Agenda item
Declarations of interest and transparency statements
- Meeting of Council, Wednesday, 10th December, 2025 10.30 am (Item 3.)
- View the background to item 3.
Minutes:
Councillor Yuill advised that he had a connection in relation to items 10.1 (Council Delivery Plan, Annual Review Report 2024-25), 10.3 (Sustainability Statutory Social Care Provision via Bon Accord Care), 10.4 (Alternative Delivery Model Outline Business Case) and 12.1 (Alternative Delivery Model exempt appendices) 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 10.6 (Governance Review of Trusts - 2025) as a Council appointed member of the Marguerite McBey Trust and the law firm he was a partner at looked after one of the Trusts mentioned 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 Nicoll advised that he had a connection in relation to item 10.3 as he held the power of attorney for a close family member in the care of Bon Accord Care, 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 Blake advised that they had a connection in relation to items 10.4 and 12.1 as Council appointed members of the Board of Aberdeen Sports Village. Councillor Blake advised that she also had a connection as member of the Friends of Aberdeen Performing Arts. However, having applied the objective test, the Lord Provost and Councillor Blake did not consider that they 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 10.4 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 Henrickson advised that he had a connection in relation to item 10.4 as a shareholder and AberDNA member of Aberdeen Football Club, 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 10.6 as a Council appointed member of the Marguerite McBey Trust, the Macdonald Art Committee, the Aberdeen Gomel Trust and the Robert Nicol 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 advised that he had a connection in relation to item 10.1 as an employee of Aberdeen Inspired, 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, Fairfull and Greig advised that they had a connection in relation to item 10.3 by reason of being Council appointed 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 Cooke advised that he had a connection in relation to items 10.4 and 12.1 as a Council appointed observer to the Board of Sport 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 Cormie advised that he had a connection in relation to item 10.3 as a service user of Bon Accord Care, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.
Councillor Farquhar advised that she had a connection in relation to item 11.4 (Urgent Notice of Motion by Councillor Farquhar) as she worked for a Member of Parliament who had called for an end to the Energy Profits Level, 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 a connection in relation to item 10.4 as a Council appointed member to the Board of Transition Extreme, however having applied the objective test she did not consider that she had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.
Councillor McLeod advised that he had a connection in relation to item 10.4 as a patron and former Board member of Aberdeen Performing Arts, however having applied the objective test he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting.