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Under reference to item 10 of the Minute of the meeting of Renfrewshire Council held on 27 June 2024 there was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to the review of the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils (the Scheme).
Proposed amendments were set out in the Draft Scheme, which formed Appendix 1 to the report, and included the proposed introduction of a Community Council Complaints Process, changes to the boundaries between Hawkhead & Lochfield and Paisley East & Whitehaugh Community Councils, the incorporation of provisions contained in the new Model Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils introduced in 2023, adjustment of Community Council populations and consequential revisions to the annual administrative grant provided by the Council and the removal of references to the post of Community Council Liaison Officer.
The report also advised that before the Scheme could be amended, the Council required to undertake statutory public consultation by inviting community councils and other interested parties to make representations on the content and provisions of the Draft Scheme.
DECIDED:
(a)
That it be agreed that the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils 2019 be amended as proposed within the Draft Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils;
(b)
That it be agreed that statutory consultation be undertaken on the content and provision of the Draft Scheme with community councils and the public invited to make representations; and
(c)
That it be noted that a further report on the outcome of the public consultation exercise and the content and provisions of a final Scheme for adoption by the Council would be submitted to a special meeting of the Council called for that purpose.