Issue - meetings

The Council resolved:-

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

Councillor McRae advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.5 (Community Planning Aberdeen Annual Outcome Improvement Report 2024/25 and Locality Plan Annual Reports for North, South and Central 2024/25) as a member of the Scottish Ambulance Service Naloxone Working Group in Aberdeen, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Yuill advised that he had a connection in relation items 9.4 (Aberdeen City Population Needs Assessment 2025) and 9.5 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.

Councillors Fairfull, Greig and Henrickson advised that they had a connection in relation to item 10.1 (Notice of Motion by Councillor Boulton) by reason of being Council appointed members of the Board of Aberdeen Performing Arts, however having applied the objective test they did not consider that they had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Houghton advised that he had a connection in relation to item 9.4 by reason of his wife being a doctor employed by 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 Grant advised that he had a connection in relation to item 10.6 (Notice of Motion by Councillor Bonsell) by reason of his employment by Aberdeen Inspired and specifically his role of Project Manager for NuArt, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillors Cooke, Greig and Malik advised that they had a connection in relation items 9.4 and 9.5 as members of the Integration Joint Board, however having applied the objective test they did not consider that they had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Thomson advised that she had a connection in relation to items 9.4 and 9.5 by reason of her employment by NHS Grampian, however having applied the objective test she did not consider that she had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Councillor Fairfull advised that she had connections in relation to items 9.4 and 9.5 as a member of the Integration Joint Board and by reason of close family members working for NHS Grampian, however having applied the objective test she did not consider that she had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.