COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR

HOUSING STOCK TRANSFER SUB-COMMITTEE

Minute of Meeting held in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Thursday 21 April 2005 at 12 noon

PRESENT	Mr Angus Campbell (Chairman)
	Mr Alex A Macdonald
	Mr Donald Manford
APOLOGIES	Mr Norman A Macdonald
	Mr Norman L Macdonald

		MINUTES
Minute of Meeting of 24 March 2005		The Minute of Meeting of 24 March 2005 was approved.
		STOCK TRANSFER
		It was agreed that the public including the press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the grounds that exempt information as defined in paragraph 6 and 9 of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 would be disclosed namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person other than the Comhairle, and information relating to any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the Comhairle in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services.
HHP Business Plan Appraisal:  Progress Report	2	The Chief Executive submitted a Report to inform the Sub-Committee that officers and advisers had been unable to conclude the Appraisal of the HHP Business Plan due to further discussion with the Scottish Executive being required.  The Report therefore concluded that officers were not in a position to provide sufficient analysis of the Business Plan to the Sub-Committee to enable the Sub-Committee to make recommendations in relation to the approval of HHP’s Business Plan to the Policy and Resources Committee on 27 April 2005 as had been anticipated. It was agreed to recommend that: (a) the Report be noted (b) the Appraisal of the HHP Business Plan be concluded as soon as discussions with the Scottish Executive had been completed; and (c) the Sub-Committee make a recommendation regarding the HHP Business Plan to be considered by the Policy and Resources Committee at its meeting on 23 June 2005.