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With reference to article 6 (6.1) of the meeting of Council of 1 March 2023, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which sought approval for officers, in conjunction with our Arm’s Length External Organisations (ALEOs) to carry out an options appraisal, considering all potential working arrangements and delivery models for our ALEOs.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the previous decisions of Council at its meetings on 22 August 2022 and 3 March 2023;

(b)      instruct the Chief Executive to carry out an options appraisal on all potential working arrangements with our ALEOs and develop an Outline Business Case with the output from that options appraisal, and for that Outline Business Case, accompanied by a draft project plan underpinning the preferred options(s), to be submitted to Full Council at its meeting on 11 October 2023;

(c)      instruct the Chief Executive to invite the Chief Executives of all ALEOs, or a nominated representative, to be a member of an Executive Steering Group to oversee the options appraisal and development of the Outline Business Case; and

(d)      instruct the Chief Executive to establish a working group to take forward the options appraisal and complete the outline business case, and invite ALEOs to nominate representatives to be part of that working group.

The Convener, seconded by Councillor Greig, moved:-

that the Committee approve the recommendations contained within the report.

Councillor Malik, seconded by Councillor Macdonald, moved as an amendment:-

that the Committee –

(1)    approve recommendations (a) to (c) contained within the report;

(2)    instruct the Chief Executive to establish a working group including Trade Union representation, to take forward the options appraisal and complete the outline business case, and invite ALEOs to nominate representatives to be part of that working group; and

(3)    instruct the Chief Executive as part of the instruction at recommendation 2.2 to fully consider as an option, bringing back Sport Aberdeen into Council ownership and for this option to be considered as part of the Chief Executive’s option appraisals to be discussed by full Council on 11th October 2023.

On a division, there voted:- for the motion (9) – the Convener and Councillors Allard, Bouse, Cooke, Fairfull, Greig, Hutchison, Massey and Radley; for the amendment (4) – Councillors Ali, Macdonald, Malik and Watson.

The Committee resolved:-

to adopt the motion.