Issue - meetings

(i)         to nominate an Elected Member to the role of Vice Chair of the North Sea Commission’s Transport Thematic Group;

(ii)        to approve international travel of an Elected Member and Officer to attend up to four meetings per annum of the NSC Transport Thematic Group, subject to Aberdeen City Council’s 2018/19 budget setting process; and

(iii)       to approve the working trip to Pemba, Mozambique and associated costs of a maximum of £1,680 as outlined in this report.

The Committee had before it a report by the interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which sought approval for nomination of an Elected Member to the North Sea Commission’s Transport Thematic Group and approval for a working trip to Pemba, Mozambique in February 2018 in order to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between Aberdeen and Pemba.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       nominate an Elected Member to the role of Vice Chair of the North Sea Commission’s Transport Thematic Group;

(b)       approve international travel of an Elected Member and Officer to attend up to four meetings per annum of the NSC Transport Thematic Group, subject to Aberdeen City Council’s 2018/19 budget setting process; and

(c)        approve the working trip to Pemba, Mozambique and associated costs of a maximum of £1,680 as outlined in this report.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.