Issue - meetings

The Depute Provost and Councillor van Sweeden advised that they had a connection in relation to item 9.3 (Governance Review of Trusts) as Council appointed Trustees to the Proctor’s Orphanage Trust, however having applied the objective test they did not consider that they had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Kusznir advised that he had connections in relation to item 9.3 as a result of the law firm he worked for acting as legal agent for a Trust referred to in the report; and as a Council appointed Trustee to the Marguerite McBey Trust, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

The Lord Provost and Councillor Alphonse advised that they had a connection in relation to item 9.3 as Council appointed Directors of Glover House Trustees Ltd, however having applied the objective test they did not consider that they had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillors Crockett, Brooks, Malik, Yuill, McLeod, Hazel Cameron, Clark, Cormie, Greig, Mrs Stewart, the Lord Provost and the Depute Provost advised that they had a connection in relation to item 7.2 (Guildry and Mortification Funds Committee - Requests for Funding) as Burgesses of Guild, however having applied the objective test they did not consider that they had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Watson advised that he had a connection in relation to item 10.1 (Notice of Motion by Councillor Ali) as a member of Aberdeen TUC, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Brooks declared an interest in relation to item 10.1 and advised that he would leave the meeting prior to consideration of the item.

Councillor MacGregor advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.3 as a Council appointed Trustee to the Aberdeen Endowments Trust, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Clark advised that she had a connection in relation to item 10.1 as a member of Unite the Union, however having applied the objective test she did not consider that she had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

The Council resolved:

to note the declarations of interest and transparency statements which will be recorded in the minute.

The Lord Provost and Councillor Alphonse advised that they had a connection in relation to item 9.3 (Governance Review of Trusts) as Council appointed Directors of Glover House Trustees Ltd, however having applied the objective test they did not consider that they had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Greig advised that he had connections in relation to item 9.3 as a Council appointed Trustee to the Marguerite McBey Trust and as a member of the Macdonald Art Committee, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Cooke advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.2 (North East Scotland Investment Zone) by reason of his wife being an unpaid adviser to the Board of the Robert Gordon University, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Kusznir advised that he had connections in relation to item 9.3 as a result of the law firm he worked for acting as legal agent for a Trust referred to in the report; and as a Council appointed Trustee to the Marguerite McBey Trust, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Grant declared an interest in relation to item 9.1 (Committee Places) by reason of his employment by Aberdeen Inspired, which was referred to in the amendment submitted for that item, and advised that he would withdraw from the meeting at the appropriate juncture.

Councillor MacGregor advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.3 as a Council appointed Trustee to the Aberdeen Endowments Trust, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Allard advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.2 as a Council appointed Director to the Board of Opportunity North East, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Brooks advised that he had connections in relation to item 9.2 by reason of his employer being involved in energy transition and as a member of Oil UK, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Watson advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.2 as a member of Aberdeen TUC, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor van Sweeden advised that she had a connection in relation to item 9.2 as a Council appointed Trustee to the Proctor’s Orphanage Trust, however having applied the objective test she did not consider that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3

to note the transparency statements which will be recorded in the minute.

Councillor Yuill advised that he had a connection in relation to items 9.1 (Council Delivery Plan, Annual Review Report), 9.2 (North East Population Health Alliance: End of Year One Progress Report), 9.3 (Budget Protocol: Phase 2 Consultation & Budget Update) and 9.8 (Annual Procurement Report) as the Council’s appointed member of the Board of NHS Grampian, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Kusznir advised that he had connections in relation to item 9.7 (Governance Review of Trusts) as a result of the law firm he worked for acting as legal agent for a Trust referred to in the report; and as a Council appointed Trustee to the Marguerite McBey Trust, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor MacGregor advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.7 as a Council appointed Trustee to the Aberdeen Endowments Trust, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Cooke advised that he had a connection in relation to items 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 as Chair of the Integration Joint Board, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Allard advised that had connections in relation to item 9.5 (North East Scotland Investment Zone) as a Council appointed Director to the Board of Opportunity North East and as a member of the Investment Zone Steering Committee, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Grant advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.1 by reason of his employment by Aberdeen Inspired and as the former City Centre Manager, which was a post referred to in the report, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Greig advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.2 as a member of the Integration Joint Board and item 9.7 as a Council appointed Trustee to the Marguerite McBey Trust, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Fairfull advised that she had a connection in relation to items 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 as a member of the Integration Joint Board, however having applied the objective test she did not consider that she had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.