Issue - meetings

That the Council:

(1)           Agrees that this Council confers the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen on the Aberdeen Football Club team who won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1983 and also on Aberdeen Football Club who have been in the city since 1903.

(2)           Agrees that the achievement of this team, which culminated in winning the final in Gothenburg, Sweden, in May 1983 by beating Real Madrid, was worthy of recognition.

(3)           Agrees that the conferment ceremony should be planned to take place as part of the weekend celebration of the 40^th Anniversary of the win from 12^th to 14^th May 2023 currently being organised by Aberdeen Football Club and instructs the Interim Chief Officer - Governance to make any necessary arrangements on behalf of the Council in this regard.

[The notice of motion has been signed by 31 members, in accordance with Standing Order 12.18, as per the document within the agenda]

The Council resolved:-

to approve the notice of motion.

The Council had before it a notice of motion by the Lord Provost in the following terms:-

          That the Council:

(1)       Agrees that this Council confers the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen on the Aberdeen Football Club team who won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1983 and also on Aberdeen Football Club who have been in the city since 1903.

(2)       Agrees that the achievement of this team, which culminated in winning the final in Gothenburg, Sweden, in May 1983 by beating Real Madrid, was worth of recognition.

(3)       Agrees that the conferment ceremony should be planned to take place as part of the weekend celebration of the 40^th Anniversary of the win from 12^th to 14^th May 2023 currently being organised by Aberdeen Football Club and instructs the Interim Chief Officer - Governance to make any necessary arrangements on behalf of the Council in this regard.

The Lord Provost advised that when the agenda was published, 31 members had signed the notice of motion in terms of Standing Order 12.18, however a further 6 members had since signed the notice of motion.

The Council resolved:-

to approve the notice of motion.