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Consider Minute of Meeting held on 2 September 2021 for approval and signature by the Chair. (Copy attached.) Minutes: There had been circulated copies of the Minute of the Meeting held on 2 September 2021.
DECISION AGREED to approve the Minute for signature by the Chairman.
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Consultation on Heritable and Moveable Asset Registers PDF 168 KB Consider Report by Principal Solicitor. (Copy attached.) Additional documents:
Minutes: 1.1
There had been circulated copies of a report by
Principal Solicitor seeking approval of the draft Common Good
Registers for the former Burgh of Duns and to advise on the next steps in the process for
consultation and publication under the Community Empowerment
(Scotland) Act 2015. Following such
approval, the list would be published on Citizen Space, together
with a consultation survey. The
intention was to publish the consultation survey before the end of
December 2021. In addition to the
electronic survey, the proposed lists of Common Good assets were to
be published on the Council’s website and paper copies were
to be made available, free of charge, on request. Notification advising of the publication of the
lists and the consultation period were to be made on the
Council’s website and social media. The Council was to make all of the Community
Councils and other community bodies aware of the publication of the
proposed Common Good Asset lists and invite those community bodies
and the public to make representations in respect of these
lists. The statutory minimum period for
consultation was twelve weeks. However,
it was suggested to extend this period until the start of April
2022. After the consultation period,
the Council was to publish all representations
received. The Common Good Fund
Sub-Committee would then reconvene to consider any representations
made, and to agree the finalised Asset Register. The finalised Asset Register would then be
published within six months from the end of the consultation
period. It was possible that following
this process, further assets may be identified as being Common
Good, and where that was the case, the Council would update the
Common Good Asset Registers. The
Registers would similarly be updated if existing property was
disposed of or reclassified. The
Council would also ensure that the Common Good Asset Registers were
reviewed on a regular basis, and at least every five
years. 1.2 The Principal Solicitor advised that Duns Common Good had one item of land on the register. This was the showground public car park. There were no moveable assets however the community may wish to comment on whether items that should be considered Common Good were in any museum. Members agreed that the Dunse Historical Society, the Jim Clark Memorial Group and the Community Council be encouraged to participate.
DECISION AGREED to:
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Approve the contents of the draft list
of heritable and moveable property assets held by the Council
within the former Burgh of Duns; (b)
Approve the publishing of the draft list
to be made available for public consultation for a period of at
least twelve weeks; and (c) Note that following the period of consultation all comments will be brought to the Common Good Fund Sub-Committee for their consideration.
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