Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were intimated from Councillors Armour, Blair, Breslin, Colville, Corry, Currie, Devon, Horn, Kelly, Kinniburgh, Robert E MacIntyre, McKenzie, McNaughton, Marshall, Philand, Robertson, Strong, Taylor.

Under Section 206 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the Council will be asked to pass a resolution to admit Gordon Reid as an Honorary Freeman of Argyll and Bute in recognition of his outstanding sporting success and achievements in his chosen sport.

The Council, at its meeting on Thursday 29 September 2016 unanimously resolved in terms of Section 206 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to admit as Honorary Freeman of Argyll and Bute, Gordon Reid in recognition of his outstanding sporting success and achievements at an international level in wheelchair tennis.

In fulfilment of that resolution, the Council now granted the Freedom of Argyll and Bute which was conveyed by the Provost in the following terms:-

To Gordon Reid

We, the Provost and Members of Argyll and Bute Council in recognition of your outstanding sporting success and achievements at an international level in wheelchair tennis do hereby, grant you the Freedom of Argyll and Bute. Given under the seal of the Council this Seventh day of December, Two Thousand and Sixteen.

Gordon Reid, having accepted the scroll conveying the freedom grant, the Provost, on behalf of the Council, granted permission for Gordon Reid to exercise the freedom.