25 September 2025

There will be a Meeting of the Committee in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Thursday 25 September 2025 at 9.30am.

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 19 Paragraphs 8 & 9  – The amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by the Comhairle under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services; and 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. Minute of Meeting of 27 June 2025
3. Declaration of Interest

Service Improvement

4. Best Value – Continuous Improvement Action Plan

(Report by Chief Executive)

5. Performance Project – Transformational Plan
   
   2. Appendix 1

(Report by Chief Executive)

Risk Management

6. Strategic Risk
   
   2. Appendix 1
   3. Appendix 2

(Report by Chief Executive)

7. Corporate Business Continuity Plan
   
   2. Appendix 1

(Report by Chief Executive) 

External Audit

8. Annual Accounts for 2023/24

(Report by External Audit)    

Internal Audit Matters

9.  Internal Audit Progress Report 2025/26

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)   

Internal Audit – Follow Up Reviews

10. Financial Assessments 

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

11. Museums

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

12. Non-Domestic Rates

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

13. Strategic Procurement

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

14. Community Planning and Community Engagement

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

Internal Audit - Completed Reviews

15. Subsidies Bus and Air Services

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

16. Pre-school Education

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

17. Cleaning TO

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

18. Cyber Resilience

(Report by Chief Internal Auditor)

Private Items

19. Disaster Recovery and Cyber Incident Response Plans

(Report by Chief Officer, Assets and Infrastructure)

Performance Monitoring 

20. Reports Outstanding

(Report by Chief Executive)
        
NOTE:  The next scheduled meeting of the Committee will be on 27 November 2025.

Minute will be published when available.