Issue - meetings

The Committee gave consideration to a report which provided information regarding three applications that had been received for support from the John of Lorne Bequest.

The Committee were advised of recent promotional work that had been undertaken which had resulted in 17 new applications being received. The Committee were advised that these applications would be considered at the December 2022 meeting.  

Decision

The Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee agreed to:

a)    refuse the two individual applicants who did not meet the criteria;

b)    award £50 to the individual applicant that met the criteria; and

c)    to delegate to the Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support or officers nominated by him, in consultation with the Chair, the authority to make awards from the John of Lorn Bequest using the criteria agreed in September 2020 and that reports be submitted to subsequent Area Committees to update trustees on awards made under this delegation.

(Reference: Report by Executive Director with Responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support, dated August 2022, submitted)

The Committee resolved in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 to exclude the press and public for the following item of business on the grounds that it was likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 6 respectively of Part 1 of Schedule 7A to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973