Policy and Strategy Committee

Thursday 18 August 2005 at 1.30 pm

Present:  Provost Rebecchi, Councillors Blair, Forbes, Fyfe, Hill, McCabe, Mitchell,  Roach,  Robertson, Snoddy and White.

Chair:  Councillor Blair 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:  Councillor McCormick (M).

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 for the following item on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 6, 8 & 9 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Potential Site Acquisition

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There was submitted a report dated 12 August 2005 together with supplementary report dated 18 August 2005 by the Chief Executive on the potential acquisition of a site.  Following votes, the Committee decided to acknowledge a number of relevant issues and thus to acquire the site, all as detailed in the appendix.