Issue - meetings

The Council resolved:-

to approve the minute.

The Council had before it the minute of the adjourned meeting of Aberdeen City Council of 11 September 2023.

Councillor Malik moved as a procedural motion, seconded by Councillor Tissera:-

That Article 1 of the minute be amended to reflect the following addition in bold:-

At this juncture the press and public were excluded from the meeting following Councillor Malik raising various issues concerning library closures and the closure of Bucksburn Swimming Pool, including concern around there being no report back to elected members on library closures and the closure of Bucksburn Swimming Pool following Aberdeen City Council’s own citizens being required to go to court to stop such closures, so as to avoid the disclosure of exempt information of the class described in paragraph 12 of Schedule 7A of the Act.

On a division, there voted:-

For the procedural motion  (12)  -  Councillors Ali, Blake, Bonsell, Graham, Grant, Lawrence, Macdonald, Malik, Mrs Stewart, Thomson, Tissera and Watson.

Against the procedural motion  (24)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Al-Samarai, Allard, Alphonse, Bouse, Hazel Cameron, Clark, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Davidson, Fairfull, Greig, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, McLellan, McRae, Mennie, Nicoll, Radley, van Sweeden and Yuill.

Declined to vote  (7)  -  Councillors Brooks, Cross, Farquhar, Houghton, Kusznir, McLeod and Massey.

Absent from the division  (2)  -  Councillors Boulton and Crockett.

The Council resolved:-

(i)             to reject the procedural motion; and

(ii)           to approve the minute.