The membership of the Strategic and Area Committees are available by clicking on the appropriate link on the right-hand side of this page and the Office Bearers for both are listed below.
Convener and Leader of The Council's Administration
Convener: Sandy Park, Nairn
Leader of the Council's Administration: Michael Foxley, Fort William and Ardnamurchan
Budget Leader
David Alston, Black Isle
Strategic Committees
Education Culture and Sport Committee:
Chairman: Bill Fernie, Wick
Vice-Chairman: Drew Millar, Eilean a' Cheò
Gaelic Committee:
Chairman: Hamish Fraser, Eilean a' Cheò
Vice-Chairman: Isabelle Campbell, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Housing and Social Work Committee:
Chairman: Margaret Davidson, Aird and Loch Ness
Vice-Chairman: Robbie Rowantree, North, West and Central Sutherland
Planning Environment and Development Committee:
Chairman: Ian Ross, East Sutherland Edderton
Vice-Chairman: Isobel McCallum, Black Isle
Resources Committee:
Chairman: Carolyn Wilson, Cromarty Firth
Vice-Chairman: Martin Rattray, Cromarty Firth
Transport Environmental and Community Services Committee:
Chairman: John Laing, Eilean a' Cheò
Vice-Chairman: Brian Murphy, Fort William and Ardnamurchan
City of Inverness Committee:
Chairman and Provost: Jimmy Gray, Inverness Millburn
Audit and Scrutiny Committee
Chairman: Jean Urquhart, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Vice Chairman: David Bremner, Landward Caithness
The new Administration has decided that the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the Area PARC and Licensing Committees should be elected locally. So the current office-bearers have stood down and the local committees will appoint new office-bearers at their next meetings.
Planning Application Committees (PAC)
Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross Planning Applications Committee:
Chairman: Donnie Mackay, Thurso
Vice-Chairman: Robert Coghill, Landward Caithness
Ross Skye and Lochaber Planning Applications Committee:
Chairman: David Chisholm, Dingwall and Seaforth
Vice-Chairman: Bill Clark, Caol and Mallaig
Inverness Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Planning Applications Committee:
Chairman: Jimmy Gray, Inverness Millburn
Vice-Chairman: vacant
Licensing Committees / Boards
Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross Licensing Committee:
Chairman: Alasdair Rhind, Tain and Easter Ross
Ross Skye and Lochaber Licensing Committee:
Chairman: Margaret Paterson, Dingwall and Seaforth
Inverness Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Licensing Committee:
Chairman: vacant
Joint Boards
Northern Joint Police Board
Convener: Norman MacLeod, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Vice Convener: Ian Ross, The Highland Council
Highland and Islands Fire Board
Convener: Richard Durham, The Highland Council
Vice Convener: Andrew Drever, Orkney Islands Council
Highland and Western Isles Joint Valuation Board
Convener: Helen Carmichael, The Highland Council
Vice Convener: Murdo Macleod, Western Isles