Issue - meetings

(1)      Councillor Cooke advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2025/26) by virtue of him being a Council appointed observer on the Sport Aberdeen Board and also a member of the Integrated Joint Board. Having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting;

(2)      Councillor Radley advised that she had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2025/26) by virtue of her being a Council appointed member of the Integrated Joint Board. Having applied the objective test, she did not consider that she had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting;

(3)      Councillor Malik, advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2025/26) by virtue of him being a Council appointed member of the Integrated Joint Board. Having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting;

(4)      Councillor Greig, advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2025/26) by virtue of him being a Council appointed member of the Integrated Joint Board. Having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting; and

(5)      Councillor Brooks, advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.6 (Kincorth Cruyff Court OBC) by virtue of him being oil and gas company utilised as a Decommissioning and Optioneering SME (subject matter expert). Having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.

Members were requested to intimate any declarations of interest or transparency statements in respect of the items on today’s agenda, thereafter the following was intimated:-

(1)      Councillor Cooke advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2025/26) by virtue of him being a Council appointed observer on the Sport Aberdeen Board and also a member of the Integrated Joint Board. Having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting;

(2)      Councillor Radley advised that she had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2025/26) by virtue of her being a Council appointed member of the Integrated Joint Board. Having applied the objective test, she did not consider that she had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting;

(3)      Councillor Malik advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2025/26) by virtue of him being a Council appointed member of the Integrated Joint Board. Having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting;

(4)      Councillor Greig advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.1 (Council Financial Performance – Quarter 3, 2025/26) by virtue of him being a Council appointed member of the Integrated Joint Board. Having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting; and

(5)      Councillor Brooks advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 9.6 (Kincorth Cruyff Court OBC) by virtue of him being employed by an oil and gas company utilised as a Decommissioning and Optioneering SME (subject matter expert). Having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.