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 items of business:-

• Item 14.1 – Site at Beach Esplanade – Proposed Alternative Use;
• Item 15.1 – Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2023/24 – Exempt Appendices;
• Item 15.2 – Unrecoverable Debt – Exempt Appendices;
• Item 15.3 – Workplan and Business Cases – Exempt Appendices.

The Convener proposed that the Committee consider item 14.1 (Site at Beach Esplanade – Proposed Alternative Use), item 15.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2023/24 – Exempt Appendices), item 15.2 (Unrecoverable Debt – Exempt Appendices) and item 15.3 (Workplan 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 17 (paragraph  9), articles 18 and 19 (paragraph 6) and article 20 (paragraph 8).