COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR

HOUSING STOCK TRANSFER SUB-COMMITTEE

Minute of Meeting held in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Friday 16 September 2005 at 2.00pm 

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

		MINUTES
Minute of Meeting of 22 June 2005	1	The Minute of Meeting of 22 June 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 9 of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 would be disclosed, namely, information relating to any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the Comhairle under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services.
Stage 1 Consultation Responses	2	The Chief Executive submitted a Report providing details of responses received during the Stage 1 Consultation as part of the ballot process.  It was stated in the report that it had been delegated by the Comhairle to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Sub-Committee, to address any issues arising from Stage 1.  It was stated that in the Report that five specific questions had been raised by tenants about various aspects of the transfer and suggested that these questions be addressed in the Stage 2 document as they were of general interest to all tenants.  It was agreed that: (a) the responses received from tenants during the Stage 1 statutory consultation period be noted; (b) the Comhairle make reference to the main questions asked together with responses in the Stage 2 Notice; (c) it be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Chairman of the Sub-Committee, to address any additional questions raised by 19 September 2005; and (d) the Stage 2 Notice be issued to all tenants.
		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 9 of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 would be disclosed, namely, information relating to any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the Comhairle under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services.
Draft Stage 2 Document	3	A draft Stage 2 document was circulated at the meeting.  It was agreed that this document would be circulated to tenants subject to the amendments agreed at the meeting.
		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 9 of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 would be disclosed, namely, information relating to any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the Comhairle under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services.
Contingency Plan – Discussion Paper	4	A Discussion Paper in relation to a contingency plan was submitted to the Committee. It was agreed to note the terms of the Discussion Paper and that the paper had been produced in March 2005 and that some of the information was now therefore out of date.