The following amendment has been filed legally and financially competent - it is now up to councillors whether they will be supportive of it - we ask for their support to make a difference and vote for this amendment
SNP GROUP AMENDMENT
1) the SNP Scottish Government is providing special funding for the replacement Bernera Bridge, and it is therefore proposed that any of the £450,000 of funding, previously allocated by Comhairle for replacing the Bernera Bridge but no longer required due to the special funding, be reallocated on a ring- fenced basis to surface dressing of unadopted roads; with this being allocated on a 60:40 split (L&H:U&B).
2) to meet the undisputed need for school children to participate in outdoor exercises and sports activities all year round and to provide a much needed community resource, the council provide an all weather pitch at Stornoway Primary at a cost of £350,000 to be financed by a) mainland placement underspend (100k/100k) and, should the mainland placement underspend not be realised, that the £100k (or part thereof) be funded from balances and b) Saving on Loan Charges (250k/350k)
3) to provide a dental chair in Taigh Cridhe Uille Naobh, to make a ring-fenced contribution to the IJB Budget specifically for TCUN Dental facility within the surgery space at TaigheCridhe Uille Naobh, to establish local provision of dental care. To embed dental provision within the care home at the Health and Well-being Hub in Daliburgh, ring fenced provision to IJB of £50,000 to be financed by allocation of Savings on Loan Charges (50k/350k), such funding only to be available for this purpose and otherwise reverting to the Comhairle.
4) to meet the vital need to provide a long stated aim of the council to link all of the Western Isles for all those living and working in the Western Isles that the Comhairle reinstate the concessionary fares in the sound of Barra and sound of Harris crossings at a cost of £10,000 financed by allocation of Savings on Loan Charges (10k/350k).
5) to support abattoirs in Uist and Barra to assist the quality assured production of local supply into the food chain to facilitate producers in Uist and Barra having a croft to customer product, provision of £40,000 financed by the allocation of Savings on Loan Charges (40k/350k).
