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Declarations of Interest – Item 2

The following Members declared non-financial interests in relation to this item but, having applied the test outlined in Paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3 of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct, concluded that their interests did not preclude their involvement in the discussion and voting (on the basis that they would leave the room should there be any detailed discussion on the specific item in which they had declared an interest):-
    
Mr R Balfour – Director of Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau
Miss J Campbell – Ex-officio Member of Merkinch Enterprise
Mr A Christie – General Manager of Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau, Director of Highland Small Communities Housing Trust, Director of Highland and Islands Society for Blind People, Director of Highland Third Sector Interface, Board of Management of Highland Children’s Forum and parent of child in primary education
Ms J Douglas – Director of High Life Highland and Board Member of Inverness College 
Mr A Duffy – music tuition 
Mr G Farlow – Director of North West Sutherland Citizens Advice Bureau
Mr B Fernie – Director of Home Start Caithness and Laurandy Day Care Centre
Mr B Gormley – Council’s advisor to Lochaber Citizens Advice Bureau
Mr K Gowans – Director of High Life Highland and a parent of a child in primary education
Mr M Green – Director of Nairn Citizens Advice Bureau and Director of High Life Highland 
Mr R Laird – Director of Merkinch Enterprise and Chair of Merkinch Partnership      
Mrs D Mackay – Director of East Sutherland Citizens Advice Bureau and Director of Voluntary Groups East Sutherland
Mr W MacKay – Director of Caithness Citizens Advice Bureau and Director of Caithness Horizons
Mr K MacLeod – Director of Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau, Member of Inverness City Heritage Trust and Member of Highland Buildings Preservation Trust
Mrs B McAllister – D&I/3 Member of Merkinch Partnership 
Mrs M Paterson – Director of Puffin Pool and Director of Highland Football Academy
Mr G Phillips – Director of East Sutherland Citizens Advice Bureau, Director of Young Karers East Sutherland (Golspie Tykes) and Council nominated Director on Golspie Links Trust
Mr M Reiss – Director of Caithness Citizens Advice Bureau
Mr I Renwick – Director of Skye and Lochalsh Citizens Advice Bureau
Dr A Sinclair – Member of Board of Highland Small Communities Housing Trust 
Ms M Smith – Director of Highland Small Communities Housing Trust and Company Secretary of Albyn Housing Society

The following Members declared financial interests in relation to this item and confirmed that if there was any specific discussion in relation to specific lines within the budget proposals on the following issues (in which they had either a personal or family connection) they would leave the room:-

Mr I Brown – employee of NHS Highland
Ms Jaci Douglas – Board Member of NHS Highland (with dispensation) and parent of children receiving music tuition 
Mr B Gormley – wife employee of Care and Learning Service
Mr Ken Gowans – wife employee of High Life Highland
Ms Linda Munro – NHS Highland Care at Home Service