Decision details

 Apologies for absence were intimated from Councillors Duncan Macintyre and Strong. 

The Chair indicated that there were Members in attendance, who were not members of the Committee, but had notified him that they wish , in terms of Standing Order 22.1,to speak and vote in relation to items on the agenda.  He exercised his discretion to allow them to speak and ask questions, but that they were not permitted to vote on any item unless they met the test set out in terms of standing order 22.1.   

The Chair further intimated therefore that Councillor Breslin, who was not a member of the Policy and Resources Committee, had notified him that he wished, in terms of Standing Order 22.1, to speak and vote on item 6 of the agenda.  He confirmed that as the matter was a particular issue affecting the Members’ ward, he exercised his discretion as Chairman to allow him to speak and vote on item 6 of this minute. 

The Chair advised that consideration of item 7 on the agenda would take place at the next Policy and Resources Committee on 18 December 2014, as a report was not available for this meeting due to the need to obtain further information on particular matters.