24 September 2025

There will be a Meeting of the Committee in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 2.00pm.

Agenda

*It is recommended that, under the terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public, including the press, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following Items on the grounds that exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act would be disclosed:

Item 24 – Paragraph 5 – Information relating to the adoption, care, fostering or education of any particular child or relating to the supervision or residence of any particular child in accordance with a supervision requirement made in respect of that child under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.

Item 25 - Paragraph 9 –Any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the Comhairle in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services.

Minutes

1. Minute of Meeting of 19 June 2025
2. Declaration of Interest
3. Minute of Meeting of Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership Committee of 26 March 2025
4. Minute of Meeting of Local Government Employee Joint Consultative Committee of 21 August 2025
5. Minute of Meeting of Budget and Strategy Board of:
   
   1. 6 June 2025
   2. 26 August 2025
6. Minute of Meeting of Community Safety Board of 17 September 2025
7. Minute of Meeting of Human Resources Sub-Committee of 18 September 2025
8. Minute of Meeting of Comataidh na Gàidhlig of 23 September 2025

Performance Monitoring

9. Performance Project - Transformation Plan
   
   2. Appendix

(Report by Chief Executive)

Corporate Matters

10. Corporate Strategy Update:  Single Authority Model and Joint Islands Strategic Work

(Report by Chief Executive)

11. Corporate Business Continuity Plan
    
    2. Appendix

(Report by Chief Executive)

Finance and Strategy

12. Quarter 1 Capital Monitoring 2025/26
    
    2. Appendix

(Report by Chief Financial Officer)

13. First Quarter Revenue Monitoring 2025/26
    
    2. Appendix

(Report by Chief Financial Officer)

14. Quarter 1 Treasury Management Report 2025/26

(Report by Chief Financial Officer)

15. Annual Treasury Management Report 2024/25

(Report by Chief Financial Officer)

16. Write Off of Debts

(Report by Chief Financial Officer)

17. Strategic Risk
    
    2. Appendix 1
    3. Appendix 2

(Report by Chief Financial Officer)

18. Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership Anti-Poverty Strategy 2024-26
    
    2. Appendix

(Report by Chief Executive)

Capital Programme

19. Barra and Vatersay Community Campus - Update

(Report by Chief Executive)

Policy

20. Continuing Care Policy

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

Related Matters

21. Duty of Candour Annual Report 2024-25
    
    2. Appendix

(Report by Chief Executive)

22. Elected Member Training and Development Strategy
    
    2. Appendix

(Report by Chief Executive)

Performance Review

23. Reports Outstanding – NONE

Private Items

24. * Residential Placements for Children and Young People

(Report by (Interim) Chief Officer, Children’s Services)

25. * Spaceport 1 – Procurement of Operator

(Report by Chief Officer, Economic and Community Regeneration)

NOTE: The next scheduled meeting of the Committee will be on 3 December 2025

Minute will be published when available.