Action Packed Highland Council Agenda

A meeting of The Highland Council will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Thursday, 28 October 2010 at 10.30am.

Full Agenda here

Items include:

• an update in regard to the current status of the Council’s ICT Transformation Programme.

• There is circulated Report No. HC-41-10 dated 12 October 2010 by the Chief Executive which provides an assessment of Council performance against the Corporate Plan and the ‘Strengthening the Highlands’ Programme and covers the period from April 2009 to the end of March 2010.

• There is circulated Report No.HC-42-10 dated 7 October 2010 by the Chief Executive which confirms that the Annual Performance Survey carried out in June/July 2010 was sent to the new Citizens Panel of 2354 people, designed to be representative of the adult population. With 1586 responses (67% response rate), the results can be generalised to the adult population of the Highlands.

• The Single Outcome Agreement SOA Annual Performance Report 2009-10 (2087kb pdf) is circulated separately.

• There is circulated Report No.HC-44-10 dated 18 October 2010 by the Director of Planning and Development which provides commentary on the current economic situation and details progress with the implementation of the Council’s Economic Downturn Action Plan.

• Highlands and Islands Enterprise – Potential Future Governance and Operations HC-45-10 dated 20 October 2010 See also Press Release here
  

• University of the Highlands and Islands: Application for University Title There is circulated Joint Report No.HC-46-10 dated 18 October 2010 by the Directors of Planning and Development and Education, Culture and Sport which asks Members to consider a response (attached as Appendix 1 to the report) to a Scottish Government invitation to comment on the University of the Highlands and Islands Millennium Institutes’ (UHIMI) application for University title.

Other items of interest on this agenda are covered by separate posts