18 June 2025

Agenda for the meeting on 18/06/25 at 14:00.

Policy and Resources - 18 June 2025

Notice of Meeting

There will be a Meeting of the Committee in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 2.00pm.

Published Date: 11/06/2025

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 20 – 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 21 - Paragraphs 6, 8 & 9 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the Comhairle), 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.

Item 22 – Paragraph 6 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the Comhairle).

Minutes

  1. Minute of Meeting of 30 April 2025
  2. Declaration of Interest
  3. Minute of Meeting of Local Government Employee Joint Consultative Committee of:
    1. 20 March 2025
    2. 3 June 2025
  4. Minute of Budget and Strategy Board of 6 June 2025
  5. Minute of Meeting of Community Safety Board of 11 June 2025
  6. Minute of Meeting of Human Resources Sub-Committee of 16 June 2025
  7. Minute of Meeting of Comataidh na Gàidhlig of 17 June 2025

Performance Monitoring

  1. Outcome Delivery Report
    1. Chief Executive’s Department
    2. Strategic Finance
    3. Chief Officer, Partnership Services and Community Care

Corporate Matters

  1. Local Code of Corporate Governance 2024-25
    Appendix 1
    Appendix 2
    Appendix 3
    Report by Chief Executive

Finance and Strategy

  1. Capital Outturn 2024-25
    Appendix
    Report by Chief Financial Officer
  2. Revenue Outturn 2024-25
    Report by Chief Financial Officer
  3. Medium Term Financial Plan
    Appendix
    Report by Chief Financial Officer
  4. Community Care Services – Fees and Charges 2025/26 and 2026/27
    Report by Chief Officer Partnership Services and Community Care
  5. Non-Domestic Rates Discretionary Relief – Policy Revison
    Report by Chief Financial Officer

Human Resources

  1. Respect at Work
    Appendix
    Report by Chief Executive

Consultations

  1. Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill Consultation
    Report by Chief Executive

Related Matters

  1. Digital Transformation
    Joint Report by Chief Officer, Assets and Infrastructure and Chief Officer, Law and Governance
  2. British Sign Language Plan 2024-2030
    Appendix
    Report by Chief Executive

Performance Review

  1. Reports Outstanding – NONE
    Report by Chief Executive

Private Items

  1. Residential Placements for Children and Young People
    Report by Head of Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer
    *
  2. Barra and Vatersay Community Campus – Update
    Report by Chief Executive
    *
  3. Housing Investment Borrowing Request
    Report by Chief Officer, Economic and Community Regeneration
    *

NOTE: The next scheduled meeting of the Committee will be on 24 September 2025

Minute of Meeting

Minute will be published when it's available.