Decision details
POLITICAL MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decisions:
The Council considered a report which updated the Council on political management arrangements principally arising from resignations on outside bodies and statutory organisations. The Council was invited to consider appointing Elected Member representation to these.
The Provost adjourned the meeting at 11.50am and re-convened
at 11.55am.
Decision
The Council:
1)
Appointed Cllr Bobby Good as the council’s
representative on PA23 BID (Dunoon Business Improvement District);
2)
Nominated Cllr Bobby Good as the council’s ‘other member’ representative on the LLTNP, with
Cllr Ellen Morton as the ‘local member’ representative, to be confirmed by
Scottish ministers;
3)
Noted
the creation of the Short Life Working Group on Climate Change;
4)
In
respect of the Argyll Islands Strategic Group:
a)
Agreed
that the group will meet once more, as scheduled in January, as a Short Life
Working Group;
b)
Agreed
that the group will then meet twice yearly thereafter as the Argyll Islands
Sounding Board, retaining
the original remit as approved by council in June 2017 and referring any
recommendations as required to the Policy and Resources Committee;
5)
In
respect of the Industry and Regional Development Sounding Board:
a)
Agreed
that the board will hold its final meeting in November, following the first
meeting of the private sector led group due to take place in November;
b)
Noted
that there will be a requirement in due course to establish the governance
arrangements for the Rural Growth Deal Steering Board, with the detail to be
agreed by the Policy and Resources Committee following the agreement of Heads
of Terms for Argyll and Bute’s Rural Growth Deal;
c)
Agreed
to establish the EU Exit Leadership Group, an advisory group with no decision
making powers, comprising: the Council Leader; Depute Leader; Leader of the
Opposition and the Integrated Joint Board Chair and Vice-Chair. To meet with
the Chief Executive as required in relation to arrangements for the UK’s
anticipated exit from the European Union and any impact on Argyll and Bute;
this group to complement existing arrangements (briefing notes, member seminars
and reports to Council).
6)
Agreed
that, in light of the changes to the council’s management structure and
department responsibilities in June 2019, that matters relating to the
council’s Strategic Housing function will be reported to the Environment,
Development and Infrastructure Committee with effect from its next meeting;
7)
Following
the senior management restructure, noted the following Policy Lead and Depute
Policy Lead appointments and agreed the resulting changes to appointments to
external organisations and strategic committees:
Policy Leads and
Depute Policy Leads
Portfolio |
Policy Lead |
Depute Policy Lead |
Commercial
Services and |
Aileen
Morton |
Bobby Good |
Financial
Services and Major |
Gary Mulvaney |
Andrew Vennard |
Education |
Yvonne McNeilly |
Kieron Green |
Support
Services |
Rory
Colville |
Graham Hardie |
Health and
Social Care |
Kieron Green |
Mary Jean
Devon |
Planning
Services |
David Kinniburgh |
|
Housing,
Roads and |
Robin Currie |
Ellen Morton |
Economic
Growth |
Alastair
Redman |
Jim Anderson
|
External
organisations
Organisation |
New Representative |
Former Representative |
Northern Roads
Collaboration |
Robin Currie |
Roddy McCuish |
HITRANS |
Robin Currie |
Roddy McCuish |
Local Plan Flood
District Highland and Argyll |
Robin Currie |
Roddy McCuish |
CHArts Argyll and the Isles (Culture, Heritage
and Arts Assembly) |
Jim Anderson |
Robin Currie |
Argyll Islands
Strategic Tourism Partnership |
Alastair Redman |
Aileen Morton |
Committee/Other
Internal Appointments
Committee |
New Member |
Former Member |
Policy and
Resources Committee |
Alastair Redman |
Roddy McCuish |
Environment,
Development and Infrastructure Committee |
Robin Currie -
Chair |
Bobby Good |
Argyll and Bute
Harbour Board |
Robin Currie –
Chair |
Roddy McCuish |
Community
Services Committee |
Donnie MacMillan |
Robin Currie |
Policy and
Resources Committee |
Bobby Good |
Alan Reid |
(Ref: Report by the Executive Director of Customer Services dated 22 August 2019, submitted)
Publication date: 27/09/2019
Date of decision: 26/09/2019
Decided at meeting: 26/09/2019 - Argyll and Bute Council
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