Issue - meetings

Report by Area Governance Manager

The Committee considered a report in regards to the long held intention of local elected Members in Bute to provide a fitting location to position the Rothesay Town Bell which was previously located on the Old Court House building.

Craig Bowman from the Buteman at this point raised the following questions:

Would the bell be silenced? Why was the Provost’s Fund used to fund it? And what are the costs involved?

Councillor Scoullar responded that the blacksmith setting the bell has assured him the bell will be silenced, that the project fits the criteria for funds being drawn from the Provost’s Fund and that he was not in a position to provide an exact costing for the work but that he considered it a reasonable sum to provide from the Provost’s Fund.

Decision

1.    The Committee noted the contents of the report; and

2.    Agreed the recommendation at 2.1 of the submitted report.

(Ref: Report by Area Governance Manager dated 1 December 2015, submitted)