WEST OF SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE.
Glasgow, 3rd October 2013.
West of Scotland Archaeology Service Joint Committee.
Present:

Lawrence Fitzpatrick(Convener)
Stewart Miller
Frank McAveety
Eileen Logan

West Lothian Council

Apologies:

Mary-Jean Devon
Stephanie Primrose
John BellTom Marshall
Mary Kilpatrick

Argyll and Bute Council
East Ayrshire Council
East Ayrshire Council
North Ayrshire Council
South Ayrshire Council

Also present:

Hugh McBrien

West of Scotland Archaeology
Service
East Ayrshire Council
East Renfrewshire Council
South Ayrshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
West Dunbartonshire Council
West Lothian Council
Glasgow City Council

Karl Doroszenko
Julie Nicol
Neil Feggans
Gordon Cameron
Alan Williamson
Ranald Dods
Tony O’Neill (Clerk)

East Renfrewshire Council
Glasgow City Council
South Lanarkshire Council

Minutes approved.
1
The minutes of the meeting of the joint committee of 24th January 2013 weresubmitted and approved.

Matters arising.
2

The following matters arose from the minutes of 24th January 2013:-(1)

Withdrawal of Inverclyde Council from the Service – Councillor Fitzpatrickadvised that he had been in contact with the leader of Inverclyde Council
regarding its intention to withdraw from the service and it had been confirmedthat its membership had ceased on 31st March 2013;(2)

Changes to Central Government Provisions for the Historic Environment –Hugh McBrien provided an update advising that merger discussions hadtaken place and a number of options were still being considered prior to thefinal review being published. He further advised that it was expected that theBill would be formally introduced into the Scottish Parliament in January 2014

2prior to attaining Royal Assent in November 2014. The committee agreed thata report be submitted to the committee once the Bill had been published; and(3)Proposed Business Plan – Hugh McBrien advised that members of theSteering Group would be discussing a proposed draft business over the next
few weeks and it was hoped that a finalised plan would be submitted to thenext Joint Committee meeting.

Annual Report of West of Scotland Archaeology Service 2012/12 noted.
3
There was submitted a report by the Manager of the West of Scotland
Archaeology Service detailing the activities of the service for the year from 1st April
2012 to 31st March 2013, confirming that(1)during the report period, the West of Scotland Archaeology Service had dealt
with 1963 new casework items, 161 more than in the previous year, this 9%
increase had built upon more modest growth in each of the previous 2 years;(3)833 new planning and listed building applications had been identified as
potentially requiring archaeological advice across the area covered by theService, a decrease of 6.5% compared with the previous year and a further
525 other items of casework were also dealt with or initiated;(4)

during the report period 409 new site records were added to Historic
Environment Record database, amendments or additions were made to 781
existing site records, 204 archaeological events records were added and 265
archive records were created;(5)

work to digitise older paper-based casework file documents and incorporate
these into the Service’s computerised Consultations database had restarted
with the assistance of a part time volunteer, who had digitised the records for1998 and half of 1999 and corrected and enhanced entries on a further 183
backlog files; and(6)there were 159 recorded archaeological events (excavations, surveys,
watching briefs, desk-based assessments etc) during the report period.

After consideration, the joint committee noted(a)the report, which gave details on(i)planning applications from 2008-13 for each of the joint committee'slocal authorities;(ii)

the running of the service;(iii)

Historic Environment Record Maintenance and Development; and(iv)advice to other local authorities and organisations;

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3(v)information and advice to developers/agents and to statutory
undertakers; and(vi)agri-environment advice;(b)

the annual performance statistics for 2012/13; and(c)the revenue account for the year ended 31st March 2013.

West of Scotland Archaeology Service – 2012/13 year end accounts noted.
4
There was submitted and noted a report by the Treasurer setting out therevenue expenditure for 2012/13 for the West of Scotland Archaeology Service.
After consideration, the joint committee noted(1)

the income and expenditure account and balance sheet which showed anaccumulated surplus of £121,840 in the account for 2012/13;(2)

a cash flow statement for the year ended 31st March 2013; and(3)an independent auditor’s report.

Date and time of next meeting.
4
It was agreed that the next meeting of the joint committee would take place in
the City Chambers, Glasgow on 27th March 2014 at 2pm.

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