Issue - meetings

in terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business:-

·       Item 14.1 - Belmont Cinema Preferred Operator;

·       Item 14.2 - Ness Landfill – Lease Proposals;

·       Item 15.1 - District Heating – Network Expansion/Waste Heat Utilisation (City Centre Link) - Exempt Appendix;

·       Item 15.2 - Condition and Suitability 3 Year Programme - Exempt Appendices; and

·       Item 15.3 - Work Plan and Business Cases - Exempt Appendices.

The Convener proposed that the Committee consider item 14.1 (Belmont Cinema Preferred Operator), item 14.2 (Ness Landfill – Lease Proposals), item 15.1 (District Heating – Network Expansion/Waste Heat Utilisation (City Centre Link) - Exempt Appendix), item 15.2 (Condition and Suitability 3 Year Programme - Exempt Appendices) and item 15.3 (Work Plan and Business Cases - Exempt Appendices) with the press and public excluded from the meeting.

The Committee resolved:-

in terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the above items so as to avoid disclosure of information of the classes described in the following paragraphs of Schedule 7(A) to the Act:- article 11 (paragraphs 6 and 9), articles 12 and 13 (paragraph 6) and articles 14 and 15 (paragraph 8).