WEST OF SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE.
Glasgow, 24th January 2013.
West of Scotland Archaeology Service Joint Committee.
Present:

Lawrence Fitzpatrick(Convener)
Stewart Miller
Frank McAveety
Chris Gilmour
Mary Kilpatrick
Eileen Logan
Douglas McAllister

West Lothian Council

Apologies:

Iain Angus MacDonald
Stephanie Primrose
John Hunter

Argyll and Bute Council
East Ayrshire Council
North Ayrshire Council

Also present:

Hugh McBrien

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

Karl Doroszenko
Julie Nicol
Liz Davidson
Cathy Johnston
Neil Feggans
Gwen McCracken
Alan Williamson
Ranald Dods
Maureen Hughes (Clerk)

East Renfrewshire Council
Glasgow City Council
Renfrewshire Council
South Ayrshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
West Dunbartonshire Council

Archaeology of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village Presentation noted.
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There was heard a presentation by Bruce Glendinning, CFA Archaeology Ltd
highlighting the work undertaken by his company regarding the archaeology findings
at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village.
After discussion, the joint committee thanked Bruce Glendinning for his presentation.

2Appointment of Councillor Lawrence Fitzpatrick as convener unanimouslyapproved.
2The Clerk advised the joint committee that in terms of its Minute of Agreement
it required to appoint a convener. Councillor Miller, seconded by Councillor
McAveety moved that Councillor Lawrence Fitzpatrick be appointed Convener.
There being no other nominations, the joint committee unanimously agreed toappoint Councillor Fitzpatrick as convener.

Appointment of Councillor Stewart Miller as Vice-convener unanimouslyapproved.
3The Clerk advised the joint committee that in terms of its Minute of Agreement
it required to appoint a Vice-convener. Councillor Fitzpatrick, seconded byCouncillor McAveety, moved that Councillor Stewart Miller be appointed Viceconvener. There being no other nominations, the joint committee unanimouslyagreed to appoint Councillor Miller as Vice-convener.

Minutes approved.
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The minutes of the meeting of the joint committee of 12th April 2012 weresubmitted and approved.

Matters arising.
5There was heard a report by Hugh McBrien, intimating that(1)

Proposed Business Plan – The Business Plan was still currently being worked
on and that a report in this connection would be submitted to the nextmeeting.

(2)

Changes to Central Government Provisions for the Historic Environment –Discussions on this were still continuing, however it was anticipated that any
changes would have implications for the Archaeology Service. A further
update would be submitted to a future meeting.

(3)

Withdrawal of Inverclyde Council from the Service – A meeting with the Headof Planning at Inverclyde had still to be arranged. The Joint Committeeagreed that the Convenor contact the Leader of Inverclyde Council to discuss
the matter.

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Annual Report of West of Scotland Archaeology Service 2011/12 noted.
6There 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
2011 to 31st March 2012, confirming that(1)during the report period the Service had been restructured following the early
retirement of the former Service Manager in June 2011 and a new manager
had been appointed from within the Service, and the resultant Senior
Archaeologist vacancy had been left unfilled;(2)

during the report period, the West of Scotland Archaeology Service had dealt
with 1802 new casework items, compared with 1776 in the previous year, andcarried out work on a further 241 casework items registered in previous years;(3)891 new planning and listed building applications had been identified as
potentially requiring archaeological advice across the area covered by theService an increase of 9% on the previous year;(4)

during the report period 299 new site records were added to the Sites andMonuments Record database, amendments or additions were made to 519
existing site records, 137 archaeological events records were added, and 148
archive records were created;(5)

in contrast to earlier years, there was no download of data from the Royal
Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland; and(6)there were 169 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 2007-12 for each of the joint committee'slocal authorities;(ii)

the running of the service;(iii)the Sites and Monuments Record Maintenance and Development; and(iv)advice to other local authorities and organisations;(v)

information and advice to developers/agents and to statutoryundertakers;(vi)

agri-environment advice; and(vii)management of the M74 completion archaeology contracts;

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4(b)the annual performance statistics for 2011/12; and(c)the revenue account for the year ended 31st March 2012.

West of Scotland Archaeology Service – 2011/12 year end accounts noted –Adjusted Financial Programme 2013-16 agreed.
7There was submitted and noted a report by the Treasurer setting out therevenue expenditure for 2011/12 for the West of Scotland Archaeology Service.
After consideration, the joint committee noted(1)

the income and expenditure account and balance sheet which showed an
accumulated surplus of £110,914 in the account for 2011/12;(2)

a cash flow statement for the year ended 31st March 2012; and(3)

an independent auditor’s report.

Venue for future Joint Committee meetings agreed.
8It was agreed that future meetings of the joint committee would be held in theCity Chambers, Glasgow until further notice.

Date and time of next meeting.
9It was agreed that the next meeting of the joint committee would take place in
October 2013 at a date to be determined.

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