ARTS AND LEISURE COMMITTEE

Minute of Meeting held in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Wednesday, 25 February 1998 at 9.00am

PRESENT	Mr Alasdair G Macrae (Chairman)
	Mrs Katie Mackenzie (Vice-Chairman)	Mr Alasdair Nicholson
	Mr Roderick Macdonald	Mr Donald Murray
	Mr Roderick Morrison	Mr George Lonie
	Mr Norman A Macdonald	Mr Callum I Macmillan
	Mr Angus M Graham	Mrs Mary Bremner
APOLOGIES	Mrs Christina McNeill

		FINANCE
Revenue Estimates 1998/99 PR110.03.24	24*	With reference to item 6 of the Minute of Meeting of 27 January 1998, the following were submitted: (1) Minute of Meeting of the Finance Sub-Committee of 24 February 1998, appending the conclusion of the Finance Sub-Committee Working Party in respect of the Comhairle's Revenue Estimates for 1998/99; and (2) Report by the Director of Finance summarising budget growth approved and incorporated in base budgets and detailing the restoration of savings and growth suggested by the Finance Sub-Committee Working Party. Comments were set out in the Report regarding the budgetary position for each of the Comhairle's services. It was agreed to recommend: (1) approval of the draft Revenue Estimates for 1998/99 contained within the draft Budget Book, as amended by the Finance Sub-Committee Working Party; and (2) that the Director of Finance, in consultation with Elected Members and the Management Team, review the 1998/99 budget process with the objective of improving the process for future years.
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