Announcements about matters relating to items on this agenda and urgent matters from:

(1)          The Lord Mayor

(2)          The Leader of the Council

(3)          The Chief Executive, Chief Finance Officer, Monitoring Officer

There were no announcements from the Lord Mayor, Leader or senior officers.

Announcements by:

(1)          The Lord Mayor

(2)          The Sheriff

(3)          The Leader of the Council

(4)          The Chief Executive, Chief Finance Officer, Monitoring Officer

There were no announcements from the Lord Mayor, the Sheriff, Leader or senior officers.

With the permission of the Lord Mayor, Councillor Tanner apologised to Council and to the public unreservedly for ill-considered remarks he had made about homeless people and beggars in the city in a radio interview, and apologised for the resulting offence he gave.

The Lord Mayor acknowledged this.