What the committee does
The Black Isle and Easter Ross area committee is a local decision-making body that supports community planning and oversees the delivery of council services in the Black Isle and Easter Ross area.
Read the committee’s minutes and agendas
Its remit includes:
- appointing the Chair of the Local Committee, who is responsible for running the Committee and managing its functions
- appointing a Civic Leader where appropriate
- developing connections with the local community planning partnership and ensure Council support for the area covered by the Local Committee
- ensuring the Council’s localism action plan is implemented in the locality
- scrutinising and monitoring the local delivery of Council services, within approved resources and strategy
- scrutinising the performance of Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and engage with them
- monitoring the delivery of Council Capital Projects in the local area, as agreed in the Council’s Capital Programme
- approving delegated local functions, including:
- road traffic orders
- road construction consents
- upholding access rights
- championing local initiatives that promote and support the traditional languages, heritage and culture of the Highlands
- dealing with requests for and making nominations or appointments to local outside bodies not covered by the Council or Strategic Committees, such as Local Access Forums
- agreeing any local community engagement, including the work of Ward Forums in relation to Council business in the locality
- considering proposals for community participation and the transfer of functions to community management or ownership, subject to Council policies and guidance from the Communities and Partnerships Committee
- ensuring all local decisions are within the terms of legislation governing the Council’s work and the approved Scheme of Delegation to Committees and Officers
- adopting a participatory resourcing approach in order to support the greater involvement of communities in informing service design, delivery, priority setting and, where appropriate, deploying resources
- considering and promoting local initiatives which advance equality under the Equality Act and tackle socio-economic disadvantage
Further details about the committee’s remit and delegated powers are available in our Scheme of Delegation.
Download area priorities documents