Issue - meetings

Report by Executive Director with responsibilities for Legal and Regulatory Support

The Committee gave consideration to a report which highlighted that the Council had received a request from Transport Scotland for one representative from Argyll and

Bute Council to sit on the Gourock - Dunoon Infrastructure and Vessels Project -

Reference Group.

Decision

The Bute and Cowal Area Committee;

1.    agreed to appoint Councillor  Alan Reid as the Council representative on the Gourock – Dunoon Infrastructure and Vessels Project - Reference Group;

2.    noted that Transport Scotland had decided that participation in the Gourock – Dunoon Infrastructure and Vessels Project - Reference Group was conditional on accepting that  meetings are confidential. The Committee believes that proper consultation can only take place on a transparent basis; and

3.    agreed to write to Transport Scotland calling on them, in the interests of transparency, to remove the confidentiality condition on meetings of the Gourock – Dunoon Infrastructure and Vessels Project - Reference Group except for information which is restricted due to provisions contained within the Local Government Act (Scotland) 1973.

(Reference: Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support dated 10 February 2020,submitted)