Issue - meetings
Resignation of Member of Aberdeen City Licensing Board and Duty to Elect New Member to the Board
Meeting: 11/10/2017 - Council (Item 10)
Decision:
(i) to note Councillor Mason MSP’s resignation from Aberdeen City Licensing Board; and
(ii) to elect Councillor John to the Aberdeen City Licensing Board to fill the vacancy.
Minutes:
The Council had before it a report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services which advised that there was a vacancy in the membership of the Aberdeen City Licensing Board as a result of the resignation of Councillor Mason MSP and that the Council had a statutory duty to elect a new member.
The report recommended:-
that the Council -
(a) note Councillor Mason MSP’s resignation from Aberdeen City Licensing Board; and
(b) elect a new member to the Aberdeen City Licensing Board to fill the vacancy created.
The Council resolved:-
(i) to approve recommendation (a);
(ii) to elect Councillor John to the Aberdeen City Licensing Board to fill the vacancy.