Issue - meetings

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(a)      note the findings of the evaluation of the 2024 Christmas Village;

(b)      note that the Christmas Village is under contract until the 2026 iteration and that funding is in place for the Christmas Village in 2025;

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer – City Development and Regeneration to report back to the Finance and Resources Committee in March 2026 with the evaluation report of the 2025 event;

(d)      to instruct the Executive Director – City Regeneration and Environment to circulate a Service Update on the 2025 plan for the Christmas Village, to include details to address issues relating to the Quad Market; and

(e)      to thank Aberdeen Inspired as a strategic partner in the delivery of the Christmas Village and their participation and support for the event in 2025.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director of City Regeneration and Environment which presented the evaluation of the 2024 Christmas Village.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the findings of the evaluation of the 2024 Christmas Village;

(b)      note that the Christmas Village is under contract until the 2026 iteration and that funding is in place for the Christmas Village in 2025; and

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer – City Development and Regeneration to report back to the Finance and Resources Committee in March 2026 with the evaluation report of the 2025 event;

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

that the Committee suspend Standing Order 29.1 in order to put forward an amendment which had not been submitted to the Clerk by 12 Noon on the working day prior to the meeting.

On a division, there voted:- for the procedural motion (4) – Councillors Brooks, Farquhar, Malik and Watson; against the procedural motion (5) – the Convener and Councillors Allard, Cooke, Greig and Radley.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to reject the procedural motion;

(ii)      to approve the recommendations contained within the report;

(iii)      to instruct the Executive Director – City Regeneration and Environment to circulate a Service Update on the 2025 plan for the Christmas Village, to include details to address issues relating to the Quad Market; and

(iv)     to thank Aberdeen Inspired as a strategic partner in the delivery of the Christmas Village and their participation and support for the event in 2025.