Issue - meetings

With reference to article 13 of the minute of the meeting of the Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure Committee of 21 May 2013, at which time it was agreed to allocate £5000 from existing service budgets to Aberdeenshire Council towards the hosting of the North Sea Conference in June 2014, the Committee now had before it a report by the Director of Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure which sought approval of a further contribution to Aberdeenshire Council of up to £15,000 plus a dinner, towards their hosting of the aforementioned conference.

The report recommended –

that the Committee -

(a)       agree that a total of £20,000 cash contribution (noting that the Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure Committee had already agreed to allocate £5,000) be allocated to Aberdeenshire Council towards the hosting of the North Sea Conference in June 2014, subject to the main conference plenary sessions being held at the AECC and that all conference publications must carry the Aberdeen City Council logo as a conference sponsor;

(b)       approve the hosting of a dinner, subject to the dinner being held at AECC or Beach Ballroom; and

(c)        subject to the approval of recommendations (a) and (b) above, identifies a source of funding for the costs of the dinner, plus the additional £15,000 cash contribution.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to approve the recommendations (a) and (b); and

(ii)        to instruct the Director of Corporate Governance and the Senior Partnerships, Performance and Funding Officer, to identify a source of funding for the costs of the dinner, plus the additional £15,000 cash contribution.