78 transcripts · 368 insights in the last 12 months · busiest week w/c 10 Nov · 4 meetings, 7 signals in the last month
“The paper in front of us seeks approval of a new policy guidance of infrastructure installed within the public freeway, if comedy cables require for the charging of electric vehicles at a residential property, which does not have off -street parking. Mrs Anderson is in the Chambe…”
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Forres HWRC booking and ANPR options
Waste Management · 30 Sept 2026 · £30k
Officers proposed a booking system at Forres household waste and recycling site to address traffic queues and restrict access to non-residents. Members deferred that booking-system decision. Officers offered to return…
Independent attainment review procurement
Education · 1 Sept 2026 · £50k–£250k · tender expected 15 Sept 2026
The committee approved commissioning an independent review of educational attainment in Moray. Officers indicated that the reviewer selection work was already in train and that the review would provide objective…
Climate Change / Economic Development · 28 Jan 2026 · £16m
Moray Council has a pipeline of Just Transition projects and is preparing business cases and KPIs to bid when applications open. Officers highlighted £15.9 million of capital funding allocated in the Scottish Budget and…
Substation construction and local supply chain
Energy Infrastructure · 29 Oct 2026
The approved project requires a new 275/33 kV substation and associated construction works, including a control building, access, drainage, landscaping and road-related mitigation. Construction is expected to take…
Out-of-area placements overspend
Children's Services · 1 Sept 2026 · £9k
Revenue monitoring reported an overspend driven by out-of-area placements, with costs rising sharply and some placements costing up to £9,000 per week. Officers said the council would keep reporting back, work with…
Finance · 25 Aug 2026 · £2.3m
Quarter 1 revenue monitoring showed the council was already £2.299m over budget, mainly due to health and social care services delivered for the Moray Integration Joint Board and out-of-area education placements.…
Council tax revaluation staffing need
Valuation · 26 Jun 2026 · £600k
Risk 5D increased to high because the board expects targeted revaluation of dwellings over £1 million, with new bands I and J. Management said Scottish Government has provided over £600,000 this year to support the…
Core services overspend remains high
Finance / Health and Social Care · 29 Jan 2026 · £2.5m–£8.2m
The board is facing significant financial pressure in 2025-26. Officers reported a core services overspend at the end of December and an even larger full-year forecast overspend, with weekly grip-and-control meetings…
Audit Services · 30 Oct 2026 · £10k
The final audit fee for the 2025-26 audit was £9,930, matching the planned fee, with no non-audit service fees. The Board also confirmed that Grant Thornton will provide audit services over the next two financial years;…
Major investment in purchased homes
Housing · 10 Sept 2026 · £2.5m
The council is spending around £2.5 million on 33 houses, averaging roughly £75,000 per home, as part of a refurbishment programme for properties acquired from the MOD/Royal Air Force. Officers said the works reflect…
Trust disbursements and income
Corporate Finance · 25 Aug 2026 · £77k
The committee noted the annual disbursements made from council-administered trusts and the estimated income available for the next financial year. This is not procurement-led, but it is a spending decision involving…
£392 burial test dig fee approved
Bereavement Services · 16 Jun 2026 · £392
The committee homologated the Chief Executive’s delegated decision to introduce a new £392 charge for a burial test dig. Officers said the charge is cost recovery only, covering staff, vehicle and excavator time, and it…
Transport / Active Travel · 28 Jan 2026 · £60k
Following the viaduct collapse, the council is putting in place immediate safety measures and diversionary arrangements, including signage and possible footpath/verge works. Officers said £60,000 will be used for…
Annual transport-provider insurance checks
Education and Transport · 29 Sept 2026
Following an audit finding that there was no set procedure for checking providers' insurance annually after contract award, the Council confirmed it will introduce annual checks. Insurance is already checked at…
Finance · 24 Sept 2026
Officers were asked to provide a briefing note on savings progress before each quarterly budget monitoring report is considered by the Board. This is intended to give members more timely information on delivery and…
Housing · 2 Sept 2026
The committee granted the short-term let licence for 2 Pine Court for three years, despite objections about prior operation, notification, company personnel changes, and parking. Members debated whether to add a…
Free school meal payment policy
Education · 1 Sept 2026 · £2
Committee approved a policy to make payments in lieu of missed low-income qualifying free school meals after a minimum of three consecutive days of closure or transport failure, backdated to day one at the food cost…
Waste Management · 28 Jan 2026 · £40k
Members debated freezing the household green waste charge but the amendment to keep recommendations as printed was carried, so the brown bin fee rises from £52 to £54. Officers estimated that freezing the charge would…
Validation rules to be updated
Planning and Regulatory Services · 3 Sept 2026
Members considered and approved updated validation guidance for planning applications and other consents. The report aims to make submissions more proportionate, improve the quality of applications at first submission,…
Objected licence approved after mitigation
Hospitality · 2 Sept 2026
A new premises licence for 10 Balvenie Street, Dufftown, faced a neighbour's adverse representation, but the board granted it after the applicants detailed extensive soundproofing, limited customer numbers, and a quiet,…
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Over the last 12 months, the most frequently discussed commercial topics in this council's meetings have been IT & Digital (45 mentions, easing), Professional Services (42 mentions, easing), Democracy & Elections (22 mentions, easing) and Construction & Building Works (20 mentions, easing).