The Inverclyde Council

Thursday 18 August 2005 at 4.00 pm

Present:   Provost Rebecchi, Councillors Blair, Forbes, Fyfe, Gallacher, Hill, Hunter, McCabe, McCormick (P), McKenzie, Mitchell, Moran, Roach, Robertson, Snoddy, Stewart, Tucker and White.

Chair:  Provost Rebecchi presided. 

In attendance:  Chief Executive, Depute Chief Executive, Director of  Community Services, Director of Education Services, Solicitor to the Council, Chief Financial Officer, Head of Planning Services, Head of Property Services and Managing Solicitor (Committees/Contracts).

Apologies:  Councillors McCormick (M) and Nimmo.

It was agreed in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended that the public and press be excluded from the meeting on the grounds that consideration of the following item involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Minute of Meeting of Policy & Strategy Committee (Special) - 18 August 2005

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Approval of the minute as a correct record subject to correction by deletion of Provost Rebecchi from the sederunt, was moved by Councillor Blair seconded by Councillor Hill.  Councillor Blair seconded by Councillor Hill moved that the decision of the Committee as minuted be approved.  As an amendment, Councillor McCabe seconded by Councillor Robertson moved that the Council not purchase the external interest in the Rankin Park site.

During discussion, Councillor McCabe asked that the Labour Group’s dissent regarding the way in which the matter had been handled be recorded.

Councillors Moran, McCormick (P), Roach, McKenzie, Robertson and McCabe requested in terms of the relevant Standing Order that the vote be taken as a roll call vote and this was agreed.  On a vote, Councillors Moran, McCormick (P), Roach, McKenzie, Robertson and McCabe voted in favour of the amendment and Councillors Blair, Hill, Fyfe, Tucker, Mitchell, Snoddy, White, Forbes, Gallacher and Hunter voted in favour of the motion which was declared carried.

Decided:  that, subject to correction by deletion of Provost Rebecchi from the sederunt, the minute be approved.