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Argyll and Bute Council · 8 December 2022
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Argyll and Bute Council Comhairle Earra-Ghàidheal Agus Bhòid Executive Director: Douglas Hendry Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 602127 Fax: 01546 604435 DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD 1 December 2022 NOTICE OF MEETING A meeting of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE will be held ON A HYBRID BASIS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, KILMORY, LOCHGILPHEAD AND BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2022 at 10:00 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 5 - 10) Policy and Resources Committee held on 13 October 2022 * 4. FINANCIAL REPORTS MONITORING PACK - 31 OCTOBER 2022 (Pages 11 - 134) Report by Section 95 Officer 5. BUDGET OUTLOOK 2023-24 TO 2027-28 (Pages 135 - 158) Report by Section 95 Officer 6. ISLANDS COST CRISIS EMERGENCY FUND (Pages 159 - 160) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth 7. LOCAL AUTHORITY COVID ECONOMIC RECOVERY FUND UPDATE (Pages 161 - 168) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth * 8. 2023/2024 ANNUAL REVIEW - PROCUREMENT STRATEGY 2022/25 AND SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT POLICY 2022/25 (Pages 169 - 238) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support
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9. CLIMATE CHANGE BOARD UPDATE & DE-CARBONISATION TRACKER (Pages 239 - 264) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Commercial Services 10. RURAL GROWTH DEAL - UPDATE PAPER (Pages 265 - 296) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth 11. LORN ARC TAX INCREMENTAL FINANCE PROGRAMME - UPDATE REPORT (Pages 297 - 302) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth and Executive Director with responsibility for Commercial Services 12. CONSERVATION AREA REGENERATION SCHEME (CARS) PROJECT: 3-17 COLCHESTER SQUARE, LOCHGILPHEAD (Pages 303 - 310) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth 13. SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT GAELIC AND SCOTS AND A SCOTTISH LANGUAGES BILL: CONSULTATION (Pages 311 - 358) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Customer Support Services REPORTS FOR NOTING 14. POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE WORK PLAN (Pages 359 - 362) REPORT WITH EXEMPT APPENDIX FOR DECISION 15. OUR MODERN WORKSPACE (OMW) - PLACE DEMONSTRATOR FUNDING FOR ROTHESAY (a) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Commercial Services (Pages 363 - 368) E1 (b) Appendix 1 (Pages 369 - 370) (c) Appendix 2 (Pages 371 - 372) EXEMPT REPORT FOR DECISION E2 16. PROGRESS REPORT: DANGEROUS BUILDING: 5-7 EAST CLYDE STREET, HELENSBURGH (Pages 373 - 382) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth 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. 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 paragraphs are:-
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E1 Paragraph 8 The amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by the authority under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services. E2 Paragraph 6 Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority). Policy and Resources Committee Councillor Gordon Blair Councillor Robin Currie (Chair) Councillor Audrey Forrest Councillor Kieron Green Councillor Amanda Hampsey Councillor Fiona Howard Councillor Willie Hume Councillor Andrew Kain Councillor Reeni Kennedy-Boyle Councillor Jim Lynch Councillor Liz McCabe Councillor Yvonne McNeilly Councillor Ross Moreland Councillor Gary Mulvaney (Vice-Chair) Councillor Dougie Philand Councillor Alastair Redman Contact: Hazel MacInnes Tel: 01546 604269