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Argyll and Bute Council · 4 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 
27 November 2025 
NOTICE OF MEETING 
A meeting of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE will be held IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBER, KILMORY, LOCHGILPHEAD AND BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on THURSDAY, 4
DECEMBER 2025 at 10:30 AM, which you are requested to attend. 
Douglas Hendry
Executive Director 
BUSINESS 
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 
2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (IF ANY) 
3. MINUTES (Pages 3 - 6)  
Policy and Resources Committee held on 9 October 2025
* 4. FINANCIAL MONITORING OVERVIEW - 31 OCTOBER 2025 (Pages 7 - 102)  
Report by Section 95 Officer 
5. BUDGET OUTLOOK 2026-27 TO 2030-31 (Pages 103 - 126)  
Report by Section 95 Officer 
6. ASPIRING PLACES: COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN ARGYLL AND BUTE 
(Pages 127 - 136)  
Report by Chief Executive
* 7. ROYAL NATIONAL MOD 2028 - UPDATE (Pages 137 - 144)  
Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic
Growth 
8. EVALUATION OF THE ARGYLL AND BUTE GIFT CARD SCHEME 
(Pages 145 - 154)  
Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic
Growth

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REPORTS FOR NOTING 
9. POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE WORKPLAN (Pages 155 - 158) 
Items marked with an “asterisk” are items, on the basis of information available at the time this
Agenda is published, on which the Committee may not have delegated powers to act, and which
may therefore require to be referred to the Council or another Committee, and that referral may
depend on the decision reached at the meeting. 
Policy and Resources Committee 
Councillor John Armour Councillor Gordon Blair
Councillor Math Campbell-Sturgess Councillor Audrey Forrest
Councillor Kieron Green Councillor Amanda Hampsey
Councillor Mark Irvine Councillor Reeni Kennedy-Boyle
Councillor Jim Lynch (Chair) Councillor Luna Martin
Councillor Dougie McFadzean Councillor Yvonne McNeilly
Councillor Ross Moreland Councillor Gary Mulvaney
Councillor Dougie Philand Councillor Peter Wallace   
Contact: Hazel MacInnes, Senior Committee Officer  Tel:01546 604269