17 Trade and European Partnerships Travel Plan 2019/20 Update - PLA/20/024 PDF 102 KB
Decision:
to approve the changes to the Trade and European Partnerships Travel Plan as detailed in paragraph 4 of the report and outlined as follows:-
(1) the Lord Provost and one officer visit Esbjerg before the end of March 2020;
(2) the Lord Provost and one officer attend CERAWeek, Houston 9-13 March 2020;
(3) the Lord Provost and one officer to attend the HighWind Conference which will take place 17–19 March 2020 in Stavanger;
(4) the Lord Provost and one officer to attend the Barents Sea Conference to be held in Hammerfest, Northern Norway on 20–22 April 2020;
(5) one elected member and one officer to visit Tamaulipas, Mexico in April 2020 to explore the potential for relationship development with the state and with a view to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU);
(6) potential visits to Doha, Halifax, Karamay, Pemba and Brazil be reviewed as part of the Travel Plan for 2020–2021, and subject to Council budget setting process;
(7) that Uganda be removed from the travel plan; and
Minutes:
With reference to article 15 of the minute of meeting of 25 April 2019, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – City Growth, which sought approval for an amendment to the international trade priorities for 2019-20 and for the associated travel plan.
The report recommended:-
that the Committee approve the changes to the Trade and European Partnerships Travel Plan as detailed in paragraph 4 of the report and outlined as follows:-
(1) the Lord Provost and one officer visit Esbjerg before the end of March 2020;
(2) the Lord Provost and one officer attend CERAWeek, Houston 9-13 March 2020;
(3) the Lord Provost and one officer to attend the HighWind Conference which will take place 17–19 March 2020 in Stavanger;
(4) the Lord Provost and one officer to attend the Barents Sea Conference to be held in Hammerfest, Northern Norway on 20–22 April 2020;
(5) one elected member and one officer to visit Tamaulipas, Mexico in April 2020 to explore the potential for relationship development with the state and with a view to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU);
(6) potential visits to Doha, Halifax, Karamay, Pemba and Brazil be reviewed as part of the Travel Plan for 2020–2021, and subject to Council budget setting process;
(7) that Uganda be removed from the travel plan; and
Councillor Alex Nicoll, seconded by Councillor Yuill moved as a procedural motion:-
that the Committee defer consideration of this item to the Council’s budget setting process.
On a division there voted:- for the procedural motion (4) – Councillors Cooke, Jackie Dunbar, Alex Nicoll and Yuill; against the procedural motion (5) – the Convener, the Vice Convener and Councillors Boulton, Laing and Wheeler.
The Committee resolved:-
(i) to reject the procedural motion; and
(ii) to approve the recommendations, subject to amending recommendation (8) to read “delegate authority to the Chief Officer - City Growth in consultation with the Convener of the City Growth and Resources Committee to authorise only necessary and appropriate travel set out in paragraph 4 and associated expenditure to fulfil the travel plan occurring between April 2020 – March 2021, provided the cost of such travel is reasonable and does not exceed the budget allocation set out in the report.”