Issue - meetings

(i)           to note the content of the report;

(ii)          to instruct the Chief Executive to work with relevant groups representative of the armed forces community and its interests, the business community and Community Planning Partners to develop a refreshed Armed Forces Covenant for the city, delegating authority to the Chief Executive to sign the Covenant along with the Lord Provost on behalf of the Council; and

(iii)         to request the Chief Executive to report back to Council on progress in March 2018.

The Council had before it a report by the Chief Executive which provided an update on Aberdeen’s Local Authority Community Covenant with the Armed Forces Community.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)          note the content of the report; and

(b)          instruct the Chief Executive to work with relevant groups representative of the armed forces community and its interests, the business community and Community Planning Partners to develop a refreshed Armed Forces Covenant for the city, delegating authority to the Chief Executive to sign the Covenant along with the Lord Provost on behalf of the Council.

The Council resolved:-

(i)           to approve the recommendations; and

(ii)          to request the Chief Executive to report back to Council on progress in March 2018.