Councillors Kelly and Williams.

There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.

Under reference to item 13 of page 123 of the Minute of the meeting of the Council held on 9th October, 2014 there was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to the review of the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils 2010 (the Scheme).

The report explained that the Council had undertaken statutory consultation on the content and provisions of a Draft Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils (the Draft Scheme) detailing the changes the Council proposed to make in order to keep the Scheme up-to-date.

The report detailed the consultation methodology, provided analysis of the five representations received at the conclusion of the statutory consultation period, the majority of which were supportive of the proposed changes, and provided guidance on the statutory process required to change the Scheme.

It was proposed that the Council note the representations made by interested parties and make no further changes to the Draft Scheme, conclude the review by adopting the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils 2015, a copy of which was attached to the report, and note that the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils 2015 would be subject to further review and representations to amend this Scheme could be made to the Council, in writing, at any time, by any interested party, for future consideration. This was agreed unanimously.

DECIDED:

(a) That the representations made by interested parties to amend the content and provisions of the Draft Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils be noted;

(b) That the Scheme be amended in accordance with the notified proposals in the Draft Scheme and the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils 2015, as contained within the report, be adopted by the Council; and

(d) That, it be noted that, the content and provisions of the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils 2015 was subject to review and representations to amend this Scheme could be made to the Council in writing, at any time, by any interested party, for future consideration.

Councillors B Brown, Murrin, Perrie, M Devine, Grady, McEwan, Lawson, Mylet, J Sharkey, M Sharkey, K MacLaren, M MacLaren, E Devine, Glen, Mack, McGurk, Cameron, Henry, M Macmillan, McCartin, Caldwell, Hood, McGee, I McMillan, Bibby, Andy Doig, Gilmour, Clark, Audrey Doig, Provost Hall, Councillors Noon, M Brown, Holmes, J MacLaren, Harte, McQuade, Mullin and Nicolson.

Provost Hall presided.

M Crearie, Director of Development & Housing Services; P MacLeod, Director of Children's Services; S MacDougall, Director of Community Resources; A Russell, Director of Finance & Resources; D Leese, Chief Officer Designate (Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership); K Graham, Head of Corporate Governance, M Conaghan, Legal & Democratic Services Manager, L Belshaw, Democratic Services Manager, and A McNaughton, Senior Committee Services Officer (all Finance & Resources); and R Naylor and A McMillan, Head of Resources (Children’s Services).