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 item 14.1 (North of Scotland Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Partnership), item 14.2 (Disposal of Site 16 Lang Stracht), item 14.3 (Disposal of the Former Milltimber Primary School site, Monearn Gardens, Milltimber), item 14.4 (Disposal of the Former Hazlewood School), item 14.5 (35 Hour Week - Financing), item 15.1 (Victorian Schools Programme: Outline Business Case - Exempt Appendix) and item 15.2 (Work Plan and Business Cases - Exempt Appendices).

The Convener proposed that the Committee consider item 14.1 (North of Scotland Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Partnership), item 14.2 (Disposal of Site 16 Lang Stracht), item 14.3 (Disposal of the Former Milltimber Primary School site, Monearn Gardens, Milltimber), item 14.4 (Disposal of the Former Hazlewood School), item 14.5 (35 Hour Week - Financing), item 15.1 (Victorian Schools Programme: Outline Business Case - Exempt Appendix) and item 15.2 (Work Plan and Business Cases - Exempt Appendices) with the press and public excluded from the meeting.

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

that the Committee consider item 14.5 (35 Hour Week – Financing) in public.

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 Henrickson.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to reject the procedural motion; and

(ii)      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 paragraph of Schedule 7(A) to the Act:- articles 16, 21 and 22 (paragraph 8), articles 17, 18 and 19 (paragraph 9) and article 20 (paragraph 11).