyment it brings to the community. The late Councillor John McAlpine played a key role in ensuring that this project was able to secure the funding it needed to make it a reality and was tireless in his determination to ensure that the village he loved so much could benefit from a new playpark. Sadly, John passed away in July 2022 and did not see the results of his hard work and dedication. Following discussions with his family and the local community, and given his service to the community over many years, a very fitting tribute to John would be for the new playpark to bear his name. Therefore, the Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Committee recommends to the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee that they: 1. Acknowledge the efforts made by John McAlpine in ensuring that Tarbert’s playpark was upgraded and improved for the benefit of local young people, alongside the contributions made by the community as a whole to this much-
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appreciated local amenity. 2. Agree that the Tarbert Playpark should be formally named ‘The John McAlpine Playpark’. 3. Ask officers to make the necessary arrangements to formally record the playpark name as required and for the installation of appropriate signage. Proposer: Cllr John Armour Seconder: Cllr Anne Horn EXEMPT REPORT E1 13. LOCHGILPHEAD CARS - RECOMMENDATION OF GRANT AWARD (Pages 177 - 184) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth 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:- E1 Paragraph 8 The amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by the authority under any particular contract or acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services. Mid Argyll, Kintyre & the Islands Area Committee Councillor John Armour (Chair) Councillor Jan Brown Councillor Garret Corner Councillor Anne Horn Councillor Jennifer Kean Councillor Tommy MacPherson Councillor Dougie McFadzean (Vice-Chair) Councillor Dougie Philand Councillor Alastair Redman Contact: Julieann Small, Democratic Services Assistant - 01546 604043