Appointments To Adult Services Development And Scrutiny Sub-committee And Other Bodies
22nd June 2017
The Highland Council's People Committee has agreed membership of the Council's new Adult Services Development and Scrutiny Sub-Committee.
The Adult Services Development and Scrutiny Sub-Committee will ensure specific consideration is given to the delivery of adult social care services, as part of an integrated approach to all community care services, and will oversee on behalf of the People Committee, the commissioning of social care services for adults from NHS Highland. The Sub-Committee will meet six times a year.
Membership of the Sub-Committee comprises the Chair and Vice Chair of the People Committee Cllrs Alasdair Christie and Kate Stephen respectively and 9 other Council Members including:
Cllr Tom Heggie
Cllr Ronald MacDonald
Cllr Graham Ross
Cllr Nicola Sinclair
Cllr Bill Boyd
Cllr Muriel Cockburn
Cllr Ron MacWilliam
Cllr Isabelle MacKenzie
Cllr Callum Smith
Also appointed were 7 Members to the Local Negotiating Committee for Teachers (LNCT). The remit of the LNCT is to carry out negotiations between the Management and Joint Union Sides on all matters relating to conditions of service as defined in the Local Recognition and Procedure Agreement signed by the Council and the Joint Union Side on 26 November 2002.
The LNCT Committee members appointed were the Chair and Vice Chair of the People Committee Cllrs Alasdair Christie and Cllr John Finlayson respectively and 5 other Members including:
Cllr Alister MacKinnon (Chair of Corporate Resources Committee)
Cllr Andrew Baxter (Vice Chair of Corporate Resources Committee)
Cllr Kirsteen Currie
Cllr Graham MacKenzie
Cllr Ron MacWilliam
Members' appointments to other bodies included:
Blas Board - Cllr Margaret Paterson, Cllr Duncan MacPherson, Cllr Kirsteen Currie
Board of Governors for Catherine McCaig’s Trust - Cllr Margaret Paterson
Board of Partnerships for Wellbeing - Cllr Bet McAllister
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme – Highland Award Project – Cllr Isabelle MacKenzie, Cllr Andrew Jarvie
Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership – Cllr Isabelle (Biz) Campbell
Highland Children’s Trust – Cllr Margaret Paterson
Highland Community Justice Partnership – Cllr Tom Heggie
Highland Culture Strategic Board – Cllr Graham MacKenzie
Highland Football Academy Trust – Cllr Graham Ross, Cllr Graham MacKenzie
Highland Disability Sport – Cllr Graham Ross, Cllr Andrew Jarvie, Cllr Emma Knox
Raddery Trust – Cllr Callum Smith
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