12 March 2015: Highland Council

Agenda

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A Special Meeting of the Highland Council will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Thursday,12 March 2015 at 12.30pm (or following the preceding Council meeting – whichever is the later).

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Morris
Depute Chief Executive/Director of Corporate Development

1. Calling of the Roll and Apologies for Absence
A’Gairm a’ Chlair agus Leisgeulan

2. Declarations of Interest
Foillseachaidhean Com-pairt

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Burial Ground Extension
Leudachadh Cladha

There is circulated Report No. HC/14/15 dated 11 February 2015 by the Head of Corporate Governance which invites the Council to agree an extension of the existing Burial Ground at Dornoch.

The Council is asked to agree to provide the above Burial Ground extension as listed in the report under Section 9 of the Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act 1855, as amended. 

Minutes

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Minutes of Meeting of the Highland Council held in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Thursday, 12 March 2015 at 6.21pm.

1. Calling of the Roll and Apologies for Absence
A’ Gairm a’ Chlàir agus Leisgeulan

Present:

Dr D Alston, Mr A Baxter, Mrs C Caddick, Mrs I Campbell, Miss J Campbell, Mrs H Carmichael, Mr A Christie, Mr B Clark, Dr I Cockburn, Mrs M Davidson, Mr D Fallows, Mr G Farlow, Mr B Fernie, Mr C Fraser, Mr L Fraser, Mr H Fraser, Mr B Gormley, Mr K Gowans, Mr A Graham, Mr J Gray, Mr M Green, Mr R Greene, Mr D Hendry, Mr D Kerr, Mr R Laird, Mr B Lobban, Mrs L MacDonald, Mr N MacDonald, Mrs D Mackay, Mr D Mackay, Mr W MacKay, Mr G MacKenzie, Mr A Mackinnon, Ms A MacLean, Mr T MacLennan, Mrs B McAllister, Mrs I McCallum, Mr D Millar, Ms L Munro, Mr B Murphy, Mr F Parr, Mrs M Paterson, Mr G Phillips, Mr T Prag, Mr M Rattray, Mr I Renwick, Mr G Rimell, Mrs F Robertson, Mr G Ross, Mr R Saxon, Ms M Smith, Ms K Stephen

In Attendance:

Chief Executive 
Depute Chief Executive/Director of Corporate Development 
Director of Development & Infrastructure Director of Care and Learning 
Director of Finance 
Director of Community Services

Mr J Gray in the Chair

2. Declarations of Interest
Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt

There were no declarations of interest.

3. Burial Ground Extensions
Leudachadh Cladha

There had been circulated Report No. HC/14/15 dated 11 February 2015 by the Head of Corporate Governance which invited the Council to agree an extension of the existing Burial Ground at Dornoch.

Decision

The Council AGREED to provide the above Burial Ground extension under Section 9 of the Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act 1855, as amended.

The meeting ended at 6.22pm.