The Inverclyde Council

Friday 16 September 2005 at 12 Noon

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

Chair:  Provost Rebecchi presided. 

In attendance:  Mr Rory Mair, Chief Executive, Ms Barbara Lindsay (Strategic Director) and Mr David Kennedy (Media Manager), all of CoSLA.

Apologies:  Councillors Gallacher and McCormick (P).

It was agreed unanimously to suspend Standing Orders to appoint Mr Mair and Ms Lindsay as the Proper Officers for the purposes of clerking the meeting and advising on any matters of procedure.

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 paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Report from the Council’s Professional Advisers on Matters Relating to the Recovery and Improvement Process

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There was submitted a report by the Council’s Professional Advisers which set out the national policy position relating to the matters under discussion as set by Audit Scotland and various regulations; Inverclyde Council’s own policies; and the costs associated with the course of action being recommended to the Council.  The Council agreed to take action, all as detailed in the appendix.