Agenda and minutes

Venue: Victoria Halls, Helensburgh

Contact: Fiona McCallum Tel: 01546 604392 

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1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were intimated from Councillors Mary-Jean Devon, Daniel Kelly, Donald Kelly, Robert Macintyre, Douglas Philand, John Semple and Ron Simon.

Apologies were also intimated from the Duke of Argyll, Admiral Gregory (Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire), Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Admiral Hockley (Naval Base Clyde), and Mustaq Ahmad (Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire).

2.

FREEDOM OF ARGYLL AND BUTE

Under Section 206 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 the Council will be asked to pass a resolution to admit Provost William Petrie OBE JP DL as an Honorary Freeman of Argyll and Bute in recognition of his meritorious service to the community, his work in the promotion of tourism in Scotland and his long and eminent service rendered to Local Government in Scotland.

Minutes:

The Council unanimously resolved in terms of Section 206 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to admit as Honorary Freeman of Argyll and Bute, Provost William Petrie OBE JP DL in recognition of his meritorious service to the community, his work in the promotion of tourism in Scotland and his long and eminent service rendered to Local Government in Scotland.

 

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

 

On the twenty sixth day of April two thousand and twelve, the Leader and Councillors of Argyll and Bute Council, together assembled having on the sixteenth day of February  two thousand and twelve unanimously so resolved, did this day admit as an Honorary Freeman of Argyll and Bute

 

Provost William Petrie OBE JP DL

 

in recognition of his meritorious service to the community, his work in the promotion of tourism in Scotland and his long and eminent service rendered to Local Government in Scotland as a Councillor from 1967, and particularly as;

 

Chairman, Helensburgh District Council                                1970-1975

Vice Convener, Dunbartonshire County Council                    1971-1973

Member, Strathclyde Regional Council                                  1974-1996

Provost, Dumbarton District Council                          1977-1980 and 1988-1991

Vice Convener, Argyll and Bute Council                                 1997-2001

Convener/Provost, Argyll and Bute Council                           2001-2012

Justice of the Peace                                                               1969-date

Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire                                     1990-date

Order of the British Empire                                                     1990-date

 

Sealed with the common seal of Argyll and Bute Council and extracted from the records of the said Council.

 

Provost Petrie, having accepted the Scroll conveying the freedom grant, the Depute Provost, on behalf of the Council, granted permission for Provost Petrie to exercise the freedom.