ITEM 1
24 September 2015

WEST OF SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE.
Glasgow, 19th March 2015.
West of Scotland Archaeology Service Joint Committee.
Present:

Lawrence Fitzpatrick(Convener)
Stewart Miller
Frank McAveety
Mary Kilpatrick
Eileen Logan

West Lothian Council

Apologies:

Chris Gilmour
John MooneyJohn Hunter
Cathy Johnston
Karl Doroszenko
John BellRenfrewshire Council
West Dunbartonshire Council
North Ayrshire Council
Glasgow City Council
East Ayrshire Council
East Ayrshire Council

Also present:

Hugh McBrien

West of Scotland Archaeology
ServiceEast Renfrewshire Council
South Ayrshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
West Lothian Council
AOC Archaeology Group
Glasgow City Council

Julie Nicol
Neil Feggans
Gwen McCracken
Ranald Dods
Lindsay Dunbar
Tony O’Neill (Clerk)

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

Chair’s remarks.
1
The Chair advised that the clerk, Maureen Hughes, was absent from today’s
meeting as her mother had sadly recently passed away. The Committee expressed
its condolences to Maureen in this regard.

Appointment of Councillor Lawrence Fitzpatrick as convener unanimouslyapproved.
2
The Clerk advised the joint committee that in terms of its Minute of Agreement
it required to appoint a convener. Councillor Miller, seconded by Councillor Logan
moved that Councillor Lawrence Fitzpatrick be appointed Convener. There being noother nominations, the joint committee unanimously agreed to appoint 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.

Variation in order of business.
4The Committee agreed to vary the order of business as hereinafter minuted.

Minutes approved.
5
The minutes of the meeting of the joint committee of 6th November 2014 weresubmitted and approved.

Matter arising.
6

The following matter arose from the minutes of 6th November 2014:-(1)

Notice of withdrawal of West Dunbartonshire Council from WoSAS – NeilFeggans highlighted that West Dunbartonshire Council’s (WDC) decision towithdraw from the service had been an officer level decision based onbudgetary considerations. The relevant WDC officer had provided an updateto the Steering Group in February, outlining that WDC was reviewing how it
procured archaeology advice and that the review was expected to becompleted by May 2015. Neil further advised that whilst there was no firm
decision as yet, it appeared hopeful that WDC would remain within WoSAS.

Service financial Programme 2015-2018 – Proposed budget 2015/16 approved.
7
There was submitted a report by the Manager of the West of Scotland
Archaeology Service regarding the projected income and operating costs of theService for the period 2015-18(1)

detailing the current financial position of the service; and(2)setting out the future financial projections for the service for 2015-18 together
with the proposed budget for 2015/16.

After consideration, the joint committee(a)noted the financial programme for 2015-18; and(b)approved the proposed budget for 2015/16.

Access to Information and Charging Policy approved.
8
There was submitted a report by the Manager of the West of Scotland
Archaeology Service providing an update on the implementation of the Access toInformation and Charging Policy and proposing changes to the scale of charges(1)

advising that the Policy had last been revised in 2009, and that the scale ofcharges had remained unchanged since 2007; and(2)detailing the level and circumstances in which charges would be levied for theprovision of West of Scotland Historic Environment Record (HER) informationand curatorial archaeological advice.

After consideration, the Joint Committee(a)noted the report; and(b)approved(i)a revised hourly rate of £100 (+VAT) for the provision of Historic
Environment Record data or curatorial archaeological advice tocommercial clients in accordance with the Access to Information andCharging Policy; and(ii)authority to introduce into the existing Policy a scale of non-timedependent charges, effective from 1st April 2015, for advising oncommercial documents prepared to address archaeological planningissues on behalf of developers.

Presentation on Draffen Lime Kilns, Stewarton noted.
9The joint committee heard a presentation by Lindsay Dunbar of AOC
Archaeology regarding the Draffen Lime Kilns, Stewarton, East Ayrshire advising
that
(1)

AOC Archaeology had undertaken a programme of fieldwork to expose andrecord two lime kilns at Draffen, on the outskirts of Stewarton, in advance of a
housing development; and(2)the programme of fieldwork had involved the clearance of vegetation from thelate 18th century and early 19th century kilns, followed by full excavation toachieve their “preservation by record” and allow the safe restoration andfuture management of their sites.

After discussion, the joint committee noted and thanked Mr Dunbar for a very
interesting and informative presentation

Date and time of next meeting.
10It was agreed that the next meeting of the joint committee would take place in
the City Chambers, Glasgow on Thursday, 5th November 2015 at 1400 hours.