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Having declared an interest in this item Councillor Alexander left the meeting at this juncture taking no part in the discussion or decision.
Under reference to paragraph 6 of the Minute of the meeting of Moray Council dated 11 April 2018 a report by the Corporate Director (Corporate Services) invited the Committee to consider a community asset transfer request made under Part 5 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 for the transfer of ownership of Forres Town Hall.
Following consideration the Committee agreed to:
- approve the request to transfer ownership of Forres Town Hall to Forres Area Community Trust subject to the terms and conditions set out in section 5 of the report;
- authorise the Legal Services Manager to apply to Elgin Sheriff Court for consent to sell the property to Forres Area Community Trust; and
- note that, if the request is approved and unless otherwise agreed with the trust, it will have 6 months from the date of the decision notice to submit a formal offer to purchase the property from the Council, failing which the agreement will have no further effect and the asset transfer process will come to an end.
Councillor Alexander re-joined the meeting at this juncture.