At the beginning of August due to unforeseen circumstances our Scottish Welfare Fund team found itself with one person holding the fort rather than a team of 6. Our staff worked very hard to try and alleviate the situation but they were working against the odds and this meant that some of our most vulnerable citizens saw significant delays in receiving their community care grant.
Full council, 25 September 2019: a named vote between a motion and an amendment.
For the motion 10, For the amendment 14, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For the motion (10)
- Alan Nimmo (No party recorded)
- Allyson Black (No party recorded)
- Dennis Goldie (No party recorded)
- Jim Blackwood (No party recorded)
- Joan Coombes (No party recorded)
- John McLuckie (No party recorded)
- Lynn Munro (No party recorded)
- Malcolm Nicol (No party recorded)
- Pat Reid (No party recorded)
- William F Buchanan (No party recorded)
For the amendment (14)
- Ann Ritchie (No party recorded)
- Cecil Meiklejohn (No party recorded)
- David Alexander (No party recorded)
- David Balfour (No party recorded)
- Fiona Collie (No party recorded)
- Gary Bouse (No party recorded)
- Gordon Hughes (No party recorded)
- John Patrick (No party recorded)
- Laura Murtagh (No party recorded)
- Lorna Binnie (No party recorded)
- Niall Coleman (No party recorded)
- Nigel Harris (No party recorded)
- Paul Garner (No party recorded)
- Robert J Spears (No party recorded)
From the minutes
to the Social Welfare Fund at the December 2019 meeting of the Executive. In terms of Standing Order 22.1, the vote was taken by roll call, there being 24 members present with voting as undernoted:- For the motion (10) – Provost Buchanan, and Councillors Black, Blackwood, Coombes, Goldie, McLuckie, Munro, Nicol, Nimmo and Reid. For the amendment (14) –.Depute Provost Ritchie, and Councillors Alexander, Balfour, Binnie, Bouse, Coleman, Collie, Garner, Harris, Hughes, Meiklejohn, Murtagh, Patrick and Spears. Decision Council agreed the amendment. Councillor Garner left the meeting prior to consideration of the following item. (b) Council considered the following motion by Counci
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