Decision details

(i)       to note the controls in place for the management of the Council’s art gallery and museums’ collections;

(ii)      to note the improvement actions at Section 3.29 of the report and that the Chief Officer - City Growth intended to undertake research, reconciliation, recording and re-location (where possible) of missing items in the collection;

(iii)      to note that the Chief Officer - City Growth was to apply for external funding to support the work highlighted above;

(iv)     to note that Aberdeen City Council’s Art and Museum collection were valued at £198million;

(v)      to agree that the missing items were historic, some going back to the 1980s and agree that despite the theft of 76 objects being reported to Grampian Police in 1989 these objects still remained missing today;

(vi)     to agree that the number of ‘missing’ objects would be expected to reduce as the improvement actions, including research and reconciliation, continued as per (ii) above, alongside existing controls; and

(vii)     to note the assurance that had been given to date and requested officers to provide a Service Update within two committee cycles outlining progress made with reconciling items.