TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

Minute of Meeting held in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Wednesday, 25 February 1998 at 11.30am

PRESENT	Mr Alexander A Macdonald (Chairman)
	Mr Donald Macdonald (Vice-Chairman)	Mr Finlay Morrison
	Mr Donald A Mackay	Mr Donald M Mackay
	Mr Norman A Macdonald	Mr Donald Maclean
	Mr George Lonie
APOLOGIES	Mr Norman Macdonald	Mr Colin Campbell

Revenue Estimates 1998/99 PR110.03.24	21*	With reference to item 5 of the Minute of Meeting of 28 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; (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; (3) that the Director of Technical Services submit a full Report on the slipway and berthing requirements in connection with the Sound of Harris Ferry Service and the Berneray Causeway; and (4) that the Director of Technical Services submit a Report on the maintenance of unadopted roads to the next meeting.
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